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Written by Karl Belin
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Wednesday, 22 July 2009 |
 When Barack Obama was still a candidate in the Democratic primaries, he promised a new era if he were elected. Among his promises for “change,” he said his future administration would be one of the most transparent in history: “an unprecedented level of openness in government.” Well, we’re still waiting, and will most likely be left waiting for a very, very long time. |
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Written by Shane Jones
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Tuesday, 21 July 2009 |
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 US foreign policy is dictated by its role as an imperialist power. By imperialism, we mean the monopolistic rule of the big banks, which have control over all the other economic sectors of society, and the carving up of the world into spheres of influence by the powerful capitalist nations.
...Capitalism’s phase as a relatively progressive force for human development has long been passed. Today, the US finds itself on top of the heap, a position that it refuses to yield, even as the heap begins to rot at its core...It is precisely at this juncture that diplomacy is needed to complement the more blunt methods. Enter Obama. |
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Written by Kevin Nance
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Sunday, 19 July 2009 |
 Enhanced climate change exists, and we are not currently living sustainably. There is little argument on these points. We all know that the earth has a natural cycle of warming and cooling, but humans are more than likely having a considerable effect on the current warming cycle. The industrialized countries alone, such as the US and much of Europe, have had a great effect on our air, and carbon levels are higher than in the last 2.1 million years, according to the journal Science. The gases entering our atmosphere are byproducts of capitalist industry and, to a lesser extent, our cars. |
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Written by Mike Perez
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Friday, 17 July 2009 |
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On Saturday, June 2nd 2009, several thousand Seattle residents took to the streets to call for a national single payer health plan. Though numbers were not as large as key organizers from Healthcare Union SEIU 1199 had hoped they would be, the tone of the action was an interesting mix of militant attitude and carnival of the oppressed. Given the increasingly obvious attitude of the ruling gentry in the northwest and elsewhere that public and personal health should remain a privilege, the no-nonsense tone of the crowd was most welcome indeed. |
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Written by David May
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Thursday, 16 July 2009 |
 The 1934 Teamsters strike in Minneapolis, led by the Trotskyists of the Communist League of America (the forerunner of the Socialist Workers Party), was a decisive moment in the US labor and socialist movements. During the years preceding the strike, few would have expected the upsurge that took place in 1934. |
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Written by Tom Trottier
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Wednesday, 15 July 2009 |
 Across the US, the economic crisis caused by the wealthy elite is leading to deep cuts in the standard of living for many workers. This includes workers in the public sector. California, the most populous of the 50 states, is at the center of the state and local fiscal calamity. If California was a separate country, it would be the 35th most populous country and have the 10th largest economy in the world. California alone has more people than all of Canada! |
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Written by Graeme Anfinson
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Tuesday, 14 July 2009 |
 With the much ballyhooed “first 100” days of Barack Obama’s Presidency long past, we are starting to see signs of disillusionment from many of his more vocal supporters. Obama, the man who was supposed to usher in a new era of “change,” is now increasingly being seen as “more of the same.” |
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Written by The Editorial Board
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Sunday, 12 July 2009 |
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 For decades, the mantra “Capitalism = good” and “Socialism = bad” was driven into our heads. But even the most sophisticated apparatus for influencing public opinion – the mainstream media – cannot mold opinion as powerfully as experience itself. From the dizzying heights of the boom to the economic implosion of the last 10 months, dramatic events are shaking up and transforming the way Americans look at the world around them.
Editorial for Socialist Appeal Issue 48
This is an extended version of the editorial for SA48. |
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Written by Socialist Appeal
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Tuesday, 07 July 2009 |
 Spanish language version of our new Hands Off Honduras flyer. |
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Written by Socialist Appeal
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Tuesday, 07 July 2009 |
 New flyer explaining the situation in Honduras. You can download it here. |
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