It’s Time to Organize the 99% to Fight!
All across the world people are rising up against the attacks of the bankers and the bosses and the politicians who do their bidding. Here in this country, we are losing our jobs, being kicked out of our homes, seeing our retirements stolen, our health care benefits slashed, our wages cut, and our lives ripped […]
The Occupy Protests: The Line in the Sand Has Been Drawn
On October 25, in Oakland, in a pre-dawn raid, hundreds of police officers from 18 different police departments descended upon 200 protesters camped out at Oakland City Hall. Protesters were awakened by police in riot gear determined to wreck the place. Police fired beanbags and tear gas canisters at protesters, and arrested around 87 people. […]
The Politics of Deception and Domination
Last week Obama announced that U.S. troops would be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of this year. He said this completed his campaign promise to withdraw from Iraq. Some people might breathe a sigh of relief, believing that the war is over. The Iraqi people are not among them. They know full well what […]
October 15 – The World Protests Corporate Exploitation
It has been one month since protesters took to the streets of New York and set up a protest camp near Wall Street. This symbolic act has sparked a movement of protest against banks, corporations and the super-rich that has engaged people in cities all over the United States. And last Saturday, October 15 this […]
Struggles of the 1930’s—How Workers Fought the Great Depression
With the demonstrations and occupations that started in New York, people are realizing their potential to fight back. On Wall Street and across the world, people are mobilizing. This isn’t the first time that people have organized against an economic crisis. During the Great Depression, people also suffered and took matters into their own hands, […]
Occupy Wall Street: The 99% Begin to Fight Back
In the last few weeks we have seen a wave of popular demonstrations around the country. The biggest were in New York City, aimed at the financial giants of Wall Street, and in Washington D.C. aimed at the US government’s war machine. But there have been hundreds of smaller demonstrations around the country as well. […]
Ten Years of Death, Destruction, and War
October 7th marks ten years of war on the people of Afghanistan. In 2001, the US government used the attacks of September 11th to wage war on Afghanistan, with practically unanimous support from Democratic and Republican politicians. The politicians told us that the people of the US were in danger from terrorists, and that war […]
Some of the Costs of Ten Years of War
These so-called wars for democracy are in reality wars of terror on the people of Afghanistan and Iraq. Both countries are in ruin. Many areas are without access to electricity, water, education and medical care. This war has only killed millions and destroyed the lives of countless others. In addition to the destruction, these wars […]