Month: April 2013

Los inmigrantes merecen legalización sin ataduras

Por LISA LUINENBURG Millones de inmigrantes indocumentados y sus familias, amigos y aliados esperaron con esperanza la revelación, el martes 16 de abril, de la nueva propuesta de Reforma Migratoria Comprensiva. A pesar de las altas esperanzas, la nueva legislación incluye muchas provisiones represivas, por ejemplo más militarización de la frontera EEUU-México, nuevos programas braceros … Continue reading Los inmigrantes merecen legalización sin ataduras →

Immigrants need legalization without chains

By LISA LUINENBURG Millions of undocumented immigrants and their families, friends, and allies waited with bated breath for the unveiling of the new proposal for Comprehensive Immigration Reform on Tuesday, April 16. Despite high hopes, the new bill includes many draconian provisions, such as more militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border, new guest-worker programs and biometric … Continue reading Immigrants need legalization without chains →

NDP slide to right sparks socialist opposition

By BARRY WEISLEDER — MONTREAL—Despite the move to water down the reference to socialism in the Federal New Democratic Party Constitution, the word remains, as does the working-class nature of the party. Indeed, socialism is still both a very lively topic and an active movement within the NDP. The party leadership certainly pushed hard to … Continue reading NDP slide to right sparks socialist opposition →

Thatcher: Don’t let them rewrite history!

By DAVE KELLAWAY (From socialistresistance.org, the journal of Fourth Internationalists in Britain.) If we need yet another argument about why we must put our political energies into building a fighting alternative to One Nation Labour then compare and contrast these statements on the death of Margaret Thatcher: Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Opposition, said: “I … Continue reading Thatcher: Don’t let them rewrite history! →

An ineffective solution to climate change

By CHRISTINE FRANK Since 2008, chief climatologist and activist James Hansen has been proposing fee and dividend as a means to curtail fossil fuel use and draw down carbon in order to prevent catastrophic climate change—a very real prospect that is looming ever closer. He has advocated the plan as an alternative to market-based carbon trading … Continue reading An ineffective solution to climate change →

Tuition battle in Connecticut

By KORY YORKE and DANIEL ADAM WILLIMANTIC, Conn.— The students walked through an unfamiliar campus. Attempts by one of the more experienced marchers to start up chants were met with self-conscious and infrequent responses. They had travelled an hour by bus from Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) to Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU) to protest … Continue reading Tuition battle in Connecticut →

Maduro wins in Venezuela

By MARC ROME (Updated on May 4) In the April 14 Venezuelan presidential snap election, the late Hugo Chavez’s chosen successor, Nicolas Maduro, edged out his right-wing opponent, Henrique Capriles. “Chavismo” will continue in power after Chavez, although with the weakest mandate since Chavez’s defeat in the 2007 constitutional referendum. Less than 300,000 votes separated … Continue reading Maduro wins in Venezuela →

Autoridades de Connecticut se unen a la ofensiva contra inmigrantes

Por DANIEL ADAM  Josemaría Islas está enfrentando deportación. Un residente de New Haven, Connecticut, Islas fue detenido el 2 de Julio del 2012 por intento de robo de una bicicleta. No hubo absolutamente ninguna evidencia para la acusación. El acusador no  pudo identificar a Islas y nunca perdió la posesión de su bicicleta. La defensa … Continue reading Autoridades de Connecticut se unen a la ofensiva contra inmigrantes →

Women & coming working-class fightback

By CHRISTINE MARIE This article is based on a portion of the resolution on the oppression of women, written by the author, that was approved by the 2012 Socialist Action convention. “Such demands [from the women’s liberation movement] go to the very heart of the specific oppression of women exercised through the family and strike … Continue reading Women & coming working-class fightback →

Holy smoke! How about equal time?

By BARRY WEISLEDER Saturation coverage by the corporate media of a recent resignation and election in Vatican City showed how the ruling rich impose certain ideas. Even in an increasingly secular world, privileged elites continue brazenly to push ideological opiates. It helps them, I suppose, that in Pope Francis the patriarchal plutocracy has found a … Continue reading Holy smoke! How about equal time? →

Local officials join crackdown on immigrants

By DANIEL ADAM HARTFORD—Josemaria Islas is facing deportation. A resident of New Haven, Conn., Islas was arrested last July 2 for attempted bicycle theft. There was absolutely no evidence for the charge. The accuser could not identify Islas, and never lost possession of his bike. Islas’ defense even produced evidence that he was at work and … Continue reading Local officials join crackdown on immigrants →

Cyprus bank crisis rocks Europe

By ANDREW POLLACK The outrage of workers in Cyprus against a plan to “save” the country’s finances by seizing cash in small depositors’ accounts forced the country’s parliament to vote unanimously in late March against it. The plan was intended to avert the wrath of the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank, and the … Continue reading Cyprus bank crisis rocks Europe →