Author: Lallan Schoenstein

ExploringthePoliceState
In the U.S.

Read ‘Exploring the Police State’

March 1, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein
Delency Parham, a resident of Oakland, California, with a family history deeply rooted in the community going back to the Great Migration, has written a powerful document titled “Exploring the Police State: A Briefing on […]
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Labor and strikes

‘A slap in the face’: Trump meeting sparks outrage in Teamsters union

February 5, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein
 By acting in the role of the old racist and sexist business-unionism leadership, Teamsters union President Sean O’Brien made a sharp break with the new progressive union movement  — personally visiting Donald Trump in […]
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Palestine

Palestinians vow ‘We Will Remain’ as resistance stands firm

January 26, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein
Millions march worldwide, unions act in solidarity The Palestinian uprising on Oct. 7 occurred after 75 years of brutal colonial occupation. Palestinian leader Leila Khaled says: ”Liberation is not achieved at the negotiation table.”  Palestinian […]
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Palestine

Made in the U.S.: White phosphorus weapons

January 19, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein
 “Any time that we provide items like white phosphorus to another military, it is with a full expectation that it’ll be used in keeping with … legitimate purposes and in keeping with the law […]
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Palestine

‘Lethal assets’: U.S. finance capital owns the bombs falling on Palestine

January 17, 2024 Lallan Schoenstein
Lenin on the economic essence of war  Lenin wrote in “Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism”:  “I trust that this pamphlet will help the reader to understand the economic essence of imperialism, for unless […]
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In the U.S.

Ralph Poynter used his strong voice and stout heart to fight for justice

December 30, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
 Whether you were tuned in to “What’s happening,” a weekly WBAI radio show hosted by Ralph Poynter and Betty Davis, or if you followed them in a Black Lives Matter caravan during the COVID […]
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Palestine

International labor union actions support Palestine

December 21, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
 Presentation given at the Socialist Unity Party national plenum on Dec. 16, 2023. We have just learned that the Health Care workers 1199 SEIU has called for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to […]
Warandlenincover
In the U.S.

Announcing a new book: War and Lenin in the 21st Century

December 21, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
 Excerpted from a presentation given at the Socialist Unity Party national plenum on Dec. 17, 2023. First, we are excited to hear that Melinda Butterfield’s book “U.S. proxy war in Ukraine and Donbass” is […]
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Palestine

International labor solidarity with Palestine

November 23, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein
 An appeal from the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) for solidarity  On Oct. 16, the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions  (PGFTU) issued an urgent call for international trade unions to take […]
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Palestine

Protest actions around the globe fight for lives & rights of Palestinian people

November 21, 2023 Lallan Schoenstein