Monthly Archives: May 2009
Education Under Capitalism: LA Public Schools and Colleges Cancel Summer School
L.A. Unified School District cancels bulk of summer school programs Los Angeles Unified School District announced Thursday it is canceling the bulk of its summer school programs, the latest in a statewide wave of cutbacks expected to leave hundreds of … Continue reading
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Police Brutality against Womyn
When we think about the victims of police brutality in our communities, names like Oscar Grant and Sean Bell come to mind. We know that young black men are constantly victimized by the police, but we don’t often talk about … Continue reading
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“Most things are a matter of class…” Indian Marxist Aijaz Ahmad
Check out this long quote from an interview with Indian Marxist Aijaz Ahmad: Q: In the same article, you remark that “postcoloniality is also like most things a matter of class.” This kind of emphasis on class is, of course, … Continue reading
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Soldiers of Solidarity – Militant worker Org w/in the UAW
Soldiers of Solidarity (SOS) is a rank-and-file militant workers organization within the United Auto Workers. They think the leaders are sellouts and try to get their coworkers not to accept the new contracts that have been forced upon them now … Continue reading
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What is the role of Marxists in an Economic Crisis?
“The day after the UAW pushed through the contract—claiming it would prevent the company from declaring bankruptcy and save jobs—the number three US automaker filed for Chapter 11 protection and released plans to close eight plants and eliminate another 3,500 … Continue reading
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Worker Unity from China and Mexico to the U.S.
As economies crumble, we can expect political structures to as well. Both Mexico and China have received a fair amount of US outsourcing, and get blamed by protectionists for taking American jobs. It behooves the US working class to pay … Continue reading
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San Francisco 8
At first glance, the SF8 are just another case of police abuse and the corrupt criminal (in)justice system. Our sympathies are with them, as they are with Mumia and Leonard Peltier and hundreds of other political prisoners, but no lasting … Continue reading
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A Challenge to ‘Radical’ and ‘Pan-Africanist’ Obamites
Glenn Beck: Challenge to ‘Radical’ and ‘Pan-Africanist’ Obamites In this article, Glenn Ford of Black Agenda Report calls out the hypocrites who love Obama yet claim to hate imperialism. Imperialism is a complex relationship of unequal power between nations, with … Continue reading
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Meanwhile, U.S. Imperialism Abroad Still Murdering Children…
A recent airstrike in Farah, Afghanistan is said to have killed 120 people. Here’s an excerpt from a report by Jeremy Scahill: After US Strikes, Afghans Describe “Tractor Trailers Full of Pieces of Human Bodies;” Meanwhile, Obama Readies 21,000 More … Continue reading
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Vincent St. John: Serious Labor Militant but Often Overlooked
Buried in Oakland California, Vincent St John is one of the most important and unkown labor militants in American history. He always stayed committed to his semi anarcho revolutionary syndicalist politics and never joined or supported any political party including … Continue reading
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Lessons from French Workers
French workers take matters in their own hands. They side stepped laws and unions, and fought the employers directly. With that said, workers in the US have something to learn. French Workers Struggle – NYT WSWS French workers revolt against … Continue reading
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David Harvey and the Economic Crisis
David Harvey, a leading geographer Marxist, makes important points on the contemporary economic crisis on how the capitalist elite has concentrated enormous amounts of wealth while the working class is being thrown into poverty and unemployment, and eliminating this crisis … Continue reading
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Strike in Mozambique: Police Shoot Two Workers
International capital, in its search for outlets for investment in these times of worldwide stagnation, turns increasingly toward Africa. China, which itself had become the focus for foreign investment a couple decades ago, now has enough capital of its own … Continue reading
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Sell-Out Unions Buy-In
American Capitalism is forcing the United Auto Workers to take financial responsibility for the shaky car industry leading to unions being more commodified and integrated into the capitalist economy. Such a process forces unions into a position where more and … Continue reading
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