Coming off one of the greatest man made environmental catastrophes of all time, Jeff Albertson reflects on the immediate aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil-rig explosion, commenting on who shoulders the responsibility for it, and what must be done now and in the future to prevent similar ecologically destructive scenarios from occurring.
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Jamie Traska examines the language and character of the Bill and goes on to argue that it reflects a deep-seated need on the part of the bosses to keep the working-class divided, to weaken its overall resistance to having to pay the costs of the capitalist crisis and to maintain their parasitic conditions of existence.
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Indignation amongst the thousands of teachers and students across the State is growing as governor Chris Christie's austerity plans begin to come to fruition. Phil Dickinson looks at the recent walkouts and argues that decisive steps are needed to defeat the governor's planned offensive on the working-class and youth.
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The strikers remain committed. Management refuses to yield any ground. A decisive battle between the two is all but inevitable, as unionists, students, and community supporters from across the city of Philadelphia rally to the side of the workers against the bosses. Crucial measures need to be taken on the part of the union rank and file and leadership in the coming days and potentially weeks if their victory over management is to be assured, writes Jeff Albertson.
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Jamie Traska looks at Obama's supposed student-loan reform program, arguing that it barely begins to scratch the surface of addressing the enormous debts plaguing the lives of current and former students, offering instead a radical alternative to eliminating student debt altogether.
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Fight back against NJ Governor Chris Christie’s plans to gut public education, smash teachers’ union
The promised attacks against public education and the powerful teachers' union - the NJEA - by Republican governor Chris Christie have begun in earnest. Phil Dickinson reports on these developments and argues that mass, militant action on the part of union will be necessary to halt Christie's plans.
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Many are hailing the new health-care bill in the U.S., but there are serious problems, reports Simon Hardy.
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Jeff Albertson reflects on recent events surrounding efforts by labor leaders to press ahead with the passing of the Employee Free-Choice Act, the response to these developments by the Democrats, and suggests a new political course on the part of unions is necessary.
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U.N.'s top climate change official, Yvo de Boer
Why was the publicly celebrated Copenhagen climate summit a major disaster? Jamie Traska reflects on what its immediate aftermath will mean for the future of humanity and of the planet and demonstrates global capitalism's inability and unwillingness to resolve the ecological crisis in the face of increased global competition for profits.
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This program of action was drawn up by Workers Power (US) to act as a unifying guide to all workers and, with them, their organizations in the United States struggling to resist attempts by the bosses to make them pay the costs of a crisis they did nothing to commit. The battle cry of the working class can only be at this point in time, "from resistance to revolution!"
The current program of the League for the Fifth International, adopted at the sixth congress and published in 2003. This program is essential reading for revolutionaries across the world in the fight for socialism
U.S. Labor in Trouble and Transition: The Failure of Reform from Above, the Promise of Revival from Below by Kim Moody, Verso 2007. Reviewed by Andy Yorke.
What caused the credit crunch? Some said lenders got “too greedy." Others blamed the regulators. Yet more denied it was even happening. The Credit Crunch – A Marxist Analysis offers a radically different explanation.
