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The wage price spiral refuted

December 2, 2022 Michael Roberts
Do ‘excessive’ wage rises lead to rising inflation and thus drive economies into a wage-price spiral?  Back in 1865, at the International Working Men’s Association, Marx debated with IWMA Council member Thomas Weston.  Weston, a […]
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Crocodile tears for Ukraine as millions of U.S. families suffer utility shutoffs

November 28, 2022 Stephen Millies
“Kyiv Readies for Brutal, Cold, Dark Winter” is a typical headline in the capitalist media these days. The Nov. 21 Associated Press article—reprinted by Voice of America, the official U.S. propaganda outlet—tells of electrical outages […]
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Follow the money: Exposing the capitalists behind attacks on abortion rights

November 21, 2022 Gregory E. Williams
On Nov. 13, the Louisiana Abortion Rights Action Committee (LARAC) made a significant contribution to the movement with their webinar, “Follow the Money: End the Capitalist War on Women.” Since the ultra-right-wing Supreme Court’s overturning […]
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Activists denounce FBI attacks on Black liberation group

November 21, 2022 Andre Powell
Washington, D.C. — The Black is Back Coalition led a protest march through the streets of the capital Nov. 5 to denounce the FBI attacks on the leadership of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) […]
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Mass layoffs at Twitter, Facebook: Demand worker-community control of social media

November 16, 2022 Melinda Butterfield
Billionaire bigot Elon Musk’s chaotic takeover of Twitter, with more than half of the company’s 7,500 workers fired and locked out, along with Facebook/Meta’s subsequent announcement of mass layoffs, highlights the urgent need for worker-community […]
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The best elections money can buy

November 11, 2022 Stephen Millies
Nov. 10 — After the midterm elections, it looks like the Democrats may keep running the U.S. Senate. The Republicans may take over the House of Representatives by a small margin. Meanwhile, Mumia Abu-Jamal and […]
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Why we should commemorate Nov. 11

November 11, 2022 Stephen Millies
Even though Veterans Day is a federal holiday, only 19 percent of workers employed by private business get the day off. Originally called Armistice Day, it marks the end of World War I “at the 11th hour […]
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Elections: The empire strikes back

November 5, 2022 Stephen Millies
Whatever happens in the midterm elections, a mudslide of racist and bigoted filth is pouring down from the heights of capitalist society. Teaching Black history is under attack by labeling it Critical Race Theory. Using […]
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Second International League of Peoples’ Struggle U.S. Assembly: Fighting for our rights, lives, and planet!

November 4, 2022 ILPS
The 2nd National Assembly of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) was a success! From October 21-23 270 attendees from 122 organizations participated in a protest march, four plenaries, and 8 workshops; passed 12 […]
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Elon Musk is not a renegade outsider – he’s a massive Pentagon contractor

October 29, 2022 Alan MacLeod
First published May 31, 2022 AUSTIN, TEXAS – Elon Musk’s proposed takeover of Twitter has ruffled many feathers among professional commentators. “Musk is the wrong leader for Twitter’s vital mission,” read one Bloomberg headline. The network also insisted, “Nothing in […]