I got a call last night from the campaign headquarters of one of the candidates for city council in Oakland. The conversation went something like this: Campaigner: “Hello, John. I’m calling to […]
SEIU Local 6: A fighting union is needed
(NOTE: See the updates at bottom of this article. This especially applies to all SEIU members.) Farhyo Ibrahim is a janitor working for ABM at the Seattle Tacoma airport. A member of […]
Radio show: What is socialism?
Recording on WEFT’s “World Labor Hour” on what is socialism? That part of show starts about 24 minutes in. For those who are interested, read more here. http://www.radio4all.net/files/bobpalez@comcast.net/3532-1-Illinois-WorldLaborHour_2014-10-04_edit.mp3
First Ebola fatality in US: He and 4000 more are victims of capitalism
With over 4,000 dead from the disease, Ebola is a major crisis… for the people in West Africa. For the rest of the world? Not so much. Listen to Dr. Thomas Geisbert. […]
More Video from Ferguson
We understand that there is a lawsuit going on in Ferguson challenging the police rule that nobody can stand still at the Ferguson protests. This is, of course, enforced selectively, but completely […]
Bill Maher the bigot and violence in society
Below is professor Reza Aslan answering (liberal) Zionist bigot Bill Maher’s claim that there is something peculiarly violent about Islam. He explains that you can’t lump all predominantly Muslim societies together. He’s […]
Scottish Independence Election Outcome
Rob Jones has been living in Scotland for the last nine or ten years. Below he comments on the election outcome. His comments reinforce the point made in an earlier article here […]
San Francisco Ironworkers wildcat strike
Ironworkers in San Francisco have gone on a wildcat strike against a contractor-friendly contract. The ironworkers will be getting the grand total of a wage increase of some 60 cents spread out […]
Scottish Independence
The British capitalist class is facing a crisis: The possibility of an independent Scotland. How should socialists and working class fighters see this issue? In our view, we have to start with […]
What is happening to our cities?
Here (http://darkarethedays.wordpress.com/2014/09/08/capitals-image-of-seattle/) is an excellent study of how Seattle has changed, how it has become gentrified. In describing Seattle, the writer (Jordan Martinez, a member of Socialist Alternative in that city) is also […]