Author: John Parker

NotYourMascot
Fight racism

Black-Indigenous solidarity beats NFL ‘Slurskins’

July 18, 2020 John Parker
Recent events expose that a qualitative change has occurred in this period of history. Marxist social science explains how real changes — those capable of empowering our entire working class and tipping the balance of […]
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Commentary: We must demand what we need, not just what is palatable to the ruling class

July 4, 2020 John Parker
While this is happening now (from Time magazine): “On Wednesday, the George Floyd Resolution to Eliminate the Oakland Schools Police Department passed 7-0. The district will eliminate its police department by the end of the […]
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Outrage on the streets of Compton. ‘Justice for Andrés Guardado!’

June 26, 2020 John Parker
Los Angeles, June 21 — Today, outrage can be heard on the streets regarding the decision by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department to place any findings by the coroner regarding the shooting death by sheriffs […]
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Black socialist leader: ‘Demands must clarify our reality’

June 12, 2020 John Parker
These words are inspired by Joe Biden telling us what it is to be Black.  You see, not all Black folk look or think alike. And not every organization will have the same political analysis […]
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Covid-19

Nurses who refused to care for coronavirus patients without N95 masks are suspended, union fights back and wins

May 8, 2020 John Parker
Los Angeles — In mid-April, 10 nurses employed at Providence Saint John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif., were suspended for demanding the necessary personal protective equipment (PPE) to keep them from infection and possible death […]
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Political Prisoners

Coronavirus pandemic: Remove prisoners from these death cells!

April 17, 2020 John Parker
It appears that the U.S. government — headed by Donald Trump and enabled by Democrats who refuse to seriously check the most egregious actions of this fascist-minded, racist and sexist president — is using the […]
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Labor and strikes

California graduate students expand strike for cost-of-living adjustment

March 7, 2020 John Parker
If you go on the website of University of California graduate student workers who are now fighting for a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to manage extremely high rents, you will see daily updates like this:  “UC […]
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Capitalism and Marxism

How do we get socialism?

February 28, 2020 John Parker
Why is capitalism so f@*d up? Well, the short and loosely accurate answer is that it’s like one of those driverless cars that still don’t quite work the way they are supposed to — because […]
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Fight racism

MLK Day in Los Angeles: ‘Money for food stamps, not war on Iran’

January 29, 2020 John Parker
At the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade held in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, tens of thousands of spectators and parade participants along MLK Boulevard were welcomed with over a thousand fact sheets against […]
Haiti
Around the world

Haiti gripped by protests

October 12, 2019 John Parker
  After 15 years of a military occupation of Haiti, the United Nations “peacekeeping” force will close operations on Oct.15.  Growing protests now gripping Haiti began last year in reaction to the announcement by President […]