The election to the presidency of a man who stoked the fires of racial resentment and misogyny sparked protests by thousands in cities across the U.S. Now working people need to plan the next steps in stopping a potential right-wing dystopia. High on the list should be a drive to restore affirmative action, one of… Read more »
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Freedom Socialist opinion: Off with their heads!
So, did you hear the one about the eight richest men in the world? Unfortunately, it was no joke. Obscene and surreal as it is, they own more than half of the global population does. That’s over 3.6 billion people. This from a report that Oxfam, the international anti-poverty organization, publishes before the World Economic… Read more »
Freedom Socialist editorial — Harsh austerity hits Greeks once again
European bankers should cancel the debt.
In Puerto Rico, colonialism is alive and well
Congressional “solution” to the debt crisis threatens island livelihoods
Grecia, el Triángulo Imposible
“Esto puede fallar, pero vale la pena intentarlo porque todas las otras opciones son peores,” escribió al final de su reciente mea culpa Dominique Strauss-Khan, ex director del Fondo Monetario Internacional, en el que admite que las políticas del FMI para Grecia fracasaron y propone operar una cuantiosa reducción de la deuda pública. El hecho… Read more »
Greece: The Impossible Triangle
“This may fail but it is worthwhile to make it happen because all the other options are worse,” wrote Dominique Strauss-Khan, the ex-director of the IMF, in a mea culpa in which he admits the failure of the IMF measures and proposes a substantial reduction in Greece’s public debt as a remedy. The fact that… Read more »
May Day 2014: Clasping Hands across Borders
The May Day holiday that is now celebrated all over the world, known as International Workers’ Day in many places, was born in the struggle of U.S. anarchists, socialists, and other radicals for the eight-hour day, a fight that often cost these brave workers their lives. The campaign was led largely by European immigrants to… Read more »
Freedom Socialist Party recommendation for the April 22, 2014 special King County election
King County Transportation District Proposition No. 1 Sales tax and vehicle fee for transportation improvements – Vote NO FSP is urging a No vote on this regressive tax package, which, if passed, would levy a flat $60 fee on motor vehicle licenses and raise the sales tax by 0.1 percent for all King County residents… Read more »
Stand with Machinists calling for a NO VOTE on Boeing’s “crappy” contract offer!
No more blackmail by Boeing! End corporate welfare! The Boeing Company, not satisfied with $4 billion in net profits last year, is once again threatening to leave the state and is extorting payoffs from its workers and all the people of Washington. After two months of secret meetings with Senator Patty Murray and other officials,… Read more »
50,000 march on Nazi Golden Dawn headquarters
A week after antifascist hip-hop singer Pavlos Fyssas was murdered in cold blood by a gang of Golden Dawn thugs, tens of thousands of antifascist protesters staged an impressive rally and marched on the Golden Dawn headquarters in Athens to confront the rising threat of fascism head on. Clashes briefly broke out after riot police… Read more »
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