Trump has launched his second attack on the Syrian government, this time by reportedly bombing chemical weapons facilities, including a chemical research facility. (We say “reportedly” because we don’t know for sure […]
Putin, Assad and the Syrian Disaster
Introduction to 2024 edition Originally published in 2018, this pamphlet has increased relevance in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. To understand that invasion, we must understand the development of Russian […]
Douma gas attack: What is Trump likely to do?
As Trump prepares what is a likely attack on Assad’s airfields, socialists should start by looking at the underlying issues. First: Was there really a poison gas attack on Douma on Saturday, […]
The human slaughterhouse: military prison Saidnaya
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Corbyn an anti-Semite? Roger Silverman comments
A huge brouhaha against Jeremy Corbyn is being kicked up by the capitalist media in Britain. They are claiming that this left leader of the British Labour Party is an anti-Semite. Roger […]
Sutter Health sued; socialized medicine needed
The State of California is suing Sutter Health Care for price fixing. The statistics behind the suit show that, while “Medicare for all” would be a positive step, what’s really needed is […]
Report from Denmark
2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the great uprising in France (1968). Now, massive strikes against the neoliberal attacks of Macron are under way there. Below, Birgitte N. reports that something similar […]
March against violence: Another sign of coming movement?
Thousands gathered in downtown Oakland today to protest against gun violence. As is to be expected, the range of politics was all over the place – from Black Lives Matter supporters […]
East Ghouta: Support US Intervention?
by Roger Silverman The widespread confusion about the respective motives and affiliations of the key players in the Syrian conflict, from the Americans to the Russians to the Turks and the Kurds, […]
Last Days of Pompeo… or of ‘Identity’ Politics?
Last Days of Pompeo… or of ‘Identity’ Politics? by Raymond Nat Turner His lips gurgled watery words, his nostrils were an aching incinerator… Still she taunted and tormented him about his acting, […]
