Month: May 2010
Lori Berenson is Free!
On May 25, 2010 a Peruvian judge, after carefully studying Lori's application for what in Perú is termed "conditional liberty" (parole), determined that Lori has earned her freedom. Lori and her son Salvador will be leaving prison in a few days and moving to an apartment in Lima.For more information about Lori's ordeal and her … Continue reading Lori Berenson is Free!
Greek Crisis Spills Over
By Andrew PollackWorkers in Greece have launched repeated general strikes against the attempt by Europe’s rulers to make them pay the price of the country’s economic crisis, and have inspired workers throughout the continent – indeed, the world – facing similar attacks.The price to be paid in return for the almost $1 trillion package worked … Continue reading Greek Crisis Spills Over
European Crisis Comes as Doubts Cast on US “Recovery”
by Andrew PollackThe fears of bankers and investors over the shakiness of European public debts and deficits (see related article on this blog) were mirrored in dire predictions in May about the fiscal health of the US, as well as worries over the performance of the underlying real economy.Spiegel Online warned that “the US budget … Continue reading European Crisis Comes as Doubts Cast on US “Recovery”
Anishinaabeg prepare for long, hot summer in 1855 Treaty rights battle
by Jeff ArmstrongNearly 200 members and supporters of the indigenous Anishinaabe nation gathered on the shores of Lake Bemidji in northern Minnesota on May 14 to assert their treaty rights under U.S. and international law to hunt, fish, and gather wild rice free of state regulation. While generations of Anishinaabeg (referred to in treaties as … Continue reading Anishinaabeg prepare for long, hot summer in 1855 Treaty rights battle
MOVE Bombing 25 Years Later
by John Leslie25 years ago this week, the City of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on a house occupied by members of the MOVE organization. It’s the crime that city officials and the capitalist media want you to forget.What happened: Cops surrounded the house at 6221 Osage Avenue in West Philly on May 12, following alleged … Continue reading MOVE Bombing 25 Years Later
Eco-Apocalypse Now
by John Leslie The seas are the key to life on this planet. Many in the environmental movement have come to recognize that capitalism is killing the planet, but the killing just turned from slow strangulation to a gunshot.On April 20, the Deepwater Horizon, a deep-sea oil-drilling rig 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana, … Continue reading Eco-Apocalypse Now
The Final Stand
Would a ‘Left-Right’ Coalition Revive the Antiwar Movement?
By CHRISTINE MARIE From the archives: This article appeared in the May 2010 Socialist Action newspaper. In April, two well-known progressive figures, Code Pink leader Medea Benjamin and scholar of working-class cultural history Paul Buhle, went to press to champion a new “Left-Right Alliance Against War.” Such an alliance was the topic of a Feb. … Continue reading Would a ‘Left-Right’ Coalition Revive the Antiwar Movement?
Curious George Attends a Tea Party
“Fascism is not a set of ordered beliefs… it is essentially an emotional protest, partly of those members of the middle class (such as small shopkeepers) who suffer from modern economic developments… It is irrational, in the sense that it cannot achieve what its supporters desire… If it could succeed, the results would be widespread … Continue reading Curious George Attends a Tea Party