October 2018 (Monthly)
Mexico, 1968: Hunger and Misery are the Agitators, Not Us Struggles Make History — Don’t Wait For the Politicians Ten Years Later: Still a Crisis for the Working Class Prisons of Poverty Fighting Capitalism is Back in China download pdf (11×17)
Mexico, 1968: Hunger and Misery are the Agitators, Not Us
Fifty years ago, at the beginning of October, events took place at the Olympic Games that shook the sports world and beyond. Some U.S. athletes on the team staged a protest, but unlike today, they didn’t take a knee. The first and third place winners of the 200-meter race appeared shoeless on the winners’ podium […]
Struggles Make History — Don’t Wait For the Politicians
The elections are approaching and people are asking, what can we get from these elections? Some people are turning their hopes towards the politicians who are running, especially those from the Democratic Party. It’s not surprising because we are told this is how change is made in history – by important politicians. The Democrats pretend, […]
Ten Years Later: Still a Crisis for the Working Class
It has been ten years since the 2008 economic crisis – when tens of millions of workers in the U.S. lost their jobs and millions of families were kicked out of their homes. The government’s response to this crash is well known – they gave an estimated $12.8 trillion to bail out corporations and the […]
Prisons of Poverty
In the play A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens, the greedy capitalist Ebenezer Scrooge explains the purpose of prison: a dumping ground for the poor and unemployed. When he is asked about what should be done to the poor, he answers: “Are there no prisons? …Those who are badly off must go there.” Then […]
Fighting Capitalism is Back in China
China’s claim to be a socialist country – where the poor and working class are in power – is a joke. The People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949 by the Chinese Communist Party, paying lip-service to socialist ideas and goals, but really laying the foundations for a powerful capitalist economy. With more billionaires […]