Para obtener una copia descargable de este artículo, haga clic aquí. Stephen Durham ofrece al escenario electoral una abundante experiencia y un generoso corazón. Dedicado a cambiar la situación de raíz, es un radical de toda la vida en el mejor sentido de la expresión. En las décadas de 1970 y 1980 Durham, que cuenta… Read more »
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Passion and principles: Introducing FSP candidates Stephen Durham and Christina López.
Stephen Durham brings abundant experience and a generous heart to the electoral arena. Dedicated to changing conditions at their root, he is a lifelong radical in the best sense of the word. In the 1970s and ’80s Durham, now 64, was the Freedom Socialist Party (FSP) organizer in Los Angeles; he has since guided the… Read more »
¿Qué derecho a votar? Una cándida historia de la supresión de electores en los Estados Unidos
La supresión de electores en los EEUU estuvo presente en las noticias durante las elecciones recientes. Pero la cuestión de quién tiene el derecho a votar y quién no, es una larga batalla de clases entre las élites y los trabajadores. Aquéllos que ostentan el poder siempre han ejercido su influencia por medio de la… Read more »
What right to vote? A candid history of voter suppression in the United States
Voter suppression in the U.S. was much in the news during this recent election. But the issue of who has the right to vote, and who does not, is a long-running class battle between the wealthy elite and the workers. Those in power have always maintained their influence through voter exclusion and a rigged electoral… Read more »
The role of slaves and abolitionists in securing the Emancipation Proclamation
“In the North, the Emancipation Proclamation meant the Negro soldier, and the Negro soldier meant the end of the war.” That’s what W.E.B. Du Bois says in his incomparable book Black Reconstruction in America, 1860–1880. In this year of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, myths persist about iconic men like President Lincoln and… Read more »
Native American feminist, anti-fascist and unionist reflects on why she became a radical
Chippewa (or Ojibwe) activist Ann Rogers is a co-founder of United Front Against Fascism, launched in 1988, which successfully organized a broad movement to oppose white supremacists in the Pacific Northwest.
“This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible”
Revisiting Bernadette Logue’s 2014 book review.
The US role in the world: myth and reality
The term “American Century” comes from Henry Luce, publisher of Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune. In 1941, Luce wrote a lengthy editorial to whip up public support for World War II. “Throughout the 17th Century and the 18th Century and the 19th Century,” he wrote, “this continent teemed with manifold projects and magnificent purposes…. Read more »
The ISIS crisis, made by imperialism
The barbarism of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has repulsed workers everywhere, especially in the Middle East. For every “jihadist” recruit, more fighters are taking up arms against it. Among the bravest are Kurdish women from Iraq and Syria. Washington screams “evil” at ISIS’ ruthless beheadings, but remains silent at the dozens… Read more »
Raíces de la explosión en Ferguson — y el siguiente paso para el movimiento
Todo el mundo vio cómo los agravios suprimidos mucho tiempo de los negros explotaron después de que fue exonerado Darren Wilson, el policía que mató al adolescente negro inerme, Michael Brown, en Ferguson, Missouri. Pero la violencia policial está lejos de ser el único abuso al que los negros se enfrentan; el control comunitario de… Read more »
