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What Happened in Chile: An Analysis of the Health Sector Before, During, and After Allende’s Administration

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:03:14 +0000

by Vicente Navarro - In the early 1970s, Chileans fought for a democratized and inclusive National Health Service. The lessons of that struggle are critical to our fight for universal health care today.

Solidarity Divided: A Welcome Return to Class Politics

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:57:34 +0000

By refusing to fight the political class war, unions are losing the economic battle. Solidarity Divided raises the call for a new labor movement that will fight for the entire working class: union and non-union, employed and unemployed, all races, genders, sexual orientations, native-born and immigrant.

The ABCs of Socialism

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:23:15 +0000

That people react so negatively to the idea of socialism indicates how deeply capitalism has damaged our connections with one another.

America in Crisis: The Liberal Challenge and the Prospects for Socialism

admin — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:24:15 +0000

As America slips deeper into crisis, liberal efforts to preserve the capitalist system counter socialist efforts to replace it.

A Social Definition of Class

admin — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:55:03 +0000

A social definition of class explains why the capitalist class will never put people first, why the middle class will always try to contain the forces of rebellion, and why only the working class has the numbers, the power and the motivation to replace capitalism with an egalitarian socialist society

Mayonnaise and the Middle Class

admin — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 21:29:42 +0000

The middle class functions like an emulsifier, binding workers and capitalists in the social arrangement of capitalism.

Are You a Communist?

admin — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:31:31 +0000

Our rulers love the concept of "community," as long as it doesn’t mean abolishing class divisions.