A real positive with this book is that while it debunks what it calls “utopian reformist” solutions (like technocratic solutions or personal consumption choices), it does so without insulting the generally well-meaning people who care deeply about the problem and truly believe those are the solutions. This is valuable because it is important not...
Anton Pannekoek 1938 http://www.geocities.com/~johngray/lenphl12.htm The publication first of a German, then of an English translation of Lenin’s work shows that it was meant to play a wider role than its function in the old Russian party conflict. It is presented now to the younger generation of socialists and communists in order to influence the...
“That was really inspiring for us,” said Billy Wharton, co-chairman of Socialist Party USA, one of a handful of socialist groups in the United States. And for U.S. socialists frustrated by their fractured movement, Occupy Wall Street offers a beacon of hope. The protest movement has claimed the mantle of the masses and demanded...
For more than a century May has been the month of working people. May the first is Labor Day in most countries around the globe, and therefore most celebrations are held this month. The ‘May tradition’ comes from the U.S., but ironically it’s not really cherished there that much… http://rt.com/programs/spotlight/mayday-month-working-first/
(Reuters) – A red-tinged sea of Cubans marched through Havana’s Revolution Square on Tuesday in a May Day parade that affirmed the government’s intention of assuring a communist future for the Caribbean island. With President Raul Castro looking on from beneath a giant statue of Cuban independence hero Jose Marti, hundreds of thousands of...
Occupy may mark the beginning of a new era of city-based uprisings. An expert explains why — and how From Paris in 1871 to Prague in 1968 to Cairo in 2011 and eventually the streets of New York City, cities have long been a hotbed of radical movements. Over the decades, urban protests have...
The movement’s political platform displays revolutionary aspirations. It notes “new dynamics of collective action in our country,” and “growing desire exercise of politics linked to the many social and class conflicts.” The document proclaims a “vocation for power, while signaling the necessity for political change to overcome imperial domination and hegemony imposed by...
The socialist stage The struggle for socialism is a complex process with no fixed timetable. Periods of advance yield to periods of retreat and vice versa. Shifting alliances form and reform with each side struggling to turn provisional allies into stable ones. New political understandings that accent unity, equality, empowerment, and anti-capitalism compete with...
Defeating right-wing extremism is seen as simply the first stage of the fight. Webb warned of that stage’s critical nature. “If you don’t believe me,” he added, “take a look at Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio, where Republicans took control of the levers of power in 2010 and then ruthlessly rolled back rights, eliminated social...
For Wolff is in very high demand these days. Barely 24 hours goes by without Wolff being interviewed on one or more radio stations in America. He even has his own radio show that broadcasts once a week. He has appeared on TV, including on the conservative Glenn Beck show on Fox. He spends...
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