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Wednesday, 17 October 2007 |
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Editorial for SA #34 Whether you live in Philadelphia, Seattle, Detroit, Mexico City, or Baghdad, most working people would agree that quality jobs, health care, education, housing and infrastructure isn’t too much to ask for. Instead, capitalism gives us war, racism, economic turmoil, and unemployment. And it’s not as though the money isn’t there – over $2 billion is spent each week just on the occupation of Iraq – it’s a matter of priorities. Just imagine how many badly-needed schools, bridges and hospitals could be built, providing quality jobs for millions of people in the process. |
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Wednesday, 12 September 2007 |
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Editorial for SA #33 Like the Katrina disaster two years ago, the collapse of the I-35 bridge in Minneapolis, MN is yet another reminder of the real effects of the capitalist policy of “guns before butter”. A key bridge in a city with some of the worst rush hour congestion in the country, it is just one of the 73,784 U.S. bridges found by the American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) to be “structurally deficient or functionally obsolete” – including 64.8 percent of the bridges in Washington, DC. The thirteen people who lost their lives are just part of the tragedy.
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Sunday, 29 July 2007 |
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Editoral for Socialist Appeal 32 As Congress enters its summer recess, millions of Americans who were expecting a real change after the Democrats’ November 2006 victory are justifiably discontented. For all their promises and rhetorical bluster, what have these big-business politicians really accomplished? Has anything fundamental changed for working people? Bush’s approval rating is at an all-time low of just 29 percent – a sharp drop from his 90 percent approval rating after the September 11 attacks. How quickly things change! Only Harry Truman, Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter had lower approval ratings. But after nearly 7 years of Bush’s disastrous domestic and foreign policy, his overwhelming unpopularity is understandable. |
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Wednesday, 13 June 2007 |
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Editorial for SA31: After weeks of political show-boating, the Democrats have voted to continue the war in Iraq. Without even the fig leaf of a time line for a partial withdrawal, they have appropriated over $100 billion more public dollars to continue the occupation of Iraq, condemning thousands more Americans and Iraqis to death and dismemberment. This is another $100 billion that will not be used to create jobs, provide health care, or build schools and affordable housing. The total spent on the war now totals over $556 billion. Even the richest nation on earth cannot afford this policy of “guns before butter” forever. |
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Written by Editorial for Socialist Appeal Issue 30
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Monday, 30 April 2007 |
 Every May Day, millions of workers around the world celebrate International Workers’ Day – the original Labor Day. Here in the U.S., Labor Day is officially celebrated in September, and has all but lost its original political and class character. It is seen by many as little more than an end-of-summer barbecue. But the real origins of May Day can be traced right here to the United States and the bitter struggles of working men and women for better wages, rights, conditions, and the eight-hour day. |
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Written by Socialist Appeal Editorial Board
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Friday, 02 March 2007 |
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The war in Iraq is the most
important issue on the minds of American workers and youth. There is an entire generation
whose world-view has been entirely shaped by the epoch of war, revolution,
and counter-revolution through which we are living. Are the Democrats really doing anything to change the situation?
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Written by Socialist Appeal Editorial Board
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Monday, 30 October 2006 |
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Although they may differ with the Republicans on this or that secondary issue, on all fundamental questions, the Democrats consistently defend the interests of big business against the interests of working people. How could it be any other way? They are directly funded by the employing class and most of them are extraordinarily wealthy themselves. |
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Written by Socialist Appeal Editorial Board
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Friday, 15 September 2006 |
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Editorial from Socialist Appeal Issue 26 The Latin American Revolution is spreading like wildfire, posing a mortal threat to U.S. control over the region. The masses in Venezuela and Bolivia continue to push the process forward, and now Mexico has joined the conflagration, threatening U.S. imperialism right in its own backyard.
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Written by Socialist Appeal Editorial Board
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Thursday, 11 May 2006 |
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There's no doubt about it: the simmering discontent accumulating beneath the surface of American society is starting to bubble to the surface. As millions of immigrant workers, their families, and supporters participated in the historic "Day Without an Immigrant", a changing mood is emerging across the country. |
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Written by Socialist Appeal Editorial Board
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Sunday, 01 January 2006 |
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The pace of events continues to accelerate. You can feel it in the air - there is a rumbling beneath the surface of American society, and it is clear that sooner rather than later, all the pent up pressure and frustration will burst onto the surface.
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Written by Socialist Appeal Editorial Board
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Friday, 01 July 2005 |
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The recent terrorist attacks in London only confirm the volatile position the world finds itself in at the beginning of the 21st century. Bush and Blair’s war on terror and the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan have done nothing but further destabilize the situation. Here at home, the mood is finally turning against the war. The anti-war movement has a fresh opportunity to rally millions around the demand for the immediate end to the occupation.
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