A look at the happy union of Bolshevism and feminism — fifty years and going strong!
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Happy Women’s Rights Day from Radical Women
Women’s Rights Day commemorates the date that women in the United States finally won the right to vote on August 26, 1920. However, it took the Civil Rights movement for Black women to get access to the ballot box in 1965. These were important battles led by brave, audacious and radical grassroots organizers. But these… Read more »
Speech on the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington at FSP’s “Jobs and Freedom Forum”
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) civil rights worker, Carthage, Mississippi, 1965 The 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington is a milestone and I want to thank the people who worked on this forum and the other speakers for bringing us all together. It is important to remember where we’ve been, not to reminisce but… Read more »
In honor of feminist and revolutionary political prisoner Marilyn Buck (1947-2010)
Fearless, principled, selfless. These are a few of the words that describe Marilyn Buck who died on August 3, 2010 just two weeks after being paroled from a prison medical center in Texas. Ms. Buck spent the last 25 years of her life behind bars for her political beliefs and actions and will be remembered… Read more »
En conmemoración de la luchadora por la paz puertorriqueña Lolita Lebrón (1919-2010)
This statement in English / Este declaracions en inglés Este verano el mundo perdió a una incomparable guerrera cuya valiente vida y cuyos sacrificios por la libertad de su pueblo serán recordados y honrados por mucho tiempo. Lolita Lebrón, quien pasó casi 26 años tras las rejas en prisiones de EEUU, murió el 1 de… Read more »
In commemoration of Puerto Rican freedom fighter Lolita Lebrón (1919 -2010)
Este declaracion en español / This statement in Spanish This summer the world lost an incomparable female warrior whose courageous life and sacrifices for her people’s freedom will long be remembered and honored. Lolita Lebrón, who spent almost 26 years behind bars in U.S. prisons, died on August 1, 2010 at the age of 90,… Read more »
Cuba: Imperiled and Defiant—Can the Revolution Survive?
TABLE OF CONTENTS PREAMBLE INTRODUCTION THE ECONOMY Incursions by Foreign Capital CHARACTER OF THE STATE APPARATUS Bureaucraticism Trumps Workers Democracy THE PROGRAM AND GOALS OF THE CUBAN COMMUNIST PARTY A Study in Contradiction CUBAN MASS ORGANIZATIONS A Force for Democracy or Handmaidens of the State Apparatus? OTHER VIEWS FROM THE LEFT Polarized Perspectives CONCLUSION PREAMBLE… Read more »
Stonewall was a riot—now we need a revolution!
Triumph and trouble: it’s strange times for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. On one hand, the mobilization for same-sex marriage has achieved legalization in six states. This is a battle for basic civil equality that has energized queers from coast to coast — whatever they think of the institution of marriage! Public support for… Read more »
In commemoration of Celia Hart (1963-2008)
The Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women are deeply saddened to learn of the tragic deaths of Celia Hart Santamaría and her brother in a car accident on September 7 in Havana. We join in expressing our sincere condolences to their family and comrades. Celia Hart’s untimely death is a major loss for Trotskyism, socialist… Read more »
Radical Laborism Versus Bolshevik Leadership
This analysis was originally published in the Socialist Workers Party pre-convention Discussion Bulletin, Vol. 25, No. 14 in 1965. It is a companion work to the Political Resolution submitted by the then Seattle Branch of the SWP to the 21st National Convention in 1965. Most of the Political Resolution has subsequently been published under the… Read more »
