“I think it’s great.” “Is this something to do with those women protesting?” “They are completely different from us.” These were three comments from workers and young people about the Marriott strike […]
Marriott strikers can win
“Markets will teach Italians how to vote…”
Yes, he actually said that – Gunther Oettinger, senior member of the European Commission. The “markets will teach Italians how to vote.” In other words, the blind, impersonal forces of global capitalist […]
Video: May Day, 2018, around the world
Have we turned the corner?
“Across the Middle East, poor and working class people are voicing outrage at systems they view as rigged. Protests erupted in cities across Iran starting in late December, triggered at least in part by […]
Iranian Revolutionary Upswing
Reprinted from the Alliance of Middle East Socialists By Behrouz Jalilian In the past few days the protests, the rallies and the rebellion of the Iranian people, the people of the lower […]
Iran protests: A turning point?
Are the protests in Iran a turning point in the global class struggle? They started on Thursday in Iran’s second largest city, Masshad around the issues of high prices and unemployment. The […]
Some Thoughts on World Perspectives
A starting point for socialists is to understand the psychology – the consciousness and the mood – of the working class and to understand the forces at work that shape that psychology. How […]
