The open support for liberal Democrat Bernie Sanders by Socialist Alternative provoked a debate within that group back in the first part of 2016. In response, the leadership of Socialist Alternative sent […]
Debate within Socialist Alternative
Kshama Sawant on the Presidential “Debate”
For socialists, a major part of participating in capitalist elections should be to use them as a public forum to bring forward a socialist perspective. First and foremost in the US, that […]
Clinton/Trump: A “debate” among capitalists
I am sick to death hearing about “America” this or “we” that, as in “America wants to control the Middle East” or “we invaded Iraq.” Especially when it comes from other socialists. No, […]
Support IUPAT #10 Workers Party Resolution! Sign the Petition
Sign the petition to support the union resolution for a “class struggle workers party”! That’s what Painters Union Local 10 in Portland OR is calling for. (See below.) They point out that “the 2016 […]
Crutcher Update: PCP “Found”
We all knew it was coming: Now, the police are claiming they found a vial of PCP in Crutcher’s car. Even if they did, it’s irrelevant; they’re just using that to distract […]
Terence Crutcher: Police a vast criminal network
What does it take to put an end to this police crime wave, this wave of police terrorism? That is the question we must ask after the latest (known) outrage – the […]
Multicare: “Healthcare for profit’s got to go!”
Multicare is a privately owned “non-profit” that owns and operates a chain of hospitals and clinics throughout the Pacific Northwest, among them Tacoma General Hospital. Many of the workers for Multicare are represented […]
Notes on the work of Theodore Allen & Lerone Bennett Jr.
The work of Theodore Allen (The Invention of the White Race, 1994 & 1997) presents a powerful argument for class as the underlying unifier in capitalist society and against ‘race’ as […]
Police, Prisons, and the State: Social Control over the Poor and Working Class
Today prisoners across the United States are striking to protest the brutality of the American incarceration system that shuffles threw millions of poor people each year and subjects them to slave labor […]
North Dakota Protest and Organized Labor
Many on the left have been inspired by the protest of Native Americans and their supporters against the Dakota Access Pipeline. They have been horrified at the recent use of police dogs […]