“Labor Day” is traditionally the official opening of US election campaigns. In this presidential election year, it is useful to compare the state of affairs of the two main parties of big business […]
Political Shifts and the Unions: Labor Day, 2016
Lessons of “Brexit”
It’s almost old news now, but the lessons of the recent vote in Britain should be learned by socialists, especially because level of confusion about the vote is astounding. Take the Black […]
Britain Votes to Leave EU: What it Means
Some People in the US are confused about the meaning of the vote in Britain to leave the European Union. Maybe the meaning can be seen most clearly from the fact that […]
Britain to Vote on Leaving or Staying in European Union
(Introduction: On June 23, Britons will vote on whether to stay in or leave the European Union. There are a couple of points for US workers to think about: In the first place, the […]
History-in-the-making: Republicrat Division of Labor Crumbling
We are witnessing a historic change in the US political order. In general, Corporate America, or the US capitalist class, has ruled “from the middle”. This has meant they prevented any proposal for any […]
New Hampshire Primary and Beyond
So far, there has not been a presidential election like this since 1968, when thousands of youth faced a police riot outside the Democratic convention in Chicago. Or maybe 1972, when the […]
Book Review: “Islamic State – the Digital Caliphate”
From the widespread support for Donald Trump to the growth of far right parties in Western Europe to the recent victory of the Svoboda party in the municipal election in the city […]
Climate Fraud in Paris
In the weeks leading up to the Paris Climate talks, dozens of climate activists were placed on house arrest in Paris. The excuse was the state of emergency declared after the terrorist […]