Abortion rights in Ireland: Advances in women’s issues are advances for all workers
On May 25th, over 66% of Irish people voted to legalise abortion. This is a historical victory for Irish women. But they will have to make sure that the bill legalising abortion up to 12 weeks is passed. There is reason to celebrate, after all those years of illegal abortions in dangerous conditions, or paying […]
NFL Owners Won’t Dictate Our Lives!
The NFL issued a new policy in its latest attempt to stop players from engaging in protests against racial inequality and police brutality. According to the new rule, the League will fine teams if players on the field “do not stand and show respect for the flag and the anthem.” As if it is somehow […]
A History of the Democratic Party – From Slavery to Obama: Loyal Defenders of Capitalism
download illustrated PDF of this pamphlet Originally written and published by Speak Out Now in August, 2008. The pamphlet was expanded in September, 2018 to include the last two chapters. Table of Contents Introduction The Democratic Party – Rooted in Slavery The Civil War: The Democrats Fight to Maintain Slavery The Party of Racism and […]
Competitive manoeuvring, and real wars against peoples
Like the frog that believed it could be big as an ox, Macron patted himself on the back for tempering Donald Trump by proposing to revise the Iranian nuclear agreement, rather than tearing it. It failed. On May 8th, Trump announced the US backed out of the agreement and renewed economic sanctions against Iran. The […]
Workers Of The World Unite!
Karl Marx was born 200 years ago on May 5th, and his birthday was celebrated all over the world. Why is he still remembered? Why do politicians and journalists who defend the capitalist system continue to attack him? They are still trying to bury Marx, but his socialist ideas are as relevant today as ever. […]
May 2018 (Monthly)
Teachers on the March – The Strikes Spread France: Railroad Workers Lead the Way Young People Challenge the Violence of Society Colin Kaepernick: His Silence Will not be Bought Palestine: Gaza in the Crosshairs Download May 2018 (Monthly) [11×17.pdf 4mb]
Teachers on the March – The Strikes Spread
The successful West Virginia Teachers Strike in March has inspired walkouts and demonstrations by school teachers and staff in other states, and strikes in Oklahoma and Arizona. Education workers are demanding increased funding for school programs their students need as well as pay raises. Oklahoma The Oklahoma government has cut the education budget by 16% […]
France: Railroad Workers Lead the Way
Tens of thousands of workers demonstrated across France on May Day protesting the policies of the government and their rightwing president, former investment banker Emanuel Macron. Since Macron’s election a year ago, his government has attacked the rights of workers, retirees, immigrants, and students, trying to cut jobs, reduce social services and end protections that […]
Young People Challenge the Violence of Society
Future history books may recall 2018 as the year of the students’ uprising against violence. We have for many years endured mass murders in the U.S. by gunfire especially, but also bombings and vehicles used as weapons. But with the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14, something changed. […]
Colin Kaepernick: His Silence Will not be Bought
Ever since San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, became a free agent in 2017, he hasn’t been signed by any NFL team. For months Kaepernick and his lawyer, along with many NFL players and sports journalists, have claimed that Kaepernick has been blacklisted for his protest against police brutality by kneeling during the national anthem. […]
Palestine: Gaza in the Crosshairs
Since March 30, Palestinians living in the Gaza strip have staged demonstrations against their treatment at the hands of Israel. Gaza is home to nearly two million people, living in a region smaller than Los Angeles. Along with the West Bank, Gaza has been occupied militarily by Israel since 1967. Gaza is home to hundreds […]
We won’t get pushed around!
“We’re angry railway workers, and we won’t get pushed around!” chanted the Parisian strikers who had gathered, on May 7th, in two Paris train stations. These demonstrations, which lasted the whole afternoon, despite the cops’ attacks with batons and tear gas, sent a clear message: railway workers are not fooled by the prime minister manoeuvres […]
1968 – Be Realistic, Demand the Impossible!
There are certain years that are pivotal in history, when cataclysmic changes in consciousness take place and this paradigm shift spreads contagiously.