From the middle of September, a great “Wall Street Revolution” has broken out in the United States. This street revolution, going by the name of “Occupy Wall Street,” has already expanded to over 70 cities and countries in North America, Europe, and other areas. In their statement on “The Wall Street Revolution,” the [...]
Cops might be cracking down on Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York City, but activists are now bringing their big-bank bashing across the country with demonstrations springing up from coast-to-coast. More than a week after protests began in Lower Manhattan, the Occupy Wall Street movement is moving, well, off of Wall Street. Both [...]
Police carry away a participant in a march organized by Occupy Wall Street in New York on Saturday Sept. 24, 2011. The New York police have arrested at least 80 people protesting against Washington’s management of the American financial system as well as Wall Street practices. The demonstrators took to the streets Saturday during [...]
HOORAY FOR UNIONISTS willing to be arrested! In a dispute raging through the summer in Longview, Washington, over 120 members of International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) have been detained by cops, including Local 21 President Dan Coffman and International President Robert McEllrath. The unionists are fighting to stop international conglomerate EGT Development from breaking [...]
This is the structural corruption of companies that squeeze heavy margins by keeping their workers unorganised and unempowered, by keeping them informal hostages. It makes us all who work in and consume these companies’ products complicit with their decay ———– What is happening in Maruti Suzuki’s Manesar plant? How do workers present their case [...]
International Metal Workers Federation – IMF extends solidarity to Maruti-Suzuki workers From August 29 the management of Maruti-Suzuki India at Manesar asks workers to sign a “good conduct” pledge before allowing them to enter the plant, in effect locking out workers who refuse to give up their labour rights. Since then the management terminated [...]
Perhaps the greatest challenge for the radical left today is to articulate a politics that decisively breaks with the disastrous experiences of many 20th century socialisms. This is a difficult task that requires self-reflection, active questioning, and openness to new expressions of struggle by the always complex and fluid global working-classes. Making this task [...]
An Open Letter to the Peoples of Africa and the World from Concerned Africans “The letter was signed by more than 200 prominent Africans, including ANC national executive member Jesse Duarte, political analyst Willie Esterhuyse of the University of Stellenbosch, former intelligence minister Ronnie Kasrils, lawyer Christine Qunta, former deputy foreign affairs minister Aziz [...]
1 Chavez: Libya’s Tragedy Begins With Gadhafi’s Fall By The Associated Press August 25, 2011 “AP’ CARACAS, Venezuela—Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that Libya’s crisis is just beginning with the fall of Moammar Gadhafi’s government. Chavez has been a staunch defender of Gadhafi throughout the conflict, and he condemned NATO airstrikes and killings of [...]
1 From demanding bread to demanding dignity CAIRO – Egypt’s revolution has left Tahrir Square to show up all over the country, including in the Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF), which has seen a board, many of whose members were loyal to the former regime, thrown out and replaced by a new, more [...]