Published bimonthly since 1986, Against the Current is a Solidarity sponsored analytical journal for the broad revolutionary left. The January/February issue features The African-American Freedom Struggle with articles by Paul Ortiz on "Segregation and the Black Struggle Before the CIO," Alan Wald on "Richard Wright, The Great Outsider," and Kim D. Hunter's tribute to Miriam Makeba and Odetta. Articles on the economic crisis include "Bailing Out Banks, Smashing Unions" by Dianne Feeley and "2009: Twenty Million Jobless" by Jack Rasmus. Also read Malik Miah on "What Obama's Victory Means" and Steve Early on "Reading, Writing and Union Building."
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is the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International. IV is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow.
A government in pandemonium: The first nine month of Pakistan Peoples Party rule Instability, price hikes, growing unemployment and rising debts are the hallmarks of the first nine months of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government. There are daily demonstrations across Pakistan around one or another of these issues. Read More...
Palestine and the Antiwar Movement
New from Solidarity. A two page comic strip tackles the link between Palestine and the war in Iraq. Traces the history of U.S engagement in the region using fifteen panels of original art and accompanying text. Please download and distribute in your area!
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Chicago Workers’ Victory an Inspiration in Hard Times
On December 10, workers at Chicago's Republic Window and Door company ended a six-day occupation of their factory. They had been laid off after Bank of America refused to extend credit to pay them severance, but through militant action, a democratic union, and solidarity, they own a victory against the financial giant.
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- Nearly 1000 NYers Protest Israeli Attacks on Gaza
by Chloe posted on 12/28/08
- Rick Warren and Africa
by Kate G posted on 12/25/08
- Strike Continues at Stella D'Oro in Bronx, New York
by Micah posted on 12/24/08
- From Athens, Greece to Augusta, Georgia, police murder provokes riots
by Isaac posted on 12/23/08
- NYC Mobilizes Against Proposed Cuts
by Chloe posted on 12/18/08
- Reflections on Malik Rahim's bid for Congress in Louisiana
by redstar504 posted on 12/11/08
- Some ideas and resources for do-it-yourself solidarity with Republic workers in Chicago
by Isaac posted on 12/10/08
- Troy Davis Hearing at the 11th Circuit Court
by Isaac posted on 12/9/08
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- Autoworkers Respond to the Crisis
- Their Crisis, Our Consequences: Is this what 1931 Looks Like?
- Understanding and Responding to the Economic Crisis (pdf)
- The Financial Meltdown and a Socialist Response
From Against the Current:
- Malik Miah: The Financial Calamity, Blacks and Obama
- Jack Rasmus: The Crisis Beneath the Bailout
- Nomi Prins: The Sub-Prime Market Crisis
- Bob Brenner: Devastating Crisis Unfolds
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Jack Rasmus: A New Phase of Economic Crisis
By Dan LaBotz on Monthly Review's MRZine:
- The Economic Crisis, the American Working Class, and the Left: The Situation Today and the Situation in 1930 (March 17, 2008)
- Confronting the Economic Crisis: The New Deal at 75 - Lessons for Today (April 8, 2008)
- The Financial Crisis: A View from the Left (September 24, 2008)
- World's Labor Federations React to Financial Crisis with Proposals from Re-regulation to Socialism (October 24, 2008)
Regroupment & Refoundation of a U.S. Left
As part of the preparation for our 2008 Convention, members of SOLIDARITY have begun a political document describing some perspectives for socialist renewal in the twenty-first century. We welcome responses to this initial draft of the document. Some of the themes here have also been developed in Solidarity's Founding Statement and our 1997 pamphlet, “Socialist Organization Today.”
New Pamphlet: Hell on Wheels
New from Solidarity! Long time transit worker activist Steve Downs has written a pamphlet charting the twenty year story of New Directions, a rank and file caucus in New York City's transit union that he helped build and develop - including the challenges of keeping the rank and file democracy movement alive after New Directions won control of the local.
Read a review and order your copy today!From Abortion Rights to Reproductive Justice
New from Solidarity's Feminist Commission, this leaflet responds to the right wing attack on reproductive freedom and argues that the movement must go beyond "pro-choice" to true reproductive justice. This socialist and anti-racist feminist agenda would take up issues such as access to health and child care, forced sterilization, and the division of "productive" and "reproductive" labor.
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Mumia Federal Appeal Denied
ON MARCH 27 a three-judge panel of the Third US Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request from long-time political prisoner and death-row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal that it overturn the results of his 1982 trial in which Mumia was convicted of killing Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. In its 2-1 decision the circuit court upheld a ruling by Federal District Court Judge William Yohn, who had upheld the results of the trial itself.
Yohn did rule that the death-penalty phase of Mumia’s trial had violated his rights, ordering a new sentencing hearing to determine whether he would be executed or face life in prison without parole. The Third Circuit panel upheld that decision as well, ordering Philadelphia prosecutors to hold a new sentencing hearing within six months. If no hearing is held, the death penalty will automatically be vacated and life in prison without parole will be instituted by default. (The clock will not begin on the six-month period until the Third Circuit court ruling is declared final, with no further appeals pending.)
Life in prison is not a victory in this case. The evidence is overwhelming that Mumia was actively railroaded by trial judge Albert Sabo and the prosecution during his original trial. This clear case of injustice has stimulated a mass international outcry, including a report issued in 2001 by Amnesty International, in which AI notes the remarkable practice of creating new legal standards, in violation of established precedent, that apply only to Mumia. The two judges who constituted a majority of the Third Circuit panel acted in precisely this way (a fact noted by their colleague in his dissenting opinion).
Mumia’s legal options at this point are limited. He can appeal the ruling of the three- judge Circuit Court panel to the entire court. Or he can appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, stacked as it presently is by right-wing presidential appointees.
The latest developments should stand as a start reminder of what experience teaches us: The U.S. court system never guarantees justice for those, like Mumia, who are tried and convicted beause they are outspoken political opponents of a racist power structure. Those committed to genuine justice in this case need to step up our commitment, and our willingness to visibly and actively protest.
Right on to that!
I completely agree with this sentiment. Free Mumia! Free All Political Prisoners!
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