Author: Lallan Schoenstein

Autoworker
Capitalism and Marxism

All signs point to deepening capitalist crisis

June 8, 2019 Lallan Schoenstein
Economic indicators reported in the business pages are grim, the outcome of a long global depression. In March, this news was characterized by Larry Summers, former U.S. Treasury secretary and professor at Harvard University, as […]
Taser Bland
Fight racism

4 years after mysterious death, Sandra Bland’s cell phone provides answers

May 14, 2019 Lallan Schoenstein
Sandra Bland was arrested in Prairie View, Texas, in July 2015. She was driving on a rural road traveling to a new job at her alma mater, Prairie View A&M, a historical Black university after […]
ReproductiveRights
Oppressed genders

Trump and Kavanaugh zero in on women’s reproductive rights

February 11, 2019 Lallan Schoenstein
One of the vilest aspects of President Donald Trump’s Feb. 5 State of the Union address was his attack on women’s health care. In his speech, he asked Congress for legislation that would prohibit so-called […]
Onstrikeinindia
Labor and strikes

India: Workers strike against right-wing government

January 14, 2019 Lallan Schoenstein
On Jan. 8 and 9, Indian workers, 200 million strong, carried out a general strike that may be the largest in labor history. The fury of the strike took many forms, without a unified agenda. […]
Mumia Dec30
Political Prisoners

Mumia Abu-Jamal case reopened as court ruling admits bias

December 30, 2018 Lallan Schoenstein
World famous political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal won an opportunity to reopen his case when a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge ruled on Dec. 27 that his appeal can be reargued before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. […]