Author: Fred Goldstein

Fight racism

The Heroes of San Rafael: Black August 1970

August 7, 2020 Fred Goldstein
In the momentous political event that marked “Black August,” freedom fighter Jonathan Jackson, at the age of 17, burst into a San Rafael, Calif., courtroom, armed, to free his brother, George Jackson, along with Fleeta […]
China

Marxism and the social character of China

April 2, 2020 Fred Goldstein
From a June 9, 2013, talk by Fred Goldstein at the Left Forum, a yearly event in New York City. The talk was focused on socialism and China in the wake of the Great Recession […]
Capitalism and Marxism

Marxism and the ideological crisis: The socialist perspective and the collapse of the USSR

February 13, 2020 Fred Goldstein
The following is excerpted from a document written by Fred Goldstein in April 2006. The discussion of the socialist perspective is as relevant today  as when it was written. Introduction  The destiny of the working […]
La Lucha por el Socialismo

Excluidas en audiencias de destitución las preocupaciones de las masas

November 18, 2019 Fred Goldstein
16 de noviembre – El liderazgo del Partido Demócrata ha atado a las masas progresistas a una defensa del militarismo de la clase dominante estadounidense como el precio por destituir a Trump.  Decenas de millones […]
In the U.S.

Concerns of masses shut out of impeachment hearings

November 18, 2019 Fred Goldstein
Nov. 16 — The Democratic Party leadership has chained the progressive masses to a defense of U.S. ruling-class militarism as the price for impeaching Trump.  Tens of millions in this country and around the world […]
Imperialism and global politics

Contradictions in the impeachment struggle

October 1, 2019 Fred Goldstein
The impeachment struggle against Trump poses many contradictions. On the one hand, hundreds of millions of people around the world would like to see Trump brought down in the hope that this will alleviate his […]
In the U.S.

Hong Kong: Make colonialism great again

September 12, 2019 Fred Goldstein
Sept. 10 — It is a thoroughly reactionary development when demonstrators carrying U.S. flags march through a city asking the most hated imperialist figure, Donald Trump, to come to their aid. But that is what […]
China

Washington’s anti-China strategy in Hong Kong

August 29, 2019 Fred Goldstein
It is impossible to separate the counterrevolutionary colonialist demonstrations in Hong Kong from Washington’s new cold war against the People’s Republic of China (PRC). (See article “The New Cold War Against China,” lowwagecapitalism.com.} The over […]
Imperialism and global politics

Tariffs, trade and overproduction

August 28, 2019 Fred Goldstein
All signs are that an economic downturn is coming. While the capitalists are the first to moan and groan about the declines in the stock market and bond market, an economic downturn is a crisis […]
Fight racism

Trump, racism and capitalism

August 14, 2019 Fred Goldstein
Aug. 4 — Let there be no mistake about it. Donald Trump has the blood of all the killed and wounded in the mass shootings of the past week on his hands, from Gilroy, Calif., […]