On Feb. 7, there was a march in Oakland, CA to oppose fracking. One of the main banners of the march was to call for “climate leadership.” This has been the slogan […]
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, […]
Greek Update: What’s at Stake For Us All
It has been a scarce two weeks since the Greek working class put the radical Syriza party into power in Greece. They did that to put an end to the starvation there […]
“Run, Warren, Run”: To Where?
I went to a meeting of “Run, Warren, Run” a couple of days ago. This is a group organized by Moveon.org, which is the “left wing” of the Democrats. They are trying […]
Greece and the revolutionary movement in the US
On Sunday, January 24, national elections were held in Greece. Many young revolutionaries in the United States, caught up in the struggle here, may not have followed those events so closely. They […]
Greece: Revolutionary traditions
We reprint here some comments of Roger Silverman on the political traditions of Greece) Reformism never acquired the stable mass base in Greece that it had achieved historically in the rest of […]
Capitalism: Kill it quick before it murders us all!
Today’s Wall St. Journal reports that Chevron is driving to increase its production of oil and gas, especially in deep water wells in the Gulf of Mexico, in order to compensate for […]
Has the Tide Turned Against Pegida?
(Note: We have carried a series of reports by Dan Armstrong on Pegida – the right wing anti-immigrant and racist group in Germany. Here is his latest report.) The expected rift in […]
Nigeria: Black Lives Matter There Too!
The Nigerian government claimed it was “only” 150. Others said as many as 2,000. That’s the number of people killed by Boko Haram (the name means “Western Education is Sinful”) in their Jan. […]
Germany: Broad rightwing populism as an antechamber for fascists
We carry a new report from Germany by Dan Armstrong: Yesterday the largest rightwing street demonstration in the history of postwar Germany took place in Dresden. This time the Pegida anti-immigration movement […]