February 11: Organizing in Hard Times – Lessons From The Anti-Poll Tax Movement In The U.K.
On January 21, millions of people showed their defiance to the new Trump regime. Could we see a movement develop that could challenge the power held by the 1%? Is it possible? Yes. But how? We can learn from past movements like the one in the United Kingdom against the poll tax in the 1980s. […]
Women’s March: A Sign of Hope
On January 21, the Women’s March, one of the biggest demonstrations in U.S. history took place. Millions of people across the U.S. and around the world flooded the streets. People expressed anger at Trump’s policies – the attacks on women’s rights, on immigrants, his racism, his anti-Muslim and antigay and transgender attitudes, and his mockery […]
A Facelift and Here They Go Again
Valls had to swallow his pride after losing the socialist primary. After all the attacks he had waged against the working class as prime minister, starting with the El Khomri law, this is only deserved. That’s probably the message intended by those who did go and vote against him. But after choosing Hamon, will the […]
Something new with the SP? Absolutely not!
Not many people made the effort to participate in the Socialist Party primary on Sunday. Among the ones who did, only 30% – half a million people – supported Manuel Valls. Even people close to the SP did not appreciate the policy of Hollande and Valls, which has constantly offered gifts to the bosses and […]
No! To Trump and the Society He Represents
Trump has bragged about sexually assaulting women, claiming that he can do anything he wants. Unfortunately the attitudes that guide his self-centered approach to the world are prevalent in this society. We are right to fear that this new administration threatens a massive elimination of the hard fought gains made by women and their allies […]
January 28: We Need To Gather Our Forces! It’s Time to Fight Their Whole System!
With Trump in office the challenges we face are clear for all to see. Open acts of hatred are already unfolding around us and we know further attacks are coming. We Can’t Wait! Join us to discuss what we can do next. Saturday, January 28th at 3:00pm Niebyl Proctor Library 6501 Telegraph Ave. in Oakland PDF […]
It’s Time to Fight Their Whole System!
We Should Expect the Worst A Trump Presidency is upon us. And we should expect nothing less than the worst from this administration. Trump ran a campaign of open racism and nationalism and sexism, promising attacks on immigrants, Muslims, women, gays and anyone else who stands up to him. With his cabinet selections we see […]
2017: The world according to Trump?
On January 20th, the racist and misogynist billionaire is sworn in as the head of the world’s first greatest power. After his surprise election, the revolting real estate mogul seems to have gained the respect from other heads of States in the whole world, from finance tycoons, and… from the main presidential candidates in France. […]
May 2017 be a year full of victorious social fights
Happy new year: the world top five billionaires of the year earned €42 billion altogether. A Frenchman was among them, Bernard Arnault. Finally a success for Hollande’s presidency! At the bottom of the ladder, there has been an additional million people living in poverty in France in the last ten years. As for unemployment, even […]