By BLACKIE D. Hey, you see Enron? Is that ever a neat company or what? You wanna be rich, I mean hog rich, can't spend it all? Sure you do-it's the American way, right? Well, this outfit tells you how to do it-how they did it. The scams they laid down are right there in … Continue reading Picket Line & Barricades: Let Enron Show You How!
Month: February 2002
Youth in Action
Black Hawk War Propaganda By MIKE ROGGE I've got to be honest with you people, among my favorite movies, "Saving Private Ryan" and "Three Kings" (even with Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube) are high on the list. Yet, after returning from "Black Hawk Down," I'd have to say that we, as a nation, have entered … Continue reading Youth in Action
Striking Auto Workers Ask Solidarity House: ‘When Does Solidarity Begin?’
By CHARLES WALKER "While there is a lower class, I am in it." -Eugene V. Debs What's happening to some Henderson, Kentucky, autoworkers might not disturb the final rest of the late autoworkers president, Walter Reuther. But it's got to have the ground heaving and shaking around the coffin of Eugene V. Debs, the legendary … Continue reading Striking Auto Workers Ask Solidarity House: ‘When Does Solidarity Begin?’
Bush Blocks United Mechanic’s Right to Strike
BY DAVID BERNT Mechanics at United airlines, represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM), are in a showdown with their employer over the settlement of a new contract. The mechanics authorized their union to strike in December by a margin of 99-1%, but so far have been denied their right to strike by presidential … Continue reading Bush Blocks United Mechanic’s Right to Strike
Will ILWU Keep Its Jobs?
By CHARLES WALKER Longshore and port workers on the nation's coasts are at the beginning of an "historic" period, but only some of the history-in-the-making may be to their liking. While there's new hope that as many as 50,000 port truckers at long last may be organized by the Teamsters Union, escaping a hardscrabble, insecure … Continue reading Will ILWU Keep Its Jobs?
EPA Ignores Dust Pollution from World Trade Center
By ROLAND SHEPPARD The implosion of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers sent clouds of carcinogenic dust across New York City. These towers were built in the late 1970s, and asbestos was one of many different carcinogenic materials that are contained in the buildings. Everyone familiar with construction and the carcinogens contained in high-rise structures … Continue reading EPA Ignores Dust Pollution from World Trade Center
The Communist Manifesto & the World Struggle Today
By PAUL SIEGEL Following is the first chapter of a new pamphlet by Paul Siegel on the theory and practice of socialism. It is scheduled to be published by Socialist Action Books (formerly Walnut Publishing Co.) in March 2002. After the collapse and dissolution of the Soviet Union, the "death of socialism" and the definitive … Continue reading The Communist Manifesto & the World Struggle Today
Interview With Union Organizer in Haiti
The following interview is with Paul Philome, a member of Batay Ouvriye, which is organizing unions in Haiti. Batay Ouvriye, which means "worker's fight" in Haitian Creole, has been active in five of the country's nine departments, particularly in U.S. and other foreign-owned sweatshops. Marty Goodman conducted the interview via email. Batay Ouvriye can be … Continue reading Interview With Union Organizer in Haiti
U.S. Involvement in Afghanistan Points to Larger Confrontations
By GERRY FOLEY As the U.S. consolidates its control of Afghanistan, the military forces it has installed there are displaying ruthless acts of violence that clearly go beyond military objectives. These excesses seem almost indiscriminate. But, of course, if the object is to terrorize, there is little reason to be careful. The more indiscriminate the … Continue reading U.S. Involvement in Afghanistan Points to Larger Confrontations
Which Way for Colombia?
By DAVID NAVA The Colombian people are being tested perhaps more cruelly than any other in Latin America. The bloody conflict pitting the guerrilla groups in the countryside, the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) and the National Liberation Army (ELN), against the U.S. supplied and trained army, has taken a heavy toll. The responsibility … Continue reading Which Way for Colombia?
Argentine Left Debates Strategy as Mass Protests Continue
By GERRY FOLEY The social explosion that blew away Argentina's neoliberal government in December is obviously continuing and deepening. On Feb. 1, there were again massive demonstrations throughout the country. The new president, the populist Eduardo Duhalde, is trying to pursue the same objectives as the ousted government-though with demagogic garnishes. Duhalde is saying, for … Continue reading Argentine Left Debates Strategy as Mass Protests Continue
Thousands Protest World Economic Forum
By GERRY FIORI NEW YORK-Undaunted by freezing temperatures and attempted police intimidation, close to 10,000 people demonstrated here on Feb. 2 against the meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). The demonstration, called by the Another World Is Possible Coalition, began at noon with a rally at 59th Street and Fifth Avenue, just outside Central … Continue reading Thousands Protest World Economic Forum
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Statement to Anti-WEF Protests: Who Benefits from War?
By MUMIA ABU-JAMAL When George II (or is it III?) was enthroned in the White House by the Gang of Five of the Supreme Court, as a kind of American Emperor, a thought came to mind, chillingly: There will be a war. It came with such a clarity that it was surprising. Why? A couple … Continue reading Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Statement to Anti-WEF Protests: Who Benefits from War?
Israeli Officers Refuse to ‘Starve and Expel’ Palestinian People
By GERRY FOLEY As the Zionist regime continues to move toward an all-out war to crush the Palestinian people, two political initiatives have been launched that seem to offer the beginnings of hope for stopping the descent into genocide. On the Israeli side, more than a hundred reserve army officers have declared publicly their opposition … Continue reading Israeli Officers Refuse to ‘Starve and Expel’ Palestinian People
Enron-Type Swindles are the Norm in Capitalist America
By JEFF MACKLER Enron, the nation's seventh largest corporation, with assets of $200 billion, had all the appearances of falling on hard times this past half decade-if its reported taxes are used as a measure of its lack of success. The world's leading energy broker paid no corporate taxes in four of the five past … Continue reading Enron-Type Swindles are the Norm in Capitalist America