New Articles on the Website
For the Week of May 12, 2013
The New “State’s Rights”: Marriage Equality and Reproductive Justice
by Ann Montague
American Socialists and the Labor Party Question
From Debs to Mazzocchi
by Bill Onasch
FBI Billboards Not About Assata Shakur, it Is About Politically Repressing the Black Community
by Scotty Reid, Black Talk Radio, May 3, 2013
For the Week of March 10, 2013
Presentation in Memory of President Chávez
by José Pertierra
All in All, I’ll Miss Hugo
by Bill Onasch
President Chávez—Anti-Imperialist and Socialist
by W.T. Whitney Jr.
For the Week of February 10, 2013
Action Alert: Help Free Colombian Political Prisoner David Ravelo!
For the Week of January 13, 2013
Lincoln: Images of History
by David Riehle, Socialist Action, January 11, 2013
Labor Party Time? Maybe Not Yet—But Don’t Hit the Snooze Button
A talk prepared for a January 13, 2013 meeting of Kansas City Labor Party Advocates
by Bill Onasch
United National Antiwar Coalition Statement on the Rapidly Increasing
U.S. Military Intervention in Africa
For the Week of December 9, 2012
David Ravelo and the Fight for Justice in Colombia
by W.T. Whitney Jr.
The Ghosts of Colombia
by W.T. Whitney Jr.
Black Agenda Report Post-Election Analysis Forum:
Domestic & Global Impact:
Will “Things Fall Apart?”
Statement and Call for Solidarity with Tunisian General Strike
Notes from the Scrap Heap: A Little Bit of This. A Little Bit of That.
by Thomas Bias
Report on Anti-Drone Tour in Toronto Area
by Barry Weisleder
For the Week of November 25, 2012
Cory Booker: The Second Coming of Obama — Only Worse
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by Glen Ford
Black Agenda Report,
November 20, 2012
For the Week of November 18, 2012
Trade Unionists’ declaration on Palestine and the Arab Revolutions
by the MENA Solidarity Network, November 18, 2012
For the Week of November 11, 2012
Howard Wallace — 1936–2012: Socialist, Union Activist, LGBT Icon
by Ann Montague, Willamette Reds, November 15, 2012
For the Week of November 4, 2012
Hurricane Sandy: An Unnatural Disaster
by Andrew Pollack, Socialist Action, November 5, 2012
For the Week of October 14, 2012
The Corporate Candidates and Their Debate Commission Warehouse: Dr. Jill Stein, Green Party Presidential Candidate Is Arrested at Debate Site and Tethered to Chair for Eight Hours
by Ann Montague
For the Week of September 30, 2012
Obama and the 1%: the Corporate Takeover of Public Education
by Ann Montague, Willamette Reds Blog, October 2, 2012
For the Week of September 9, 2012
Tens of Thousands Rally to Support Striking Chicago Teachers
The Real News,
September 11, 2012
Behind the Chicago Teachers Strike
by Theresa Moran, Labor Notes, September 10, 2012
An Unambiguous Position: Support the Syrian People in their Courageous and Popular Struggle Against the Dictatorship of the Assad Regime!
Syria Freedom Forever Blog, August 31, 2012
For the Week of September 2, 2012
Teachers Rally; Lewis calls Emanuel “Liar and Bully”
by David Roeder and Fran Spielman, Chicago Sun-Times, September 4, 2012
For the Week of July 22, 2012
Greek Steel Workers Strike: 264 Days of Struggle
by Nicolas Mottas, Phantis, July 20, 2012
For the Week of June 17, 2012
Waiting for SCOTUS
by Labor Campaign for Single Payer Healthcare
For the Week of June 10, 2012
The Making of SYRIZA
by Panos Petrou, Socialist Worker, June 11, 2012
Greek Ship Magnates Stay Afloat as Economy Sinks
Greek Current, June 7, 2012
Greece Election: Syriza Leader Tsipras Defies EU
BBC News Europe, June 12, 2012
Greece
Toward a Government That Will Break with the Troika?
Interview with Dimitris Hilaris, International Viewpoint, June 2012
Greece
Ruled by the Memoranda—Dependent or Imperialist Country?
by Andreas Kloke, International Viewpoint, March 2012
What Went Wrong in Wisconsin and Where Does Labor Go from Here?
Statement of the Emergency Labor Network, June 13, 2012
Where Next for the Québec Mobilizations?
Debate Opens on Strategic Perspectives
by Richard Fidler, The Bullet, June 9, 2012
For the Week of June 3, 2012
The Threat of Québec’s Good Example
by Peter Hallward, The Bullet, June 6, 2012
Trumka’s Delusions
Labor Declares Victory in Face of Defeat
by Ann Robertson and Bill Leumer, Counterpunch, June 7, 2012
The Silver Lining in Walker’s Victory
by Arun Gupta and Steve Horn, Truthout, June 7, 2012
Wisconsin Follow-Up
by Doug Henwood, Left Business Observer News, June 7, 2012
Walker’s Victory, Un-Sugar-Coated
by Doug Henwood, Left Business Observer News, June 6, 2012
Wisconsin: What Happens When Movements Turn Into Campaigns
by Bruce A. Dixon, Black Agenda Report, June 6, 2012
SEIU Convention 2012: Some Things Change, Some Things Remain the Same
Willamette Reds, June 3, 2012
For the Week of May 27, 2012
The Future of the Workers of Europe Is Being Decided in Greece
Statement of the Fourth International, International Viewpoint, May 2012
Montréal Pots and Pans Video of Protest Against Bill 78 Goes Viral
by Michael Bolen, Huffington Post Canada, May 25, 2012
For the Week of May 13, 2012
Latest News: Towards New Elections in Greece!
by Christos Kefalis, Socialist Resistance, May 16, 2012
What Next for Greece?
