Storming the Castle: Why We Need To Know Our Radical Sports History
By speaking out for the political soul of the sports we love, we do more than just build a fighting left that stands for social justice. We also begin to impose our own ideas on the world of sports – a counter morality to compete with the rank hypocrisy of the pro leagues. These are ideas that can embrace and cheer competition.
Stop CAFTA Coalition Denounces Human Rights Violations in El Salvador and Guatemala
The Stop CAFTA coalition is a loose network of solidarity organizations working with partners in Central America to further opposition to the Central America Free Trade Agreement. The coalition will be holding a press conference and rally in front of Cannon Office building to denounce on going human rights violations, on Thursday July 14 at noon.
Rove’s Trove of Trouble
The White House’s abrupt switch from dismissive boasting to contrite silence speaks volumes. Like corporate executives or major league baseball players who take the Fifth rather than testify before Congress about their malfeasance or steroid use, the White House’s sudden resort to “no comment” amounts to a silent admission of wrongdoing
Iraq and the Weakness of U.S. Hegemony
Over 1500 have been killed ...the vast majority in attacks that targeted civilians, not soldiers in the foreign occupying forces. One Iraqi preacher, explaining the vastly different levels of global concern, said, “This is because Iraqis are like chickens and nobody cares about the killing of a chicken, but the British are the lords of this world.”
July 23 “Downing Street Memo” Anniversary
Saturday, July 23 is the three-year anniversary of the meeting between high-level U.S. and British officials that the Downing Street Memo summarizes...On that day, all over the country, there will be town hall meetings, dramatic readings of the Downing Street Minutes, study circles, and house parties. Congressman John Conyers and others will be on a conference call that people at house parties can call into from their events.
A Coca Grower to Lead Bolivia? How U.S. Intervention May Have Triggered a Populist Revolution
Bolivia’s Congress voted July 5 to hold general elections this coming December instead of in 2007 as previously had been scheduled. Much to Washington’s dismay, Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) leader Evo Morales announced his candidacy for the presidency the following day.
UN Working Group Denounces Imprisonment of Cuban Five as 'Arbitrary'
In an opinion released in late May, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions, a group created by the UN Commission on Human Rights, criticized the treatment of five Cuban men arrested in Miami in 1998 as 'arbitrary.'
Dragging the Media Down Downing Street
The U.S. corporate media has begun to awaken to the fact that top Bush adviser Karl Rove exposed an undercover CIA agent’s identity and then lied about it. But reporters, editors, and producers remain slow to pick up on the heart of the story, namely that this was part of an extensive campaign to deceive the media, the public, and the Congress about the justifications for an unjustifiable war.
The “War against Terrorism” and the London Bombings
What can Marxists say about the issue of “terrorism?”... Such actions were not only destructive and counter-productive, Lenin argued, but an expression of petit bourgeois class arrogance, the belief that the working class will respond to those who commit individual acts of violence in their name.
Iraq: Democracies Need Unions, Unions Need Democracies’
Trade union organizations are fundamental to the development of secure, prosperous and democratic societies. They are the bedrock of civil society. I strongly believe that a truly free and democratic society will not exist anywhere in the world without a democratic labour movement...
