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Why I joined the PSL
The following is a presentation from the May 15 "Capitalism Is Organized Crime" conference in Boston, hosted by the PSL.
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Why I joined the Party for Socialism and Liberation
The following is a presentation from the May 15 "Capitalism Is Organized Crime" conference in Boston, hosted by the PSL…
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Environmental effects of BP disaster largely unknown
This is a report from SeizeBP.org . Seize BP Campaign activist John Daly submitted this report from New Orleans, La.,…
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Georgia student fights deportation, gov’t attacks
Jessica Colotl, a twenty-one-year-old Mexican immigrant and student at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, is fighting deportation after she was…
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Socialism conference in Los Angeles draws hundreds of participants
The Los Angeles branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation hosted a Socialism Conference on May 8, drawing over…
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The cultural side of apartheid in Arizona
Apartheid is not just about physical domination over a particular ethnic group. It has a cultural component as well. Now…
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Haiti protest demands removal of Preval, reinstatement of Aristide
Over 2,000 Haitians from all sectors of society took to the streets in Port-au-Prince May 10 to demand the removal…
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Microloans: Charity or exploitation?
Many were ecstatic in 2006 when Dr. Muhammad Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to promote…
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Family service workers fight layoffs in Washington, D.C.
On May 6, the District of Columbia laid off 115 employees of the Child and Family Services Agency, which is…
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Homeless immigrant stabbed after rescuing woman
In the early morning hours of April 18, Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax, a homeless and undocumented day worker, came to the…
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New Jersey students walk out to protest education cuts
Thousands of high school students sent a very clear message to New Jersey governor Chris Christie on April 27 when…
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Water crisis in Boston area hits poor and working people hardest
On May 1, a pipe rupture prevented 2 million people in the Greater Boston Area from drinking tap water for…
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Supreme Court protects officials responsible for death of immigrant detainee
On May 3, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that protected officials who denied medical treatment to an undocumented…
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Countries of the Muslim world call for halt to Jerusalem settlements
On May 10, an extraordinary meeting of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of the Islamic Conference convened in Istanbul,…
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Egyptian workers rally to raise minimum wage
Over 500 workers rallied outside the Egyptian parliament on May 2 to demand an increase in the 35 pound ($6.30)…
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Venezuela takes action to address energy crisis
Imagine a government that is of, by and for the people. What does that actually mean? Under capitalism, the word…
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Greek workers resist ‘shock and awe’ austerity measures
May 5 saw the largest labor protests of the last three decades in dozens of cities across Greece. Rallies and…
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Massey Energy denies workers time off to attend miners’ funerals
Massey Energy, the coal giant whose mine blast in mid-April cost 29 miners their lives, denied workers time off to…
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Nepal general strike ends, struggle continues
On May 1, an estimated 600,000 supporters of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) gathered in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital…
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Louisville cement workers struggle for wages, health insurance
Nearly 100 truck drivers in the Louisville metropolitan area went on strike April 26 against concrete distributor Irving Materials, Inc.…
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