Baltimore’s Towson University has a problem, and it doesn’t have to do with rising tuition rates. Rather this problem is a much deeper social cancer: We are talking about racism and fascism.
Read MoreThe rhetoric is intense and getting more war-like. North Korea threatens nuclear attack. The US and its allies continue to tighten the screws on an already beleaguered regime, bringing the situation to the breaking point. What does tomorrow hold?
Read More“NYPD what do ya say, how many kids did you kill today?!” chanted around 150 people as they marched down the sidewalk of Church Ave in Brooklyn.
Read MoreEvery two years our international organization arranges a revolutionary youth camp. Young people from various countries come together to have discussions, to plan actions, and to make international connections in an atmosphere of solidarity.
Read MoreThe scandal involving News International’s phone-hacking and corrupt deals with world governments was not the exposure of a “rogue operator.” Instead, it merely exposed, in dramatic style, the underlying basis of the media under capitalism. Run by multinational corporations, their purpose is to promote the interests of their billionaire owners
Read MoreOn the 15 of December, the first round of the constitution referendum started. The results were published soon after the second round on the 22nd of December with 64% voting for the constitution. The content is reactionary in it's Islamist character, defining the Sharia as the main source for jurisdiction, the absence of explicit women's rights, the discrimination of religious minorities, and the unchanged autonomy and power of the military apparatus. The state shall guarantee the ethics, morals, and the law and order and gives a big space for interpretation for its use of power.
Read MoreImperialism had developed rapidly and was unable to overcome the problems it had created. War was raging in Europe, there was wide-spread famine and rural poverty, as well as general backwardness was pushing people into misery. Therefore, there was no other way out than to overthrow the ones responsible, i.e., the exploiting class, by the workers and peasants. Their expressed goal was the seizure of state power.
Read MoreHundreds of low-paid New York fast-food industry workers walked off the job yesterday in protest at poverty pay which is seeing bosses rake in record profits.
Read MoreThis weekend thousands marched across the world to demand an end to the Zionist occupation of Palestine. The latest bombardments of Gaza came just after elections were called for January in Israel. The shelling by tanks, planes, and warships killed over 130 people and injured hundreds. Homes, schools, and sports facilities were flattened. Three Israelis were killed by rockets fired by the resistance.
Read MoreFor about two-and-a-half weeks now Greece has been shaken by a new wave of strikes and protests. The reason for this is the passing of a new austerity package in parliament by a very close vote on Wednesday November 7. Pressured by the Troika (European Commission, European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund), Greece has to cut spending by an additional 18.5 billion Euro until 2016. This new austerity package will lead to more job losses, tax increases, pension cuts, as well as cuts in the health care and the social sector.
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