By David D. Today is Nov 2, 2011. It’s the day of a General Strike here in Oakland, California. Hopefully it’s a day that we’ll look back on years from now and see as a watershed moment in history. Hopefully… Read More ›
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The Labor Movement in America
Update on Occupy Oakland
Crowds are beginning to gather and Occupy Oakland campers are crawling out of their tents this morning to join what has been billed as the nation’s first general strike since 1946. Protesters began organizing the citywide strike after last… Read More ›
Oakland braces for Occupy movement’s call for general strike
All eyes will be on Oakland Wednesday as the Occupy movement calls for a citywide general strike in the wake of last week’s heavy police response to protesters speaking out against the razing of the City Hall encampment. Businesses, city… Read More ›
Myths About Socialism: Redistribution of Wealth?
Probably one of the most common right-wing arguments against social welfare spending is that it constitutes “redistribution of wealth” or “sharing the wealth,” and is thus a road to socialism. Indeed, “socialism” is often defined by these reactionaries as the… Read More ›
Occupy Oakland: As injured Iraq vet recovers, occupiers promise to ‘shut the city down’
Occupy Oakland participant Scott Olson, an Iraq vet who was critically injured by a tear gas canister at a protest on Tuesday night, is now awake and lucid. Protesters have announced a Nov. 2. general strike in the city. An… Read More ›
Occupy Denver: Five people hospitalized for exposure to the cold
Update, 3:11 p.m. October 26: Occupy Denver’s most recent report, via its Twitter account, is that a total of five people have been hospitalized within the past day. The group is urging people to contact Mayor Michael Hancock’s office to… Read More ›
Occupy Oakland protester Scott Olsen to undergo brain surgery
Olsen’s condition upgraded from serious to fair after an incident that has prompted calls for Oakland mayor’s resignation Scott Olsen, the Iraq war veteran who suffered serious head injuries after being hit by a projectile fired by police during the… Read More ›
Class Warfare Indeed
by Michael Parenti Over the last two decades or more, Republicans have been denouncing as “class warfare” any attempt at criticizing and restraining their mean one-sided system of capitalist financial expropriation. The moneyed class in this country has been doing… Read More ›
It’s Not “Corporatism,” It’s Not “Crony Capitalism,” It’s Capitalism!
Chances are if you are reading this, you have spent a fair amount of time discussing the recent “Occupation” demonstrations which have sprung up all around the country. Anyone with a basic familiarity with the protests is aware that the… Read More ›
Occupy Arizona: Dozens Arrested After Protests
PHOENIX — Authorities in Arizona arrested nearly 100 people after two separate protests in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The 53 arrests in Tucson and 46 in Phoenix on Saturday night came hours after peaceful protests against financial… Read More ›
Occupy Wall Street shows muscle and prepares for next step, raising $300K plus other donations
NEW YORK — The Occupy Wall Street movement has close to $300,000, as well as storage space loaded with donated supplies in lower Manhattan. It stared down city officials to hang on to its makeshift headquarters, showed its muscle Saturday… Read More ›
Occupy Wall Street Protests Go Global: Protests & Clashes in Rome
Riot police have fought militant protesters in Rome as the biggest of a series of global rallies against banks and politicians tipped into violence. At least 70 people were injured, three of them seriously, as police fought masked rioters with… Read More ›
APL Testimony from Occupy Omaha
The following is a personal testimonial from an American Party of Labor cadre who attended the October 15th “Occupy Omaha” march in Omaha, Nebraska. October 15th was a busy day for Occupy Wall Street solidarity groups the world over, and… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 