When will they wear red vests?
What if we were witnessing the beginning of a general social fight against the rich, a fight between workers and capitalists? A fight that does not leave any room to the right and far-right politicians? On Saturday 17th, many people have expressed their anger. Perhaps sometimes in muddled or contradictory ways. Nevertheless, the invisible members […]
Wildfires Put the System on Trial – GUILTY!
The 150,000-acre Camp Fire that burned the town of Paradise to the ground was not caused by careless campers. The fire was named because its origin was at Camp Creek Road. All evidence for the cause of the fire points to California’s arsonist in chief – PG&E! For the second time in a little over […]
The Challenges We Face Today: Short-Term Mobilizing or Organizing for Real Social Change
Revolutionary University, October 2018 We can go beyond resistance to the forces of capitalism that have created a world of war, poverty, racism, sexism, exploitation and environmental destruction. It is possible for us to live in a world where humanity is freed to reach its full potential. To bring that society into being we […]
France: “All Together! General strike!” (Revolutionary University, Fall 2018)
Revolutionary University October 2018 France: “All Together! General strike!” This was was one of the slogans last spring. The mobilizations against the French government’s attacks proved that the working class is still able to fight back against the capitalists’ offensive. But it also showed the obstacles that stand in the way of the workers’ movement. […]
November 2018 (Monthly)
A Nation of Immigrants – One Working Class Migrant Caravan: Survival is Not a Crime UPS Teamsters—Voting No is Not Enough! Uber and Lyft: 21st Century Technology, 18th Century Conditions Marriot Workers on Strike download .pdf (11×17)
A Nation of Immigrants – One Working Class
The U.S. is supposedly a nation of immigrants – people who chose to come here. The real history is quite different. Yes, the majority of people who populate the U.S. were immigrants or descended from immigrants. But there were millions of people living here before the European invasion. Estimates say there were 12 million people […]
Migrant Caravan: Survival is Not a Crime
The caravan of a few thousand Central American refugees traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border is a desperate journey of survival. People are walking and sometimes riding on trucks to the border, more than 1000 miles away, to apply for asylum. This may be the largest single caravan of migrants to the U.S. in recent history, […]
UPS Teamsters—Voting No is Not Enough!
Teamsters Union members who work for UPS recently voted to reject a proposed contract. But the top officials of the Teamsters Union said that the voters actually approved the contract. The vote was 46 percent approving and 54 percent turning it down. But the union leadership said that fewer than 50 percent of the eligible […]
Uber and Lyft: 21st Century Technology, 18th Century Conditions
Six New York taxi drivers have committed suicide in the last year. Taxi drivers are now having to work ridiculously long 12-14 hour shifts just to survive. One driver, Doug Shifter, blamed his suicide on having to drive 100-120 hours almost every week. Before shooting himself outside City Hall, he wrote a Facebook post blaming […]
Marriot Workers on Strike
Seven thousand hotel workers across the U.S. are on strike against Marriott, the world’s largest hotel chain. Its sales last year totaled $23 billion. But workers haven’t seen this money in their paychecks or benefits – all they’ve seen is more work. Many are working two or three jobs to make ends meet. Rising housing […]
Don’t raise the tax on gas: Tax capital gains and raise wages!
More and more road “blockades” are expected on November 17th against the increase in gas prices. Originally put forth by small transportation company owners, greatly amplified by social networks, this call has resonated far beyond its initiators. Many in factories and offices have embraced it to express they are fed up with the constant decrease […]
Kamran Nayeri: The Crisis of Civilization and How to Resolve It
Revolutionary University October 2018 An Introduction to Ecocentric Socialism The world is in the midst of profound social and planetary crises, which threaten humanity and much of life on Earth: Catastrophic climate change, the Sixth Extinction, and nuclear holocaust. Why are they surfacing now? What are the root causes of these crises? How can humanity […]
Against high prices, wages need to be raised!
For weeks, there has been an increase in calls on social networks to block roads and roundabouts on November 17th. This action against the increase in gas prices is popular for good reasons: the government and the bosses are waging attacks to empty workers’ pockets. To fight against poverty, without playing into the hands of […]
Trump’s Attack on Refugees is a Crime!
At Trump’s rallies to build support for Republican candidates, he used images of men, women and children fleeing life-and-death situations to build fear and hatred. He refers to the people in the “March of the Migrant” as “criminals.” Trump claims they threaten the U.S. with an “invasion”! He has called for 5,200 active-duty troops to […]