Socialist Action Launches New Member Educational Series
July 27, 2020
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Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic, the U.S. War Machine Presses On
July 24, 2020
U.S. imperialism continues its wars of plunder and profit against countries around the world.
Which Way for Today’s Mass Radicalization? Capitalism’s Impending Catastrophe…or the Socialist Future
August 5, 2020
By JEFF MACKLER
Predatory capitalism is facing its greatest crises ever: deadly pandemic, constant brutal racist repression, mass unemployment, mass evictions, accelerating environmental destruction, endless war…and it has no solutions.
How Revolutionaries Use Elections
July 31, 2020
By LAZARO MONTEVERDE
Calls by social democrats to elect “progressive” Democrats exemplify what Engels called “parliamentary cretinism.” Marx, Engels and Lenin devised a different tactic for revolutionaries.
The Militarization of American Science
July 28, 2020
To celebrate our comrade Cliff Conner’s new book “The Tragedy of American Science,” out now from Haymarket Books, we re-publish an early excerpt published in Socialist Action in April 2018.
Which Way for Today’s Mass Radicalization? Capitalism’s Impending Catastrophe…or the Socialist Future
August 5, 2020
By JEFF MACKLER
Predatory capitalism is facing its greatest crises ever: deadly pandemic, constant brutal racist repression, mass unemployment, mass evictions, accelerating environmental destruction, endless war…and it has no solutions.
Socialist Action Launches New Member Educational Series
July 27, 2020
The bi-weekly educational series is a response by the Party to educate and integrate a growing wave of new recruits drawn to the ideas of revolutionary socialism.
How Revolutionaries Use Elections
July 31, 2020
By LAZARO MONTEVERDE
Calls by social democrats to elect “progressive” Democrats exemplify what Engels called “parliamentary cretinism.” Marx, Engels and Lenin devised a different tactic for revolutionaries.
The Militarization of American Science
July 28, 2020
To celebrate our comrade Cliff Conner’s new book “The Tragedy of American Science,” out now from Haymarket Books, we re-publish an early excerpt published in Socialist Action in April 2018.
Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic, the U.S. War Machine Presses On
July 24, 2020
U.S. imperialism continues its wars of plunder and profit against countries around the world.
Mumia: The Perils of Reform
July 11, 2020
By MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
For years — indeed, for decades — we have seen the mirage of reform being presented by neoliberal leaders and their media tools, only to awake too late to ghoulish nightmares of shattered promises and hopes betrayed.
NYC Mayor De Blasio Threatens Mass Layoffs and Cuts
July 10, 2020
By MARTY GOODMAN
De Blasio wants to balance the budget on the backs of workers. The money should be raised instead by taxing the rich!
NY Cop Reforms? The Whole System Has to Go!
July 9, 2020
By MARTY GOODMAN
A mass movement against police brutality and continuous cop attacks on people and protesters, has won some reforms, but New York Democrats continue to refuse more significant changes.
July Issue of Socialist Action Newspaper Out Now!
July 8, 2020
We’re continuing to bring you our great newspaper as a PDF during this pandemic. If you like it, get in touch!
“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”
July 5, 2020
By FREDERICK DOUGLASS
“A day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham.”
UNAC: On This Fourth of July
July 4, 2020
Do any of us have anything to celebrate this 4th of July? UNAC believes we do not.
Mumia: The Perils of Reform
July 11, 2020
By MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
For years — indeed, for decades — we have seen the mirage of reform being presented by neoliberal leaders and their media tools, only to awake too late to ghoulish nightmares of shattered promises and hopes betrayed.
NYC Mayor De Blasio Threatens Mass Layoffs and Cuts
July 10, 2020
By MARTY GOODMAN
De Blasio wants to balance the budget on the backs of workers. The money should be raised instead by taxing the rich!
NY Cop Reforms? The Whole System Has to Go!
July 9, 2020
By MARTY GOODMAN
A mass movement against police brutality and continuous cop attacks on people and protesters, has won some reforms, but New York Democrats continue to refuse more significant changes.
July Issue of Socialist Action Newspaper Out Now!
July 8, 2020
We’re continuing to bring you our great newspaper as a PDF during this pandemic. If you like it, get in touch!
“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”
July 5, 2020
By FREDERICK DOUGLASS
“A day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham.”
UNAC: On This Fourth of July
July 4, 2020
Do any of us have anything to celebrate this 4th of July? UNAC believes we do not.
Rank and File Movement Builds Demanding Cops Out of Unions
July 3, 2020
By MARC ROME
A new mass movement is questioning the very foundations of the US police system, including its role in perpetuating the inequality and divisions among workers based on race.
Combating Police Brutality and the COVID-19 Crisis: What Socialists Demand
July 2, 2020
By JAMES FORTIN
Not since the Great Depression of the 1930’s has the American working class experienced with such gravity an assault to its standing as we are witnessing today. Do we continue under the irrational capitalist rule of the 1%, or do we demand meaningful solutions to the problems that have been thrust upon us, the 99%?
Trump’s Big Rally Fizzles, While the Movement Rises
June 30, 2020
By BARRY SHEPPARD
Trump’s first rally in months only drew a small crowd as Covid cases skyrocket and the mass movement against racism and police brutality continues.
Larry Kramer fought indifference — and won!
June 26, 2020
By JOHN WILSON
The death of Larry Kramer was a huge loss, not only for gay men and others in queer communities, but for all of us involved in the fight against every kind of oppression brought down on us by our decaying, crisis-ridden capitalist society.
