Murder of 17 Year-Old Shows Face of Fascism
Outrage is growing across the country over the February 26 killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida. Throughout American history, the capitalists have kept control by dividing the common people along lines of color and nationality and pitting people against each other. Trayvon Martin’s murder must be seen in this context and in the [...]
No more “Year of the Checkpoint”
At the New Year, many working people in California, particularly Latinos heaved a collective sigh of relief as a law, which will reduce unconstitutional vehicle checkpoint searches. The 4th Amendment of the US Constitution provides in part, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches [...]
The Economic Crisis: More than Greed or Corruption
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all [...]
E-Verify Attacks all workers
More anti-immigrant legislation introduced in Congress. It’s purpose – to divide and conquer In June, Rep. Lamar Smith, Republican from Texas, and 53 cosigners introduced the toughest antiimmigrant legislation in more than two centuries in Congress. Known as the “Legal Workforce Act” or H.R. 2164, this legislation, if it becomes law, will force every single [...]
May Day 2011: Which Way Forward?
When will we have immigration reform? Why is organized labor under attack? Again this May 1st, we marched and rallied for immigration reform. We marched and rallied against the attacks on the ethnic studies program in Arizona. We marched against enacting anti-union laws in states like Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Ohio. But after the rallies [...]
Middle East Turmoil Shows Resistance to Global Capitalism
The events the world is currently witnessing in the streets of Tunisia, Algeria, Jordan, Yemen, and Egypt indicate a fundamental shift in the revolutionary change sweeping the Arab world. The Tunisian revolution succeeded in ousting a dictator supported by the U.S. oligarchy. Days later, the Egyptian revolution erupted, threatening the imperial interests of the U.S. [...]