Labor

Amazon Strikes: A Report from the Picket Line

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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?

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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

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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.” 

Imperialism, Labor, Palestine, Police, US Politics

The Encampments for Palestine Face off Against Violence: Part II

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Read Part I of this article here, which reports on the violence different Palestine solidarity encampments on US campuses have experienced at the hands of both the police and far-right Zionist agitators. Why this violence now?  Violence is being driven from the top, with politicians condemning imaginary violence by the students and lauding real repression… Continue reading The Encampments for Palestine Face off Against Violence: Part II

Imperialism, Labor, Palestine, Police, US Politics

The Encampments for Palestine Face off Against Violence: Part I

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Students are out for Palestine, dramatically in the form of the encampments at universities across not only in the US but across the world. These encampments are part of an international wave of solidarity with Palestine, opposing genocidal attacks by the Israeli state. They have also helped spark signs of workers’ political action.   The student… Continue reading The Encampments for Palestine Face off Against Violence: Part I

Anti-racism, Imperialism, Middle East, Palestine, US Politics

Disclose, Divest: What have the encampments won?

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Students at over 130 college campuses across the country have camped out the last month demanding the university disclose their weapons manufacturing investments and divest from the Israeli genocide machine. The encampments have already had a huge impact, drawing national and international attention to the brutality of Israel’s occupation. Now students have forced over a… Continue reading Disclose, Divest: What have the encampments won?

Anti-racism, Imperialism, Palestine

College encampments for Palestine show the way

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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