By MARTY GOODMAN On Nov. 3, hunger striker and taxi worker leader, Bahravi Desai, shouted out to an exuberant crowd of taxi workers and supporters, “We won! We won!” as a deal was struck with the city to reduce loans on the artificially inflated cost of city-issued taxi medallions.
Statement from the Assange Defense Committee on the Dec. 10 decision by the UK court.
By MARTY GOODMAN Protesting Indian farmers were called “terrorists,” Sikh faith separatists, Maoists, and agents of Pakistan but their massive year-long mobilizations forced Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his far-right party to cancel its three pro-agribusiness laws first enacted in September 2020.
By JOE LOMBARDO Capitalism's inherent drive for profits is at the root of the vaccine hoarding by rich countries and rampant deforestation that have paved the way for the current crisis.
By MALIK MIAH The FBI covered up its role in Malcolm's assassination by framing two innocent men.
Socialist Action editor’s note: The statement below entitled "Fighting For Queer Liberation" was adopted by the Cincinnati Socialist Workers Organization, an independent organization of Cincinnati revolutionary socialists. The statement reflects the views of Socialist Action, whose National Committee concurred with the statement in October 2021. To contact CSWO, email cincysocialistworkers@gmail.com or go to https://cincysocialistworkers.wordpress.com By Cincinnati Socialist Workers Organization Over the past few … Continue reading Fighting for Queer Liberation: Statement by Cincinnati Socialist Workers Organization
Editor: 18-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke on Nov. 8 at the rally of 100,000 in Glasgow organized by Fridays for Future, an international movement of students which grew out of her climate strike outside the Swedish parliament that began in 2018. By Greta Thunberg It is not a secret that COP26 is a … Continue reading Greta Thunberg Speaks at Cop26 Glasgow
By JEFF MACKLER Hours before President Joseph Biden arrived in Glasgow for the COP26 conference, he demanded that oil-exporting nations dramatically increase their fossil fuel production in order to reduce the price of gasoline in the U.S.
By JEFF MACKLER The idea was to blame the Republicans for society’s ills and pose the Democrats as the party of the people, especially as the mid-term elections loomed. The November elections have passed. Biden’s legislative efforts produced nothing. Democrats were punished by voters from coast to coast.
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By MALIK MIAH Thousands of workers are on strike right now in the United States, in what is being dubbed “Striketober”. In some cases, bosses are using “replacements” (scabs) to cross pic
By MARTY GOODMAN An October 5 strike of 155,000 steelworkers by the rebel NUMSA union and working-class riots in July have shaken South African capitalism.
By MARJORIE COHN The Biden administration is continuing Donald Trump’s persecution of WikiLeaks founder, publisher and journalist Julian Assange.
[We print below material on the recent Canadian elections from our sister party, Socialist Action/Canada. Editor] by Barry Weisleder To quote Yogi Berra, “It’s deja-vu all over again.” The 2021 federal election, which Justin Trudeau called just to gain a majority of seats, looks much like the 2019 election result. The same parties are in place, … Continue reading Canada: Election 2021: Results and Prospects
By Jeff Mackler [Introductory note: The weekend of October 23-25, in anticipation of a UK court convening to re-consider a previous lower court decision to refuse Julian Assange’s extradition to the U.S., Assange supporters will be mobilizing across the U.S. and worldwide demanding: Free Julian Assange! Drop the Charges! No to Extradition! Free Speech! Free … Continue reading Julian Assange and the CIA-USA Daily Wars Against Humanity
By JIM LAFFERTY A couple of weeks ago, President Joe Biden stood before the General Assembly of the United Nations and said that “for the first time in 20 years, the United States is not at war. A damnable lie.
By CLIFF CONNOR Steven Donziger's sentencing was a consequence of the systematic corruption of what is deceptively called the American justice system.
By JEFF MACKLER AUKUS, or the new and secretly negotiated $66 billion nuclear-powered submarine agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the U.S., has momentarily ruffled some political feathers around the world, particularly in France and China.
All Out October 2! By Ann Montague In an interesting interview with the British Broadcast Corporation (BBC) near the end of her life, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was asked what can be done about the large number of states restricting abortion rights. She responded, “We need a movement like the one that … Continue reading
Free Legal Abortion On Demand!
By Marty Goodman Haiti is being hit by an unending series of natural and human-made disasters – seemingly all at once. The assassination on July 7 of its president Jouvenel Moise; an Aug. 14 earthquake; tropical storms; rampaging gang violence and a COVID crisis in a society tortured by extreme poverty and inequality. In the … Continue reading The Hell That is Haiti!
Join us for a special Socialist Action webinar on the latest developments in Haiti. Featuring prominent activists in the Haitian community. Thursday, September 23 at 5:30 pm PT / 7:30 pm CT / 8:30 pm ET. Bring a friend! Click here to join the webinar. Haiti is being torn by a presidential assassination, a deadly earthquake, … Continue reading The Hell that is Haiti Webinar
[The following is the July 27, 2021 presentation by Michael Steven Smith at a book party in New York City’s Lower East Side sponsored by the New York City chapter of the National Lawyers Guild to celebrate the publication of Michael Ratner‘s memoir, “Moving the Bar: My Life as a Radical Lawyer. Smith is a lifelong socialist … Continue reading My Friend Michael Ratner
A Socialist Action Webinar Hello friends of Socialist Action! Join us for our next special webinar to discuss the recent defeat of US imperialism in Afghanistan and the road ahead. Featuring two longtime anti-war activists, Joe Lombardo of UNAC and Jeff Mackler, National Secretary of Socialist Action. Please note that this webinar will take place on Thursday, September 2nd (rather than our regular … Continue reading Afghanistan: Defeat of US Imperialism and the Road Ahead
{Editors note by Ann Montague: Organizations like the Feminist Majority Foundation collaborated with the Bush administration in calling for the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan as a “coalition of hope” for Afghan women. This was of course led by Democratic Party women politicians like Senator Hillary Clinton, always a supporter of U.S. wars and interventions. The oldest … Continue reading Afghan Women Speak: U.S. Occupation and the Taliban