Supreme Court Decision Expands LGBTQ Job Protections To All 50 States
June 24, 2020
By ANN MONTAGUE
In an opinion issued in the context of a mass movement demanding justice, equality and an end to discrimination, the Supreme Court immediately expanded job protections to LGBTQ workers in 23 states where none had existed.
Fourth International Statement of Solidarity with Anti-Racism Protests
June 20, 2020
“Our Solidarity with the Worldwide Anti-Racist Revolt”
By EXECUTIVE BUREAU OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL
Demonstrators demand removal of racist monuments and Confederate flags
June 19, 2020
By MALIK MIAH
The rebellion against police violence and murder continues to expand. New demands arise against institutional racism and its symbols of oppression and genocide by Black and Brown people and Native American nations.
Deadly New Sanctions on Syria
June 16, 2020
By JUDITH BELLO
The new U.S. sanctions against Syria are an attempt to land a death blow on the Syrian government while the world is focused on other problems.
U.S. Fight Against Racism and Repression Reaches New Heights
June 14, 2020
By JEFF MACKLER
Today’s unprecedented mobilizations began with the police murder of George Floyd. But their depth and staying power is equally a reflection of the mass anger and frustration stemming from all the insults to one’s being that capitalism has inflicted on working class America, and especially the nation’s Black, Brown and Native American communities.
George Shriver 1936 – 2020
June 12, 2020
Obituary by JENNIFER SHRIVER
George Van Bibber Shriver Jr. passed away in his sleep on April 24, 2020. His loss is felt by many.
My Personal Recollections about George Shriver
June 12, 2020
By MARILYN VOGT-DOWNEY
A longtime comrade reflects on meeting George and working together in the Socialist Workers Party.
Mumia: World On Fire
June 11, 2020
By MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
Protests against police brutality and racism in America have spread around the world.
June Issue of Socialist Action Newspaper Out Now!
June 9, 2020
We’re continuing to bring you our great newspaper as a PDF during this pandemic. If you like it, get in touch!
Bernie Sanders, Naomi Klein and More Launch “Progressive International”
June 8, 2020
By GARY PORTER
Well known names from around the world recently joined together to form a “Progressive International.” What does this group represent?
Socialist Action’s Protest Flyer: Jail Killer Cops! Black Lives Matter! Capitalism is the Virus!
June 7, 2020
In these pandemic times, we’re bringing you our digital protest flyer! Download the PDF!
Meatpacking Workers Attacked by COVID-19
June 6, 2020
By DON HARMON
Workers at meatpacking plants are suffering extremely high levels of coronavirus infection, due to lack of protection, while the plants become hotspots for widespread outbreaks in their towns and cities.
COVID-19 and NYC Transit Worker Hell
June 4, 2020
By MARTY GOODMAN
Over 130 New York City transit workers have died of COVID-19 with MTA doing little to protect the largely Black, Latino, and immigrant workforce. As one train conductor says, “We are not essential. We are sacrificial.”
Federal charges against four Venezuelan Embassy protectors dropped!
June 3, 2020
Statement by the four Embassy Protectors, Washington, D.C., June 3, 2020 The federal charge of “interfering with certain protective functions” levied against four members of
The Wars Come Home: UNAC Statement on the Current Uprising
June 2, 2020
The United National Antiwar Coalition stands in solidarity with communities across the country who are rising up in protest against racist police violence.
Defend Black Lives! No Police State! No Military Dictatorship! Release all arrestees! No more attacks on anti-racist protesters!
Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Gay Community: Then and Now
June 1, 2020
Today Dr. Fauci is well known as a trusted scientist who is trying to guide the country through a pandemic. Gay men and lesbians who were involved in fighting the AIDS epidemic knew Dr. Fauci as a more complex figure in their struggle with the head of the NIAID.
Mumia: I Can’t Breathe, Part 2
May 30, 2020
By MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
“The name Eric Garner has become a catch word for the state of black America for decades, if not centuries, who can barely breathe free air.”
Outrage in the Streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul
May 29, 2020
By LISA LEONARD
On-the-ground report from a comrade in Minneapolis on the protests of George Floyd’s murder.
#JusticeForGeorge
The Blue Plague and Black Death
May 29, 2020
By GLEN FORD
George Floyd’s death by Blue Plague in Minneapolis was widely condemned by the same parties that have encouraged and funded the spread of the fatal contagion.
[Updated] The Plague of Racist Cop Murders: Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and the COVID-19 Pandemic
May 28, 2020
By JEFF MACKLER
George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and many more Black people have been murdered by racist cops every day. Meanwhile, Black people are dying of COVID-19 at a rate 3 times higher than whites.
United National Antiwar Coalition denounces any attempts by the US to stop shipments of Iranian fuel to Venezuela
May 27, 2020
Press release issued 5/20/20 Last week, an Iran-flagged tanker passed the Suez Canal, reportedly bound for Venezuela with a shipment of refined fuel. Despite having
System Change Not Climate: Monthly Climate Crisis Commentary
May 26, 2020
Climate Crisis Commentary for June 2020
By JAMES FORTIN
Pandemic Capitalism’s Cruel Absurdity
May 24, 2020
By MARK T. HARRIS
The United States has the highest number of Covid-19 cases and deaths in the world. Capitalism’s inexorable drive for profits over human needs got us here.
Dreams Deferred: Book Review of “Red International and Black Caribbean”
May 23, 2020
By MARTY GOODMAN
A review of “Red International and Black Caribbean: Communists in New York City, Mexico and the West Indies, 1919-1939,” by Margaret Stevens