Month: August 2008
The Socialist View of the 2008 Election
[by Jeff Mackler]The two-party shell game of U.S. capitalist politics is now in full swing, with an impressive cast of characters lining up to support Obama, as they did with John Kerry. Some are helping to prettify his image and others proclaiming for the umpteenth time in history that "lesser evilism" is a viable political … Continue reading The Socialist View of the 2008 Election
“Run to the Hills” by Iron Maiden
ICE: Nearly 600 detained in Mississippi plant raid
[by Holbrook Mohr/AP]LAUREL, Miss. — The largest single-workplace immigration raid in U.S. history has caused panic among Hispanic families in this small southern Mississippi town, where federal agents rounded up nearly 600 plant workers suspected of being in the country illegally.One worker caught in Monday's sweep at the Howard Industries transformer plant said fellow workers … Continue reading ICE: Nearly 600 detained in Mississippi plant raid
Georgia on My Mind
Global Warming
Slavery
Cuba Soliarity in the Northland
by Adam RitscherThis summer marked the 19th annual Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba. Organized by Pastors for Peace, and supported by a wide range of progressive organizations and activists, the caravan deliberately breaks the U.S. blockade against Cuba, delivering medicine, computers and other humanitarian supplies. This year the caravan consisted on 5 different routes, winding across … Continue reading Cuba Soliarity in the Northland
Mumia and Sacco & Vanzetti
Police State
Revolution
Housing Crisis
Immigrant Rights Are Labor Rights
by Peter Rachleff*Today's critical labor struggles revolve around immigrants' rights, while today's struggles over immigrants' rights are grounded in workplace and labor organizing. Global, national, and local histories have woven these issues tightly together. In the U.S. we are seeing the beginnings of a multifaceted movement which engages these dynamically linked histories.Twenty-five years ago, U.S. … Continue reading Immigrant Rights Are Labor Rights
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Votes to Join USLAW
WHEREAS the PA AFL-CIO strongly supports our troops and wishes to get them out of harm’s way and to bring them home safely; andThe war in Iraq has already taken the lives of nearly 4,000 US military men and women, and wounded an additional 25,000 US soldiers; andThe number of US troops killed in Iraq … Continue reading Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Votes to Join USLAW
Two Sides of the Same Coin
Carhaul Concessionary Contract Rejected
Rank-and-file carhaulers have flexed their muscles and decisively rejected a tentative agreement loaded with concessions.Their vote will send union negotiators back to bargain a more acceptable contract.Tom Landwehr, a rank-and-file observer told us from the count site in Maryland that "I was nervous about it this morning, but the No votes just kept piling. I … Continue reading Carhaul Concessionary Contract Rejected
U.S. Court of Appeals Denies Mumia a Re-Hearing
[by Jeff Mackler]When I learned that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit had on July 22, 2008, denied Mumia Abu-Jamal a re-hearing—thus leaving Mumia’s fight for justice and freedom in the hands of the court of last resort, the U.S. Supreme Court—my immediate thought was that we were once again witnessing the … Continue reading U.S. Court of Appeals Denies Mumia a Re-Hearing