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Rallies for equal pay

From the May-June 2013 issue of News & Letters: Rallies for equal pay Chicago—On April 9 rallies were held across the U.S. to mark the day women’s earnings catch up to what men’s were… more →

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Rallies for equal pay

franklindmitryev wrote 2 days ago: From the May-June 2013 issue of News & Letters: Rallies for equal pay Chicago—On April 9 rallies … more →

Tags: Feminism, Women's Liberation, Chicago, Labor, workers, united states, sexism, Paycheck Fairness act, Patriarchy

Violence 'normalized'

franklindmitryev wrote 3 days ago: From the May-June 2013 issue of News & Letters: Woman as Reason Violence ‘normalized … more →

Tags: revolution, Feminism, united states, Congo, South Africa, India, Violence Against Women, Egypt, Tunisia

Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) and his legacy — 1 comment

franklindmitryev wrote 4 days ago: From the May-June 2013 issue of News & Letters: World in View by Gerry Emmett Chinua Achebe (193 … more →

Tags: Africa, African revolutions, Nigeria, Darfur, genocide, Rwanda, Chinua Achebe, Anthills of the Savannah, things fall apart

Tunisia and the Left

franklindmitryev wrote 5 days ago: From the May-June 2013 issue of News & Letters: World in View by Gerry Emmett Tunisia and the Le … more →

Tags: middle east, Tunisia, Tunisian revolution, revolution in permanence, Syria, Arab Spring, Bashar al- Assad, Palestinians, 1844 Economic-Philosophical Manuscripts of Karl Marx

Venezuela election

franklindmitryev wrote 6 days ago: From the May-June 2013 issue of News & Letters: World in View by Gerry Emmett Venezuela election … more →

Tags: Latin America, South America, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Nicolás Maduro, Henrique Capriles Radonski, chavismo, Bolivarian revolution

Rape and lies in Syria

franklindmitryev wrote 1 week ago: From the May-June 2013 issue of News & Letters: World in View by Gerry Emmett Rape and lies in S … more →

Tags: Feminism, Women's Liberation, Russia, Congo, Iran, Hezbollah, Lebanon, sexism, Slobodan Milosevic

Portsmouth, England: unite against austerity

franklindmitryev wrote 1 week ago: From the new May-June 2013 issue of News & Letters: Portsmouth, England: unite against austerity … more →

Tags: austerity, Bedroom tax, chavs, England, Great Britain, Labor, Liane Groves, owen jones, Portsmouth

Boston Marathon bombing

franklindmitryev wrote 1 week ago: From the new May-June 2013 issue of News & Letters: Boston bombing The two bombs that exploded n … more →

Tags: Timothy McVeigh, Chechnya, Vladimir Putin, Surveillance State, Boston Marathon bombing, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Oklahoma City Bombing, 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Eric Rudolph

Detroiters organize in class war

franklindmitryev wrote 1 week ago: From the new May-June 2013 issue of News & Letters: Detroiters organize Detroit–In the ver … more →

Tags: Detroit, Michigan, structural economic crisis of capitalism, Class War, emergency manager, charter school, Detroit News, Public Act 436, Dan Gilbert

Thatcher is dead, Thatcherism persists

franklindmitryev wrote 1 week ago: From the new May-June 2013 issue of News & Letters: Thatcher is dead, Thatcherism persists Londo … more →

Tags: capitalism, Chile, Human Rights, Kazakhstan, Augusto Pinochet, London, Labour Party, Margaret Thatcher, rupert murdoch

Judging workers for control and profit

franklindmitryev wrote 2 weeks ago: From the new May-June 2013 issue of News & Letters: Workshop Talks Judging workers for control a … more →

Tags: Labor, Kaiser Permanente, automation, Prison Industrial Complex, Criminal Injustice System, Health Maintenance Organization, HMO, healthcare workers, digital surveillance technology

Hegel's Absolute Idea is for workers

franklindmitryev wrote 2 weeks ago: From the new May-June 2013 issue of News & Letters: From the Writings of Raya Dunayevskaya: On t … more →

Tags: Marxism, Raya Dunayevskaya, Karl Marx, Johnson-Forest Tendency, News and Letters Committees, automation, V I Lenin, G. W. F. Hegel, Russian Revolution of 1917

Climate change and development

franklindmitryev wrote 2 weeks ago: From the new May-June 2013 issue of News & Letters: Draft for Marxist-Humanist Perspectives, 201 … more →

Tags: climate change, Global Warming, Labor, capitalism, Karl Marx, Tar Sands, Brazil, Honduras, United Nations

Django Unchained

franklindmitryev wrote 3 weeks ago: From the March-April 2013 issue of News & Letters: Django Unchained Django Unchained is a Quenti … more →

Tags: racism, Slavery, African-Americans, Black History, Django Unchained, Steven Spielberg, Nat Turner, The Abolitionists, Quentin Tarantino

Religion, Revolution and Counter-Revolution

franklindmitryev wrote 3 weeks ago: From the March-April 2013 issue of News & Letters: Religion, Revolution and Counter-Revolution I … more →

Tags: pope, Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, vatican, Liberation Theology, Joseph Ratzinger, Angela Merkel, Hitler youth, Pope John Paul II

Britain's rulers keep failed policy of austerity — 1 comment

franklindmitryev wrote 1 month ago: From the March-April 2013 issue of News & Letters: Britain’s rulers keep failed policy of … more →

Tags: housing, structural economic crisis of capitalism, London, National Health Service, austerity, Britain, conservative party, UK, George Osborn

Handicap This! March-April 2013

franklindmitryev wrote 1 month ago: From the March-April 2013 issue of News & Letters: Handicap This! by Suzanne Rose Chicago, Ill.— … more →

Tags: police brutality, India, Violence Against Women, Adapt, Seattle, One Billion Rising, Transportation Security Administration, Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, American Medical Association

Escape from Camp 14

franklindmitryev wrote 1 month ago: From the March-April 2013 issue of News & Letters: Escape from Camp 14 Escape from Camp 14, by B … more →

Tags: China, prisoners, Torture, North Korea, Political Repression, Mao Zedong, Criminal Injustice System, Dialectics, Kim Jong-un

Prisoner's 'Thin Comfort' dilemma

franklindmitryev wrote 1 month ago: From the March-April 2013 issue of News & Letters: Voices from the Inside Out Prisoner’s … more →

Tags: prisoners, prisoners hunger strike, Prison Industrial Complex, Criminal Injustice System


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