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Written by Kevin Nance
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Wednesday, 27 May 2009 |
 In this letter, Kevin Nance analyzes the development of class consciousness across the Americas, including the United States. The author of the letter goes on to show the problems of leadership and the need for a mass party of labor. |
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Written by El Militante Sin Fronteras
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Friday, 22 May 2009 |
 With this year’s May Day mobilizations, the question immigration is again a hot topic for discussion. Since 2006, when millions of immigrants and their allies took the streets in historic marches, May 1st has turned into a point of reference in the fight for immigrants’ rights. |
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Written by Adam Koritz
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Wednesday, 20 May 2009 |
 On Friday April 10th the new film “Freteco” was shown at the Mestizo Cafe in Salt Lake. Freteco is an organization of workers’ delegates from occupied factories throughout Venezuela (Revolutionary Front of Workers in Factories Occupied and Under Workers’ Control). An interested group of over fifteen people came out to see the film. The audience included older and younger people and not necessarily the “usual suspects” of the local left. |
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Written by Socialist Appeal
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Monday, 18 May 2009 |
 Jorge Martín, International Secretary of the Hands Off Venezuela Campaign and regular presenter at the Havana Book Fair in Cuba will discuss the history and experience of the Cuban Revolution, the lessons for Latin America, and perspectives for the future. August Nimtz, professor at the U of M and expert on Cuba will also be a featured speaker. The presentation will be held at the Central Labor Union Council in Minneapolis, MN. Please join our Facebook group for the event. |
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Written by the St. Louis Branch of the WIL
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Monday, 18 May 2009 |
 After a six month city election struggle, the campaign to elect independent labor candidate Elston McCowan as Mayor of St. Louis, MO has ended. Francis Slay, the Democratic incumbent, won re-election on April 7th, with just 17 percent of registered voters participating in the election. A member and officer of SEIU local 2000, running on the Green Party ticket, McCowan received just 3.2 percent of the vote. Nonetheless, his campaign was a step forward and a sign of things to come as the economic crisis exposes the Democrats’ inability to offer any fundamental alternative to unemployment, cuts in public services and education. |
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Written by Josh Lucker
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Friday, 15 May 2009 |
 It now appears that the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) will not be passed in the 111th Congress. According to the official excuse given by the Democrats, it lacks the necessary votes to “invoke cloture.” As Socialist Appeal explained in the past, big business clearly does not want the bill to pass, as evidenced by the huge propaganda campaign that they have financed. We also pointed out that the bosses’ “concerns” have absolutely nothing to do with any abstract concern for “democracy,” least of all the democratic rights of the workers, and everything to do with the fear of a resurgent labor movement. |
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Written by Socialist Appeal
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Wednesday, 13 May 2009 |
.jpg) The Workers International League is pleased to announce our first National School, to be held June 13th and 14th in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We invite those interested in learning more about the WIL and our 2009 National School to contact
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for more information on registration (required), attendance fees, accommodation, possible partial scholarships, etc. Donations to help us prepare this school in order to educate a new generation of revolutionary Marxists are needed and appreciated. |
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Written by Tom Trottier
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Wednesday, 13 May 2009 |
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 On February 11, 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report on “Major Work Stoppages in 2008.” The Federal Government defines a major work stoppage as a strike or lockout involving 1,000 employees or more that lasts at least one full shift...
...The statistics show that there were just 15 major work stoppages in 2008, down from 20 in 2006 and 21 in 2007. The last time there were more than 50 major work stoppages was twenty years ago in 1989, when there were 51... ...Some labor leaders and capitalist commentators might look at these statistics and draw the conclusion that strikes are a thing of the past. The theoreticians of Big Business and their political leaders believe that workers should not expect higher wages and benefits, but must work harder for less. Unfortunately, the labor leaders echo their argument. However, no class will give up its rights and privileges without a fight and this includes the working class. The working class will fight back; but the question is not only how to fight back, but how to fight back and win. |
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Written by Graeme Anfinson
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Tuesday, 12 May 2009 |
 Luc Rousselet, who works for Minnesota-based 3M, recently told reporters that talks between his company and its employees were a good thing. This, however, was only after he was kept in his office for more than 24 hours by workers he was intending to fire. Rousselet, who manages one of 3M’s French factories, was described as a “scoundrel boss” by the workers, who demanded negotiations surrounding their layoffs. This case, along with similar situations across France and in other parts of Europe, has been dubbed a “bossnapping.” |
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Written by David May
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Monday, 11 May 2009 |
 President Obama has just passed the 100 day mark of his term in office. What a difference a few weeks makes! Even though GM and Chrysler have already been given millions in public money, Chrysler has now been allowed to go bankrupt. All of its plants will be idled until it emerges from bankruptcy. And despite putting forward the option of a UAW “ownership stake” in GM and Chrysler, Obama is at the same time addressing auto workers with the cold vocabulary of Wall Street: Viability, Profitability and Liability. And these words are not hollow. The administration’s restructuring plan is backed up with factory closings, mass layoffs, wage and benefit cuts and possibly the closing of entire companies. |
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