Here are some excerpts from a Financial Times article on the fallout from Netanyahu’s speech to congress – one arranged on a “partisan” Republican basis: “Ten Democratic senators with generally hawkish views […]
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Netanyahu Speaks to US Congress: War Criminal Given Hero’s Welcome
That two-bit hustler and war criminal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, spoke before the US congress yesterday. He was given standing ovation after ovation, as he denounced US President Obama’s proposed deal […]
What is Revolution?
A new movement is underway in the United States. Many of those who make up this movement are looking for a road to revolution. From the introduction to this new pamphlet: Revolution, […]
Charlie Hebdo attack
The terrorist attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo are in direct conflict with the interests of all workers everywhere. These same methods are also used against the workers’ movement, for instance […]
From Ferguson, Missouri, to Kafr Kana, Israel
The similarities are eery. In Ferguson, Missouri, a young black man got into some sort of hassle with a cop. He started to walk away but the cop got out of the […]
The Democrats, from Ferguson to Gaza
On Wednesday, Sept. 3, Congresswoman Barbara Lee held a fund raiser here in Oakland. Lee, a member of the Black Congressional Caucus, is one of the most liberal members of the US […]
He has to find it first…
On the day after the Obama administration started bombing the Islamic State (IS – formerly ISIS) in northern Iraq, the Wall St. Journal wrote an editorial on how to defeat them. Among […]
Letter from Barbara Lee
A while back we had a confrontation with Barbara Lee about her support for funding for Israel’s military. Since then, we wrote to her criticizing her for her vote for additional funding. Here […]
US capitalist class and Israel
Some in the US claim that the influence of the Israel lobby is the reason that the US supports Israel so strongly. It is true that this lobby is extremely powerful and […]
Perspectives for War on Gaza
It is hard to see how Israel’s attacks on Gaza will not escalate. On the one side, it does not seem that Hamas can back down from its demand that the blockade […]