Nearly 1,400 international activists from 43 countries planned to march into Gaza in late December to protest with Palestinians against Israel’s deadly blockade. It was to be a gripping memorial… Read more »
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Revolt in Iran sparks debate at Seattle forum
“Protests of last summer’s election fraud quickly grew to defiant uprisings, beginning a new revolutionary period in Iran,” declared Kamran Sharifi, an Iranian social justice activist and Marxist analyst. Sharifi… Read more »
Tossing out the tyrants: What’s next for the unfinished revolutions?
Insurrection thundering out of North Africa and the Middle East has quickened the hearts of rebels everywhere. It’s not possible to predict whether the fearless protesters in 20 or more… Read more »
Women workers in Egypt: hidden key to the revolt
Russian Revolution leader V.I. Lenin minced no words on the importance of rebel women: “The experience of all liberation movements has shown that the success of a revolution depends on… Read more »
FS Editorial: Libyan rebels need aid — but not from the US
It’s very suspect when imperialists propose military aid to revolutionaries. However, that’s just what the governments of the U.S. and Western Europe are debating, along with their punditry — for… Read more »
Editorial — Libyan rebels need aid – but not from the US
It’s very suspect when imperialists propose military aid to revolutionaries. However, that’s just what the governments of the U.S. and Western Europe are debating, along with their punditry — for… Read more »
Freedom Socialist editorial: You can’t kill an idea
In 2009, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to President Barack Obama “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” Two years later, these words drip… Read more »
North Africa’s uneven road to revolution: Role of the working class is key to outcome in Egypt and Libya
On Dec. 17, 2010, 26-year-old Tunisian street vendor Mohammed Bouazizi set himself ablaze after being fined for illegally selling vegetables. The flames spread like wildfire across North Africa and the… Read more »
Freedom Socialist Letters to the Editor
BORDER PATROL A tragic death I want to tell your readers about the unnecessary tragic death of Benjamin Roldan Salinas on May 14, 2011. That day seven Border Patrol vehicles… Read more »
FS Editorial: Syrians aim to “overthrow the regime”
Since the start of Syria’s rebellion in March, more than 1,300 civilians have been killed, and thousands arrested, tortured, or disappeared. Women have been on the front line and are… Read more »
