Pandemics have a way of fomenting social revolutions

The following is a slightly edited talk given during the Workers World Party webinar “What Road to Socialism?” on May 16. Welcome everyone to this important national meeting of Workers World Party. I wish we could be meeting in person, but dire circumstances make that impossible. So we have to . . .

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Safe Jobs Save Lives’: N.C. union rallies to free prisoners, support city workers

Union workers and community members organized a car caravan protest in front of Neuse Correctional Institute in Goldsboro, N.C., on May 12 to demand the freedom of all prisoners. This was in response to the fifth COVID-19 related death of a prisoner in state prisons the week prior. At Neuse . . .

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Racist, sexist, job-killing, union-busting robber baron appointed to head USPS

An earlier version of this article appeared in Labor Notes May 15. The Trump administration, COVID-19 and U.S. Senate reluctance to provide needed funding have put the U.S. Postal Service in dire economic straits. To make matters worse, newly appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy comes with 35 years’ experience in . . .

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Portland caravan supports essential workers

Large placards covered supporters’ cars during the Portland, Ore., caravan for essential workers held May 21. It started at the East Portland Post Office, circled two Fred Meyer grocery stores and ended at Legacy Emmanuel Hospital. The event was hosted by Communities and Postal Workers United and attended by a . . .

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Los migrantes lideran la lucha porque la ‘reapertura’ alimenta la resistencia

18 de mayo: El Gerente Ejecutivo, (CEO siglas en inglés), de Ford Motors, Jim Farley, dijo durante una reciente conferencia telefónica: “La industria automotriz es el motor económico [de los EE. UU.]. Reiniciar todo el ecosistema automotor es cómo reiniciamos la economía “. (New York Times, 18 de mayo) Los . . .

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El imperialismo y el derecho a la autodeterminación

Esta es una versión ligeramente editada de una charla dada durante “¿Qué camino hacia el socialismo?” seminario web realizado por Workers World Party el 16 de mayo. Una de las cinco características que V.I. Lenin, líder de la Revolución Rusa, presentó en su libro de 1916, “Imperialismo: la etapa más . . .

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