Walter Smolarek

Walter Smolarek is a member of the Philadelphia branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation and a senior at Temple University studying education. He is the managing editor of Liberation newspaper.

Walter SmolarekJune 9, 2010
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Health care workers win strike

Workers at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia recently returned to work after a successful month-long strike. Led by the Pennsylvania…
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Walter SmolarekMay 27, 2010
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Proposed ‘citizenship’ law targets Muslims and Arab-Americans

Democrat-turned-Independent Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut recently introduced the "Terrorist Expatriation Act." The bill would strip the citizenship of anyone…
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Walter SmolarekMay 26, 2010
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Workers win unionization at notoriously anti-union Comcast

In Fairfield, New Jersey, 74 workers recently won unionization despite a vicious anti-union campaign waged by their employer, Comcast. This…
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Walter SmolarekMay 9, 2010
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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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Walter SmolarekApril 16, 2010
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Police beating of Black honor student in Pittsburgh still unresolved

Pittsburgh community members and activists met April 6 to plan further actions to protest the brutal beating of Black honor…
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Walter SmolarekFebruary 11, 2010
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Israeli ultra-rightist protested in Pittsburgh

On Wednesday, Feb. 3, more than 50 community members and activists converged outside the Hillel Jewish University Center in Pittsburgh…
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Walter SmolarekFebruary 1, 2010
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Undercover Pittsburgh police brutalize Black honor student

On Jan. 12, three men jumped out of a car and assaulted Jordan Miles, an 18-year-old viola player and honor…
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Walter SmolarekDecember 29, 2009
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General strike shuts down Nepal

On Dec. 22, well over 100 thousand people in Nepal's capital, Katmandu, attended the closing rally of a three-day general…
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Walter SmolarekSeptember 5, 2009
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Protests planned to oppose G-20 summit in Pittsburgh

On Sept. 24 and 25, the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors (G-20), which encompasses some of…
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John BeachamMay 4, 2007
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Is socialism possible in the United States?

Socialism is possible in the United States. It is possible for the working class and the oppressed to remove the…
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