San Francisco Labor Council Resolution – Adopted Feb. 27, 2012 by unanimous vote Oppose City of San Francisco Cooperation with FBI and ICE Racial or Religious Profiling and Surveillance Whereas, the FBI had its origins during and after World War One and in the 1920s – in a massive campaign to root out, brand as “terrorist”,… [Read more…]
February 26, 2012
100 Million will Strike in India Source: International Socialist Group, Scotland On February 28th over 100 million Indian workers are set to participate in a one-day general strike across the subcontinent – a move branded as one of the largest shows of industrial strength in the world. The twenty-four hour walkout has the backing of… [Read more…]
February 25, 2012
Victory: Electricians defeat building bosses Militant tactics win. by Simon Basketter (Source: Socialist Worker, UK) Rank and file electricians have won. They have beaten the building bosses who wanted to tear up their terms and conditions and slash their pay. Electricians across Britain have been protesting, occupying and striking unofficially for the last six months.… [Read more…]
February 25, 2012
From Malthus to Ian Duncan Smith (source: Socialist Resistance, UK) Vilifying the poor and disabled is nothing new argues Susan Pashkoff It is the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Dickens and I find myself with a strange feeling of déjà vu listening to politicians in the UK. When we think of Oliver Twist,… [Read more…]
February 25, 2012
Face the enemy in unity or back the chauvinists and perish Vickramabahu Karunarathne (source: International Viewpoint) Pro government trade union leaders claim that a certain group of people backed by International Non Government Organizations is conspiring against the country, when it is on the right track for development after 30 years of protracted war. They… [Read more…]
February 25, 2012
February 25, 2012
Black History, Black Struggle, a recent issue of the journal Race and Class, offers an important opportunity to reassess past struggles against racism in the UK and the US argues Faduma Hassan. Source: Counterfire The riots of August 2011 have awakened a raging debate in the public consciousness over whether the riots represented a political… [Read more…]
February 23, 2012
Against the Rule of Capital; For the General Strike Radical Socialist (24.02.2012) The industrial strike initially called for 28 February is all set to become a general strike. For the last two years, the UPA government has virtually refused even to negotiate with workers and their unions over any issue. Meanwhile, working class militancy has… [Read more…]
February 23, 2012
Condemn the killings of CPI(M) activists, stand up for democratic rights for all Source: Radical Socialist, India Pradip Ta and Kamal Gayen, two Burdwan district CPI(M) (Communist Party of India-Marxist) leaders, the former an ex-Member of the Legislative Assembly, were killed as the result of an armed attack by Trinamul Congress forces, in a clear case of mob lynching. West Bengal… [Read more…]
February 21, 2012
Book Review: New Parties of the Left: Experiences from Europe, Bensaid, Sousa, et al, Resistance Books John McAnulty (Source: Socialist Democracy) 20 January 2012 I have a unique qualification as a reviewer of this book. 28 years ago I experienced in Ireland what would now be called a left regroupment. As with many of the… [Read more…]
February 28, 2012
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