Imperialism, International, Middle East, Public Meetings

What Next for Syria: After the Fall of Assad

On December 22, Simon Assaf and Canan Sahin (see below) spoke on Syria today after Assad and its international implications, followed by discussion. This video documents the speakers' opening and closing remarks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV5E4g64-4Y . Meeting hosted by Marx21 in the US, and the International Socialists in Canada. SIMON ASSAF is a Lebanese revolutionary socialist now… Continue reading What Next for Syria: After the Fall of Assad

Labor

Amazon Strikes: A Report from the Picket Line

By Marie Edwards, with input from Eric Fretz in New York. Amazon workers in seven facilities, organized under the Teamsters’ banner, went out on a limited strike Thursday morning December 19, and maintained picket lines till Christmas Eve.  The picket line we visited in Queens, NY, on a very cold Saturday morning, was lively and… Continue reading Amazon Strikes: A Report from the Picket Line

Imperialism, Middle East, Public Meetings

Public Forum: What Next for Syria?

Marx21, US, and the International Socialists, Canada, are proud to host Simon Assaf and Canan Şahin on what next for Syria after the fall of a brutal and dispised Bashar al-Assad. Join us in this socialist discussion on Zoom, Sunday, December 22nd. Detals on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1100642481688538 SIMON ASSAF (he/him) is a Lebanese revolutionary socialist and… Continue reading Public Forum: What Next for Syria?

Health

UnitedHealthcare CEO got a dose of his own medicine

The outpouring of memes over UnitedHealth Group’s CEOs assassination uncovers the intensity and breath of hatred at the US health insurance practices. The article below, slightly edited by Marx21 from writing by Judy Cox, looks at UnitedHealthcare, a notoriously corrupt company in the midst of a rotten system, saying “The cause for mourning isn't the murder of its CEO, but how easily he'll be replaced.” 

Anti-racism, Imperialism, Palestine

College encampments for Palestine show the way

The struggles over encampments and occupations on US campuses have ignited the already unprecedented movement for Palestinian solidarity in the United States. Gaza has been under genocidal bombardment for over six months, with well over 34,000 Palestinians killed, vast sections of the encircled enclave in ruins, over 80% of Gaza’s 2.3 million people displaced, and… Continue reading College encampments for Palestine show the way

Palestine

High School Students and Teachers Spark “Shut It Down! For Palestine” rally of many thousands

Hundreds of high school students walked out of school across New York City on Thursday, November 9, to protest the Israeli attack on Gaza as well as US support, and to call for an immediate cease-fire.  They then rallied in front of the New York Public Library at 3pm and were joined by many others.… Continue reading High School Students and Teachers Spark “Shut It Down! For Palestine” rally of many thousands

Imperialism, International, Middle East, Palestine, Statements

IST statement on the new war in the Middle East

A statement from the International Socialist Tendency, a political tendency of which Marx21 is affiliated, in response to Israel's onslaught. 1 The attacks launched by Hamas and other resistance organizations on 7 October were a warning that there can be no peace in the Middle East until the Palestinian question is solved. But the reaction by… Continue reading IST statement on the new war in the Middle East