No se puede exagerar la importancia del movimiento sindical para los derechos de los trabajadores de EEUU, tanto en el trabajo como en otros ámbitos. Las épicas batallas libradas por el movimiento laboral organizado son las responsables de todo desde el día laboral de ocho horas hasta la libertad de expresión real. Los radicales de… Read more »
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La Casa Blanca y América Latina — Los gobiernos cambian pero las políticas imperialistas siguen siendo las mismas
La cuestión de quién habita la Casa Blanca tiene una gran importancia en las condiciones de vida, no sólo de los trabajadores de EEUU sino de todo el mundo. Sólo hay que examinar el impacto de las políticas exteriores del presidente Obama en América Latina y el Caribe. Por ejemplo, en México y Colombia el… Read more »
The White House and Latin America — Administrations change, but imperialist policy remains the same
The question of who inhabits the White House plays a major role in defining life not only for working people in the U.S., but the world over. Just examine the impact of President Obama’s foreign policy in Latin America and the Caribbean. In Mexico and Colombia, for example, the administration has been busy funding militias… Read more »
Partido de Libertad Socialista — endosantes notables
• Mima Cataldo, Gremio de Bibliotecarios Progresistas* • Chris Faatz, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 5* • Bryan Fabert, Sindicato Internacional de Empleados de Servicios Local 775 (SEIU)* • Doug Frechin, Teamsters Local 174* • Elazar Friedman, Labor Action Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal • Channing MacFadden, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 587* • Richard… Read more »
Durham-López 2012 presidential campaign endorsers
• Norma Abdulah, Harlem activist, retired teacher, New York City, N.Y. • Bess Altwerger, Save Our Schools,* Baltimore, Md. • Amina Baraka, cultural worker, revolutionary poet, singer, Newark, N.J. • Ray Berard, American Federation of Teachers Local 2121,* San Francisco, Calif. • Dr. Natalie Boero, author and professor (sociology) at San Jose State University, California… Read more »
Durham-López 2012 on Full Employment — For a massive program of public jobs
A RECORD 26 MILLION jobless or underemployed U.S. workers are the human evidence that rosy reports of the end of the economic crisis are false through and through. Nothing debunks the lie of recovery so clearly as unrelentingly high unemployment. Left out of the already ghastly official rate of 8-9 percent are millions of people… Read more »
Stephen Durham: firing up alternative party debates on tour in California
On a three-week tour of California, Freedom Socialist Party (FSP) presidential candidate Stephen Durham conveyed an exciting, optimistic message of the power of rebellion, delivered with intensity and clarity. New York FSP Organizer Durham, one of four people seeking the nomination of the Peace and Freedom Party (PFP), campaigned in April and early May in… Read more »
Freedom Socialist Party presidential campaign — Stephen Durham, candidate for president
Stephen Durham has dedicated more than 40 years to confronting racist and sexist institutions and building united fronts with all those inclined to resist oppression. Durham was raised in Los Angeles and educated at the University of California at Berkeley. He now serves as organizer of the local Freedom Socialist Party (FSP) in Harlem in… Read more »
Una campaña presidencial para desafiar a Wall Street
La temporada de elecciones produce una avalancha de mentiras por parte de los políticos que cuentan con el apoyo de las corporaciones. Pero este año brilla la verdad, gracias a la campaña del Partido de Libertad Socialista (FSP) de Stephen Durham para presidente y Christina López para vicepresidenta. La campaña está animando a simpatizantes, desde… Read more »
A presidential campaign to turn the tables on Wall Street: the Freedom Socialist Party
Election season brings the usual blizzard of lies by corporate-backed politicians. But this year the truth is shining through, thanks to the Freedom Socialist Party (FSP) campaign of Stephen Durham for president and Christina López for vice president. The campaign is energizing supporters from Dominican immigrant neighborhoods in New York City to college campuses in… Read more »