Editors' Blog
Greek CP on the Greek Elections
Greece continues to attract the attention of workers of many countries all over the world, in light of the new crucially important parliamentary elections, which will be held on the 17th of June, as none of the three parties, which received the most votes, could form a coalition government.
Syriza -- 10 Point Program
http://www.marxist.com/ten-programmatic-points-for-syriza.htm
A quick point on the french elections and not so liberal media by norman markowitz
Yesterday's New York Times had a story on the first round of the French parliamentary elections. The auther was Steven Erlanger, no Raymond Bonner or Chris Hedges, he
This week's Marxist IQ
First let me apologize to our readers for hitting the wrong key before the IQ was sent. It appears below this one and I will seek to have it erased My computer skills are like the global capitalist economy, in stagnation and decline. This IQ deals some still important definitions
The "Victory" of Plutocrats United in Wisconsin by Norman Markowitz
The failure of the peoples movement to recall Scott Walker in Wisconsin has produced pessimism among some. Television news media and much of the press is feeding this pessimism by trumpeting the "defeat of the Democrats," the "failure of labor," even the percentage of union households that voted for Walker...
Marxist I Q for this week by Norman Markowitz
Marxist IQ for this week
An Interesting Omission from Mainstream Mediaby Norman Markowitz
Last week a got a call from an Associated Press Reporter, David Crary, doing a story on Republican and "conservative" attacks on Obama as a socialist. Crary, who was both respectful and intelligent, knew that I taught a course in the history of socialism and Communism and wanted to ask me questions. I spoke with him at some length and also sent him a few youtube clips. Today I read his story.
Calling for Wisconsin and Against Do Nothing Sectarianism by Norman Markowitz
I just returned from calling Wisconsin teachers in a labor phone bank of New Jersey's National Education Association and our own Rutgers AAUP-AFT. . While I was mostly leaving messages, I did get through to a few teachers and their families. One particularly I would like to share with our readers.