International Viewpoint, May 2012
Two Articles on the Crisis in Greece
Commentary: History Being Re-Written at Law Enforcement Memorial
by Dave Riehle, Workday Minnesota, May 13, 2012
Québec Students:
We’ve Been Duped, Strike Leaders Claim
By Karen Seidman, Montréal Gazette, May 8, 2012
Greece:
The Effects of the Crisis on Daily Life
by
Andreas Sartzekis and Tassos Anastassiadis, International Viewpoint, May 2012
For the Week of May 6, 2012
Major Labor Unions Back Obama’s Support for Marriage Equality
by Kenneth Quinnell, Crooks and Liars, May 9, 2012
Defiant Québec Students Reject Shabby Government Offer
by Richard Fidler, Life on the Left, May 8, 2012
Québec Students Call for a Social Strike in Solidarity with Their Struggle
Statement by the CLASSE student federation, April 27, 2012
For the Week of April 22, 2012
Statement on the Parliamentary Elections to be Held on May 6 in Greece
by Antarsya, International Viewpoint, April 2012
Gerry Foley, 1939–2012
For the Week of April 8, 2012
The Spring of Our Discontent: Why Women Will Take to the Streets on April 28th
by Barbara Hannah Grufferman, Huffington Post, April 13, 2012
Revolutionary Redemption, Lessons for Activists
by Paul Le Blanc
A Third Jobs Relapse Underway?
by Jack Rasmus, ZSpace, April 8, 2012
For the Week of March 30, 2012
Spain: Huge General Strike Could Mark Turning of Tide
by Dick Nichols, Green Left Weekly, April 1, 2012
Open Letter to the U.S. Antiwar Movement
New National Assembly to Bring the Troops Home Now
UNAC: a Real Antiwar Movement in the Belly of the Beast
by Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report, March 28, 2012
Supreme Court Decisions Give License to Millionaires, Billionaires and Corporations to Buy Elections and Corrupt the Process
Fourth in a Series on Key Issues in 2012
Prevent Voter Disenfranchisement!
Emergency Labor Network
Third in a Series on Key Issues in 2012
No War, No Sanctions, No Bombing Iran!
Emergency Labor Network
Second in a Series on Key Issues in 2012
Emergency Labor Network Statement on Jobs
First in a Series on Key Issues in 2012
In Wisconsin One Union Makes Demands on Democrats and Rejects Endorsement of Kathleen Falk
by Ann Montague
Antiwar Activists Gather in Stamford
by Kate King, stamfordadvocate.com, March 24, 2012
Massive Demonstrations Support Québec Students Striking Against Fee Hikes
by Richard Fidler, International Viewpoint, March 2012
“Union Yes” Campaign Heats Up at the Ashland (OR) Food Co-Op
by Ann Montague, Willamette Reds
Blog, March 8, 2012
For the Week of January 29, 2012
Revolutionary Method in the Study of Lenin
by Paul Le Blanc
For the Week of December 25, 2011
“With Babies and Banners”: A Documentary Film about the Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936
Links, International Journal of Socialist Renewal, December 30, 2011
For the Week of December 11, 2011
Census Shows 1 in 2 People Are Poor or Low-Income
by Home Yen, Associated Press, December 16, 2011
Occupy and the Tasks of Socialists
by Pham Binh, guest post in Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist, December 14, 2011
An Open Letter from America’s Port Truck Drivers on Occupy the Ports
For the Week of November 27, 2011
Egypt: Masses Seek to Complete the Revolution
by Andrew Pollack, Socialist Action, November 25, 2011
For the Week of November 20, 2011
“It’s the Tax Cuts, Stupid!” or “Supercommittee Post-Mortems”
by Jack Rasmus, LaborFightBack.org, November 22, 2011
Occupy the Democratic Party? No Way!
by Dan La Botz, New Politics, November 22, 2011
Greece: New Government and the Accelerated March to Capitalist Barbarism
by Andreas Kloke, November 11, 2011
For the Week of November 13, 2011
Colombia, South America—Students Defend Public Education, Join Worldwide Movement
by W.T. Whitney, Jr.
You Can’t Evict a Revolution
by Pham Binh, The Bullet: Socialist Project E-Bulletin No. 569, November 15, 2011
This Is What Revolution Looks Like
by Chris Hedges, Truthdig, November 15, 2011
For the Week of November 6, 2011
The Greatest “Occupy” of Them All
Occupiers Past and Present
by Pham Binh, Dissident Voice, November 4, 2011
Three Articles on Greece from International Viewpoint
with a comment by George Saunders, co-managing editor, Labor Standard
Greek Government on Verge of Collapse: No to “National Unity,” for a Workers’ Government
by Alan Woods, In Defence of Marxism, November 3, 2011