By Barry Weisleder / September 2006 issue of Socialist Action TORONTO—The world is on the brink of runaway global warming. Devastating consequences can be avoided only if massive cuts in carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane emissions are started immediately. James Hansen, head of NASA’s Godard Institute of Space Studies, was one of the first to … Continue reading Global Warming – We Are Running Out of Time
Month: August 2006
Canadian Military Fattens While the NDP Leaders Fiddle
by Barry Weisleder / August 2006 of Socialist Action More surprising than the federal Conservative government’s $17.1 billion spending spree on transport planes, ships, helicopters, and trucks for the military is the muted response of New Democratic Party Leader Jack Layton and his caucus of MPs. On top of the $17.1 billion for equipment, the … Continue reading Canadian Military Fattens While the NDP Leaders Fiddle
U.S. Goes Deeper into the Middle East Mine Field
by Gerry Foley / August 2006 issue of Socialist Action The relative failure of the Israeli military assault on Hezbullah in Lebanon and its disastrous political results for the Zionist state and its imperialist backers have highlighted the inability of the U.S. occupation forces in Iraq to consolidate their control of the country and shore … Continue reading U.S. Goes Deeper into the Middle East Mine Field
A Death Foretold: Boston’s Big Dig Claims a Life
by Joe Auciello / August 2006 issue of Socialist Action BOSTON—Late in the evening of July 10, Angel Del Valle and his wife Milena drove into the city, intending to pick up a relative at Logan International Airport. They never arrived. As the couple entered the Interstate 90 Connector tunnel leading to the airport, 10 … Continue reading A Death Foretold: Boston’s Big Dig Claims a Life
How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
by John Leslie / August 2006 issue of Socialist Action “The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil. ” Video, 53 minutes. This documentary, produced by the group Community Solution, gives an exciting and interesting view into the lives of ordinary Cubans. The break-up of the USSR and the loss of Soviet oil exports … Continue reading How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
Mexican Revolutionary Socialists Denounce Electoral Fraud
by the Socialist Unity League / August 2006 issue of Socialist Action Massive protests have been continuing in Mexico against the faked election of the rightist candidate for president, Felipe Calderon of the PAN (National Action Party). Organizers estimated the demonstration in Mexico City at the end of July at 2 million persons, many of … Continue reading Mexican Revolutionary Socialists Denounce Electoral Fraud
The Carnage in Lebanon Caused by Israel
by Gerry Foley / August 2006 issue of Socialist Action Despite the talk of a UN-bartered ceasefire, it appears that the Israeli assault on Lebanon may be prolonged. This is essentially because the Zionist state has been not able to achieve its military or political objectives of intimidating the populations of Lebanon and the Gaza … Continue reading The Carnage in Lebanon Caused by Israel
The Life of the Party: Barry Sheppard, the SWP & the 1960s
by Joe Auciello & Jeff Mackler / August 2006 issue of Socialist Action Barry Sheppard, “The Socialist Workers Party 1960-1988, A Political Memoir,” Volume 1: The Sixties, (Resistance Books: Chippendale, Australia, 2005), 354 pp., $16. At a certain point in a person's life there comes a need for reflection and assessment. Socialist veteran Barry Sheppard … Continue reading The Life of the Party: Barry Sheppard, the SWP & the 1960s
Los socialistas revolucionarios ante el fraude electoral
Por la Liga de Unidad Socialista en la ediccion de Socialist Action, Augusto 2006 ¡Todos contra el fraude electoral! ¡Recuento voto por voto, casilla por casilla!>br? ¡Paro nacional en defensa de la voluntad popular! ¡Por un Congreso Constituyente que restituya la unidad y la soberanía nacionales! MEXICO, D.F.—El fraude perpetrado el pasado 2 de julio … Continue reading Los socialistas revolucionarios ante el fraude electoral
Review of the Da Vinci Code
by Andrew Pollack / August 2006 issue of Socialist Action Dan Brown’s novel, “The Da Vinci Code,” and the movie based on it, have come in for their share of artistic criticism. The book often reads like a supermarket potboiler, and the movie crams in too many of the book’s “facts” to flow smoothly. But … Continue reading Review of the Da Vinci Code
New Orleans: 1 Year After Katrina
by Carl Sack / August 2006 issue of Socialist Action On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast, destroying hundreds of thousands of homes in a swath stretching from central Louisiana to Mobile, Ala. With sustained winds of 125 miles per hour, the initial blow dealt by Katrina wiped many coastal … Continue reading New Orleans: 1 Year After Katrina