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From Occupation to the General Strike
By a CT-WSA member
With several months of preparation and one month of action, Occupy Wall Street has accomplished what years of conventional activism has failed to do–spark a populist political awakening against the ruling class. The 99ers have captured the imagination of regular Americans from every background and point of view, unified by a general disgust with the upper 1% who have run our economic, political and social areas of life into the ground. The defiant occupation of public space in the heart of the capitalist system has not only inspired us, but challenged our sense of complacency in the age of crisis. Read more
Posted on October 16, 2011
An American Fall
By Steve Fake
The Arab Spring and European Summer have now inspired a wave of demonstrations in the U.S. as well. It may well prove to be the most significant wave of protests the nation has seen in many years.
The occupation of Wall Street began on September 17th and quickly mushroomed into dozens of occupations around the country – and all of this before the long planned major occupation in D.C. that began on October 6th.
The timing is propitious. Forty-nine percent of likely voters “think neither party in Congress represents the people,” according to the conservative polling agency Rasmussen.
Posted on October 9, 2011
Filed Under Economy | 5 Comments
Kicking the Bosses’ Ass Means Breaking the Bosses’ Law
Tacoma and Seattke rank-and-file members of the the International
Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union (ILWU) are showing us the way.
Faced with arrogant bosses and a boss-controlled legal system, they
have declared that the only way to effectively fight back is to fight
back HARD!
Read more
Posted on September 16, 2011
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Venezuela from Below
Review: Venezuela: Revolution as Spectacle by Rafael Uzcategui (See Sharp Press, 2010)
By Tom Wetzel
In her essay Latin America & Twenty-First Century Socialism (published as an issue of Monthly Review last year), Marta Harnecker presents a description of “some features” of a decentralized, self-managed socialism based on direct democracy in workplaces and neighborhoods — a picture congenial to libertarian socialists. She also provides an interpretation of the Bolivarian Movement — the movement led by Hugo Chavez — that suggests it is embarked on a transition to this kind of socialism in Venezuela.
Rafael Uzcategui’s book marshals a lot of evidence to challenge that interpretation. Uzcategui argues that a continuation of capitalism is a more likely outcome of the Chavez government than a transition to socialism. Uzcategui also rejects the right-wing fantasy of “Castro-style Communism” being set up in Venezuela. Read more
Posted on September 6, 2011
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Examining a Ghost: A Young Anarchist Reflects on Bookchin
Mottoes and Watchwords, part II
Mottoes and Watchwords
Mommy, What Was Hunger Like?
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