Editors' Blog
American Industry is On the Move
via Carl Bloice
Workers of the World, Unite to Save the World
From the start, Communists around the world have prided themselves on international solidarity, on placing the needs of the working class as a whole above the needs of any one section of the class.
The Newtown Massacre and What Can and Must be done
20 small children, first graders, and 7 adults, were slaughtered by a 20 year old young man with an apparent history of mental illness—a 20 year old young man living with his mother, the first victim, a “gun enthusiast” who was popular in an upper class Connecticut community of “gun enthusiasts.” The weapons and ammunition which were used in the massacre all belonged to the mother, Nancy Lanza, who , according to reliable press reports, lived comfortably on the annual $325,000 dollars she received from her former husband, Peter Lanza, a General Electric executive, whom she divorced in 2008.
Lenin on the Need for Political Compromise by Thomas Riggins
Current political struggles often echo those of the past.
The News of the Day; Capitalism Wilder and Crazier than Ever by Norman Markowitz
Teaching a course in post WWII U.S. history during the Wintersession at Rutgers University, I have been away from the blog, except to try to keep up with my Marxist IQ postings. But the world continues to turn in the New Year, and while Karl Marx remains the foundation for understanding social reality, Groucho Marx more and more seems to be important to understanding the superstructure of that reality.
A Marxist IQ for the New Year by Norman Markowitz
This is our last Marxist IQ for the year. In it we will try to look at a variety of myths that center around the capitalist system, some of which have influenced socialist movements in recent decades.
An Important Report From Lee Dlugin forthe New Jersey District of the CPUSA by Norman Markowitz
Here is an exellent report on the elections nationally and the coming struggles in New Jersey,where we will have elections for governor and the state legislature in 2013. New Jersey has the most powerful governor's office in the U.S., and even with a Democratic legislature, Christie, as bad as any...
