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Commemorate Chicano Moratorium

31, Dec 2009

Jaime Cruz, chair of the National Chicano Moratorium Committee, Guillermo Suarez of Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional and Xenaro Ayala, chair of Partido Nacional La Raza Unida have issued a joint statement for the upcoming 40th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium march.
The original march was August 29, 1970. The 40th anniversary commemoration is going to be [...]

Left Debates Obama and Road Ahead

19, Dec 2009

MLToday has published a series of articles on internal struggles within the Communist Party USA, a North American organization preparing for a congress in May. Such struggles are indicative of other tussles on the Left over how best to respond to the rise of Barack Obama to the presidency.
Its two-part “Crisis of the CPUSA” series [...]

Marshall on Capitalism, Crisis & Vision

17, Dec 2009

Bank bailouts, health care reform failures and perceptions of defense of the Bush administration have prompted many to question Barack Obama’s campaign promises and ability to lead. 2009 was a difficult year for Obama, and with the global economy facing plenty of obstacles, it is doubtful things will get easier.
In this frame, various social justice [...]

Exploring Afghanistan War Opposition

9, Dec 2009

Mike Ely has penned a provocative article on how to oppose Barack Obama’s Afghanistan policy. I highly encourage you to read it, as Ely lays out some valuable ideas as the peace movement moves forward.
Ely points out that conservatives are setting the pace right now, and others agree conservatives are undercutting Obama’s legitimacy. Obama is [...]

Marxist Study Group Formed at UST

24, Nov 2009

A new University of St. Thomas student organization, the Marxist Study Group, has formed to discuss texts by the likes of Karl Marx, Mao Zedong, V. I. Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Rosa Luxemburg, and other writers. All are welcome to join.
Coming up, the group will be studying “On Contradiction” and “Mass Line” from the Red Book, [...]

Left Forum Open for Panel Proposals

23, Nov 2009

Each spring, the Left Forum brings together thousands of speakers, attendees and others in what is indubitably the largest annual gathering in the United States of leftist movements. The next Left Forum is scheduled to happen at Pace University in New York City, from March 19-21, 2010. The event is noteworthy for featuring speakers from [...]

Stop Red-Baiting in Reform Debate

9, Aug 2009

The row over health care has been very nasty this last week, and shows no signs of getting nicer. All over AM talk radio and elsewhere, right-wing hosts rant against socialized medicine, while groups like FreedomWorks (the funding group behind the springtime tea party protests) gin up people to shout down politicians.
Now media attention is [...]


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