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Whose World? OUR World!

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:58:14 +0000

Whatever the shape, composition and demands of these movements, the common denominator is CLASS ANGER – the rage of the oppressed against their oppressors.

“Civil Wars” ignores the political lessons

admin — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:53:22 +0000

"The Civil Wars in US Labor" does not explain why a generation of activists failed to democratize the unions and what the next generation of activists must do differently to avoid repeating that failure.

“I got sick and tired of being treated like crap”

admin — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:14:15 +0000

by Jane Edgett - Hundreds of thousands of Canadian families have been plunged into poverty by a workers compensation system that denies them support.

One Million Kids on Anti-Psychotics

admin — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:00:49 +0000

Corporate America is awash in cash it stole from working-class families, whose distressed children are being labeled with mental disorders and drugged into submission.

Professional Poison: How Professionals Sabotage Social Movements, and Why Workers Should Lead Our Fight

admin — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:21:41 +0000

Professionals dominate social change organizations and also hold them back. Despite their good intentions, professionals are a conservative force. The skills they have acquired to serve an oppressive system are the opposite of the skills required to challenge that system.

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.

Mental Illness or Social Sickness?

admin — Sun, 18 May 2008 21:32:16 +0000

A society based on exploitation and oppression must portray its victims and rebels as sick or deviant. Instead of correcting the social sources of sickness, psychiatry extracts the individual from society, splits the brain from the body, severs the mind from the brain and drugs the brain.

Animal Rights or Human Responsibilities?

admin — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:29:36 +0000

In their efforts to protect animals from unnecessary suffering, some people want to extend the fight for human rights and liberation to animals. While this sounds appealing, it confuses the meaning of rights and liberation

Striking Flint: Genora (Johnson) Dollinger Remembers the 1936-37 General Motors Sit-Down Strike

admin — Wed, 01 May 1996 00:00:00 +0000

The spark that led to the unionization of the giant General Motors Corporation, and eventually of the entire auto industry, was ignited on December 30, 1936, when auto workers in Flint Michigan sat down and occupied their plants.