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March 1, 2005

A day of working women’s solidarity

Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952) was a Russian communist organizer. She was exiled for conducting underground political work in 1908, but returned…
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March 1, 2005

Socialist revolution and women’s liberation

In 1949, the story of a young woman named “Gold Flower” became known around the world as an example of…
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March 1, 2005

Gov’t intervenes to help bosses, hurt immigrants

In his State of the Union address, President Bush spoke of the need to reform the U.S. immigration system, declaring…
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March 1, 2005

Tens of thousands protest Bush’s inauguration

How would the anti-war movement respond to George Bush’s second term as president? Would the result of the elections demoralize…
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March 1, 2005

James Forman: A revolutionary life, 1928-2005

African American civil rights leader James Rufus Forman died of cancer on Jan. 10, 2005, at the age of 76.…
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March 1, 2005

Ossie Davis: Artist and voice for equality, 1917-2005

Ossie Davis—actor, director, writer and militant civil rights activist—died in Miami on Feb. 4. He was 87. The son of…
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February 1, 2005

Sudáfrica y la lucha por la igualdad

Hace quince años en Sudáfrica, una multitud de personas se volcó a las calles para escuchar al famoso líder de…
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February 1, 2005

Control obrero después del colapso económico

Cuando a fines del 2001 la economía Argentina entró en crisis, esto marcó el fracaso del modelo neoliberal que el…
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February 1, 2005

Socialism and Liberation Vol. 2, No. 2

In memory Cuban photographer Ahmed Velazquez, 1965-2004 (Bill Hackwell) U.S. working class Technology and the impact on workers' wages under…
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February 1, 2005

Cuba moviliza millones contra las amenazas de guerra por parte de E.E.U.U.

Por siete días a mediodas de diciembre del 2004, Cuba realizó maniobras militares de defensa, las más grandes en dieciocho…
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February 1, 2005

U.S. government steps up drive against Iran

In the first days of 2005, U.S. aircraft invaded Iran’s airspace. “The three warplanes flew at high altitudes, and the…
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February 1, 2005

Balance sheet of the Iranian revolution

February 2005 marks the 26th anniversary of the Iranian revolution. In 1979, the Iranian people threw off the yoke of…
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February 1, 2005

Against hegemony, in defense of humanity

This statement was adopted by the delegates at the Worldwide Gathering of Intellectuals and Artists in Defense of Humanity, Dec.…
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February 1, 2005

Activists witness gains of Venezuelan revolution

“I want to express thanks to my president Chávez and to Fidel Castro, because he sent us these missions of…
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February 1, 2005

Imperialism and class struggle in the face of disaster

From the depths of the Indian Ocean, a massive earthquake shattered millions of lives in south Asia on Dec. 26,…
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February 1, 2005

The Palestinian kaffiyeh: a symbol of solidarity

For those who participated in the massive demonstrations against the war in Iraq, the black and white checkered cloth worn…
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February 1, 2005

AIDS: grappling with a global crisis

In December 2004, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS issued its annual update on the global AIDS epidemic. The…
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February 1, 2005

Angelo Herndon: ‘Indict the social system!’

Angelo Herndon was an African American communist organizer. He was arrested and charged with “insurrection” in 1932 after organizing poor…
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February 1, 2005

The case of the Angola 3

The Angola 3 are three men who have been incarcerated for decades in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. All…
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February 1, 2005

Technology and the impact on workers’ wages under capitalism

Whether from science fiction, pop-culture, or a children’s cartoon like the Jetsons, many of us have a vision of the…
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