Socialism and Liberation Vol. 2, No. 5

MAY 2005

Socialism and Liberation Magazine
Vol. 2, No. 5: May 2005

Fight Back!

U.S. WORKING CLASS
Immigration reform must address social inequality
Defending Social Security means fighting war and poverty (Sarah Sloan)
California workers fight pension privatization (Tahnee Stair)
Georgetown workers’ victory:
Growing wave of student-labor solidarity (Caneisha Mills)
Military spending, economic crisis and imperialism (Brian Becker)

ANTI-WAR ORGANIZING AND THE U.S. MILITARY
Military recruiters face youth and student resistance (Ian Thompson)
Military resistance and class unity  (U.S. Air Force sergeant)

FEATURES
30 years after U.S. defeat: Vietnam’s liberation struggle in perspective (Richard Becker)
Iraq: War, sanctions and other crimes against humanity
What is surplus value? (Bill Gottlieb)
May Day:
Class unity vs. exploitation, racism and war (Saul Kanowitz)

INTERNATIONAL
Colombia:
Clandestine politics and bottom-up organizing (James J. Brittain, Guest contributor)
Cuba’s economic recovery and socialist gains (Ben Becker)
The politics of the UN Human Rights Commission  (John Beacham)

EN ESPAÑOL
Reformas migratorias deben resolver desigualdades sociales
Reclutadores militares enfrentan resistencia de los jóvenes  (Ian Thompson)

Cover photo: Protestors in San Francisco challenge California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan to privatize public employees’ pension funds, April 5. (Bill Hackwell)

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