An international call for March 2008 worldwide protests to mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was issued in London on Dec. 1. The 1200 delegates from 43 nations at the World Against War conference voted unanimously to call on antiwar movements in every country to organize mass protests demanding that all … Continue reading U.S. Antiwar Movement Falters
Month: January 2008
Why Mass Action?
The broad outlines of Socialist Action's views on the centrality of mass mobilizations in building an irresistible antiwar movement have been published in previous issues of this newspaper (see Jeff Mackler's article in our November 2007 issue). But some additional elaboration can be helpful at a time when activists are today discussing concrete measures to … Continue reading Why Mass Action?
Public Enemy Video: “By the Time I Get to Arizona”
Chavez’s Defeat in Referendum Opens Up Political Debate
[by Gerry Foley]The unexpected defeat of the constitutional changes backed by President Hugo Chavez in the Dec. 2 national referendum has provoked deep-going discussion in the Venezuelan left. Much of it is expressed on the website Aporrea, which is operated by a Venezuelan current of Trotskyist origin linked to the Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores … Continue reading Chavez’s Defeat in Referendum Opens Up Political Debate
Chavez’s Defeat in the Referendum Opens Up Political Debate
[by Gerry Foley] The unexpected defeat of the constitutional changes backed by President Hugo Chavez in the Dec. 2 national referendum has provoked deep-going discussion in the Venezuelan left. Much of it is expressed on the website Aporrea, which is operated by a Venezuelan current of Trotskyist origin linked to the Movimiento Socialista de los … Continue reading Chavez’s Defeat in the Referendum Opens Up Political Debate
Despite U.S. Claims, Iraq Still in Turmoil
[by Gerry Foley]The end of the year was the occasion for balance sheets of the Iraq war both by the press and U.S. government officials. Generally these accounts stressed that although 2007 was the deadliest year of the war for U.S. forces and for Iraqis, both civilians and members of the security forces, there has … Continue reading Despite U.S. Claims, Iraq Still in Turmoil
Eyewitness Palestine
by Christopher Towne. Christopher is a member of the Connecticut branch of Socialist Action. He visited Palestine from Nov. 1 to 24.Crossing into Bethlehem from Israel nowadays you are met with a scene from the pages of Orwell. The Israelis have removed anti-apartheid graffiti from the wall and erected two murals. One states in three … Continue reading Eyewitness Palestine
Review of “The Golden Compass”
[by Andy Pollack]On Christmas Day the New York Times carried yet another chilling tale of the dangerous impact of religion on our society. It quoted a juror who had held out for the acquittal of a Black man charged with shooting a white youth threatening his son on how he was pressured by Bible-thumping fellow … Continue reading Review of “The Golden Compass”
Who Killed the Electric Car?
A complete copy of the "Who Killed the Electric Car?" documentary:http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=5977085690337730430&hl=en
Pakistan is Explosive in the Wake of Bhutto’s Assassination
[by Gerry Foley] The assassination of Benazir Bhutto is the subject of all sorts of speculation, even over the basic facts of her death. On the latter the explanations range from the claim that she hit her head on a knob (the story of the Musharif government) to she was zapped by a high-tech laser … Continue reading Pakistan is Explosive in the Wake of Bhutto’s Assassination
Rightists Build Parallel Government in Bolivia
[by Gerry Foley]A latent civil war in Bolivia was defused temporarily by a holiday truce and the Morales government's offer of "dialogue" with its right-wing opposition. But the rightists continue to consolidate a regime of reactionary and racist terror in the southeastern provinces, known as the "Media Luna" (the “Half Moon”), and in some border … Continue reading Rightists Build Parallel Government in Bolivia