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Written by David May
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Saturday, 25 February 2006 |
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Although Bush's new overtime law has been rejected by both houses of Congress, this fundamental right is in grave danger. This and all other hard-fought gains of the labor movement are under attack. Workers can rely only on their own forces to stop the onslaught of the bosses.
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Written by David May
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Friday, 24 February 2006 |
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A look at what Bush's "mandate" will mean for the workers of the U.S. and the world. From issue number 15 of Socialist Appeal. By David May.
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Written by Rachel Small
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Friday, 24 February 2006 |
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New London, Connecticut is a small historic city, but on April fourth it will be seen globally as the location of the next Mock Terror Attack. For an entire week in April of 2005, a carefully scripted stunt will unfold. Homeland Security has chosen to unload a portion of its fortune on this drill; intended to train the first responders, top officials, and medical facilities of New London, Ct. if there were to be a mass crisis. However, there is nothing fake about the terror that will be brought upon the citizens of this inconspicuous city.
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Written by John Peterson
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Friday, 24 February 2006 |
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After Bush’s reelection, many around the world thought the end of the world had come. According to them, the American “sheeple” had been duped once and for all, and Bush would effortlessly ram through his ultra-reactionary policies at home and abroad. Americans were incapable of fighting back and would let themselves be steamrolled by the Neocon juggernaut. We explained that nothing was further from the truth. Bush had no real “mandate” or “political capital”. The country was even more divided than before the elections. That Bush ended up in office a second time was due largely to the lackluster alternative presented to the American populace. It was certainly not the result of overwhelming enthusiasm for his policies. At least with Bush they knew what they were getting. Why vote for John Kerry, a pro-war, pro-Patriot Act, pro-Plan Colombia, and pro-Big Business candidate when there was already one of those in office?
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Written by Charles Boyd
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Sunday, 01 January 2006 |
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History has made it clear: the capitalist elite seems most happy while the masses suffer. Things that are detrimental to the lives of the working majority go to the financial benefit of the ruling few. Things such as war, pollution, price gouging, unemployment and natural disasters are beneficial to them; while slowly killing working people and the environment. The war in Iraq has made unbelievable profits for the oil and construction industries. Every dioxin molecule and greenhouse gas in the depleting atmosphere is a penny saved for the industrial capitalists. It is no surprise then, that the areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina have become a beacon for capitalist greed and exploitation.
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Written by Bob Mattingly
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Wednesday, 09 November 2005 |
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No matter how many promises the current labor leadership makes, they are not interested in doing the only thing that can really improve the lives of working people - break with the two parties of big business and mobilize on the streets!
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Written by Shane Jones
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Sunday, 24 July 2005 |
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On June 21, 2005, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin made a public apology for comments he had made earlier that month over the treatment of prisoners captured in the endless “war on terror” being carried out by the U.S. government and its military. After receiving an FBI email report, Durbin made a brief, and apparently reflective appraisal on its details of the treatment of prisoners being held and interrogated in U.S. custody at detainment camps in the Middle East and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Written by Chris Boutilier
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Friday, 24 June 2005 |
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In May of 2005, the common council of Syracuse, N.Y. passed a living wage ordinance, forcing companies doing business with the city to pay their workers at least $10.08 an hour, or $11.91 an hour if their company doesn’t provide health benefits. The ordinance affects about 200 workers in the city.
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Written by John Peterson
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Friday, 01 October 2004 |
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The U.S. Presidential Election of 2004 marks yet another turning point in the rapidly changing consciousness of the American working class. The result, which should come as no real surprise to readers of Marxist.com, dashed the hopes of millions who sincerely thought they could get rid of Bush by voting for a “lesser evil”. The main lesson to be drawn from the 2004 election is that working people cannot rely on the representatives of another class to fight our battles for us. We can rely only on our own forces and organizations, and must build a mass party of labor that can truly defend our interests.
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Written by John Peterson
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Thursday, 06 November 2003 |
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An Occupation Gone Awry, and a “Job-Loss” Recovery at Home.
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Written by David May
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Wednesday, 01 January 2003 |
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As we celebrate the holiday season and say goodbye to the year 2002, it is also a time when we look back on the preceding year and make our resolutions for the next. 2002 has been a tumultuous and crisis-ridden year, marked on the one hand by continuing economic stagnation and on the other by the looming war with Iraq. It has also been a very turbulent year politically.
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