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The Twilight Zone election -- Republicans are racing to the right--and the Democrats hope they can win votes because they're not as bad as the other guys
Seeded on Sun Jan 15, 2012 7:32 PM EST (Recent articles from SocialistWorker.org)
CAN'T WE vote them all off the island? After a seemingly endless lead-up, the Republican game of Survivor to see who will be the party's presidential nominee looks like it will come to a quick conclusion with Mitt Romney as the winner.
South Carolina GOP seek drug tests and benefit cuts for jobless »
Seeded on Fri Jan 13, 2012 2:58 PM EST (Articles » peoplesworld)
"And make the poor & unemployed crawl while they're at it...! Make the impoverished uncomfortable in their poverty, as Glenn Beck says. If you can't exploit, enslave or imprison the 99% then crush them.
Undocumented and unafraid: the Chicago Six on trial »
Seeded on Fri Jan 13, 2012 2:41 PM EST (Articles » peoplesworld)
Six undocumented youth appeared in Chicago's Circuit Court yesterday to face charges of mob action and obstruction of traffic. The charges were filed by the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago.
Memo confirms: Occupy movement has banks on edge
Seeded on Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:07 PM EST (Articles » peoplesworld)
In case anyone was wondering, Bank of America has confirmed that the "Occupy Our Homes" movement is having an impact on the foreclosure industry. The bank, of course, didn't mean to do this publicly. Instead, they meant to discuss the occupations privately through an inter …
There is no reformist way out of the crisis of capitalism – Part Two
Seeded on Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:24 PM EST (In Defence of Marxism)
Another variation on the demand to “tax the rich” is the call for a tax on financial transactions, otherwise known as a “Financial Transactions Tax” (FTT), “Tobin Tax” (after the Nobel economics laureate, James Tobin, who first proposed th …
Prospects for a new global left
Seeded on Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:05 PM EST (Recent articles from SocialistWorker.org)
Western post-Marxists—living in countries where the absolute or relative size of the manufacturing workforce has shrunk dramatically in the last generation—lazily ruminate on whether or not ‘proletarian agency’ is now obsolete, obliging us to think in …
Tactics and the port shutdown
Seeded on Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:17 PM EST (Recent articles from SocialistWorker.org)
IN THE aftermath of the West Coast Port Shutdown on December 12, a debate over tactics has emerged in the Occupy movement. The discussion centers on the role of port workers and Occupy activists' relationship to them.
"Why Marx Was Right": lively challenge to 10 myths
Seeded on Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:30 PM EST (Articles » peoplesworld)
While appreciating the work of Karl Marx, it is often that one encounters difficulties in sharing your views with others. We often try to explain and relate, only to find we must first defend.
At Occupy Frankfurt, Calm Anarchy Has Staying Power
Seeded on Sat Dec 17, 2011 6:58 PM EST (The New York Times)
The Frankfurt version of the Occupy Wall Street movement has many of the trappings of the New York City original, including a tattered cluster of tents, a location close to the beating heart of financial power and a diverse group of activists trying to come up with a unifyin …
Obama's re-election: A 50-50 proposition?
Seeded on Sat Dec 17, 2011 5:39 PM EST (USA Today)
A new Associated Press-GfK poll says a majority of adults believe that President Obama does not deserve a second term, and are evenly divided on whether he will in fact win re-election next year.
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