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“They say cutback...we say fight back” Print E-mail
Written by Red-Ink   
Sunday, 14 March 2010
 As soon as the winter weather showed the first signs of letting up a massive protest by workers and students was unleashed on Manhattan, covering no less than three city blocks! The joint protest by Transport Workers Union (TWU) and a coalition of different student groups protested a new round of layoffs for workers and cutbacks in education spending.
 
March 4th Day of Action to Defend Public Education Print E-mail
Written by Michael Hureaux Perez   
Sunday, 14 March 2010
 On March 4th, students and workers in over one hundred locations throughout the United States marched against the education policies of the Obama administration.  The largest turnouts were at several locations in the state of California, one of the states hardest hit by the current economic crisis.
 
Obama’s “American Values” Print E-mail
Written by Graeme Anfinson   
Monday, 08 March 2010
ObamaThis article analyzes the "American values" Obama made note of in his State of the Union address.  It explains that the notion of such "American Values" serves the interests of the ruling class, as it serves to conceal the irreconcilable class interests that exist between the working class and the capitalist class.  The role of the individual in history and exploitation in the process of production are also explained.
 
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Free (Market) Elections Print E-mail
Written by David May   
Thursday, 04 March 2010
Corporate Spending in PoliticsOn January 24th, the US Supreme Court, by a 5-4 decision, ruled to remove the remaining spending limits on corporate involvement in elections. The ruling has been criticized by many as a dangerous encroachment by the wealthiest corporate interests and an undermining of free, democratic elections. But even before the court’s decision, corporate cash remained a prime mover of both capitalist parties in Congress and the White House.
 
SB81: Populist Demagogy Becomes Oppressive Legislation Print E-mail
Written by Tom Anderson   
Thursday, 04 February 2010
ICEOn July 1st, 2009, when Utah’s Senate Bill 81 (or “SB81”) took effect, undocumented immigrant workers across the state instantly had a lot more to worry about. Since then, many immigrants have been deported for minor offenses, such as having an open container of alcohol or speeding. The deeper result, of course, has been an overall increase in the feelings of fear and terror instilled in the hearts and minds of the immigrant community all over the state.
 
Obama's State of the Union Address and "American Values" Print E-mail
Written by Graeme Anfinson   
Friday, 29 January 2010
 In Obama's State of the Union address, the President called for "national unity."  It's definitely in the interest of the people who collect profit off of other people's work to assure us we all share the same set of "American values." They want us to believe we're "all in this together" when really they're parasites living off our sweat.
 
Corporate Media: A Ruling Class Tool Print E-mail
Written by Antonio Bâlmer   
Monday, 25 January 2010
Corporate MediaIn the society in which we currently find ourselves, class society, a small minority of the population holds ownership and control over industry, banks and all major means for producing wealth. Because we, the workers, do not get to enjoy this wealth, although we create it, our lives are reduced to working for wages that disappear when we pay the bills. How does the ruling class keep us putting up with such a lifestyle?

One way is the fact that the ruling class’s ideology permeates contemporary culture and dominates the media.
 
What Does the Massachusetts Election Mean? Print E-mail
Written by Tom Trottier and John Peterson   
Monday, 25 January 2010
Scott BrownThis article takes note of the effects of the recession on workers in the USA (high unemployment, low wages, threats of losing homes, etc.) and how Obama is continuing Bush's program of spending billions of dollars bailing out Wall Street.  The union leadership told workers that voting the Democrats into Congress and the White House would change things, but where is this change?  As the Workers International League explained, voting for the "lesser evil" in a system dominated by two corporate parties would bring about an immediate "evil."  People then get tired after no real change and end up bringing the "greater evil" back into power.  This is precisely what happened in Massachusetts.
 
Senate Health Bill: Early Gift or Lump of Coal? Print E-mail
Written by Paul Joseph Poposky   
Monday, 18 January 2010
Obama on Dec. 24th On Christmas Eve morning, Senate Democrats followed through on their promise to pass their version of a health insurance reform bill before the Christmas Holiday, delivering what has been hailed by many liberal commentators in major media outlets as an “early Christmas gift.”   However, American workers concerned about the rising costs of health care, the poor quality of service provided by private insurance for those who can even afford it, and the millions of people left behind by for-profit, market based health care ought not get too excited about the Affordable Health Care for America Act.
 
Students Strike in California Print E-mail
Written by Juan Jesus Rojas   
Friday, 15 January 2010
Student WalkoutThe Capitalist crisis has plunged the state of California into its worst budget crisis in history. Billions of dollars have been already slashed from the budget and billions more will be cut this year in order to“fix” the shortfall of $20.7 billion. Unable to find any other solution on the basis of Capitalism, workers and students will bear the brunt of these cuts.
 
Successful First Leftist School at SIUE Print E-mail
Written by Paul J. Poposky   
Saturday, 19 December 2009

 The first semiannual Left-Wing School of the Greater St. Louis/Metro-aast saw attendance and participation from local students, educators, concerned citizens, and Left activists which exceeded expectations. The School featured a diverse array of speakers from the Workers International League-International Marxist Tendency (WIL-IMT), the Autonomy Alliance, the Gay-Straight Alliance at SIUE, and the Metroeast Progressive Movement (MPM), as well as college professors and representatives of a local workers’ collective.

 
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