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Readers’ Views, March-April 2013, Part 1

Posted on April 25, 2013 by franklindmitryev

From the March-April 2013 issue of News & Letters: AMERICAN CIVILIZATION REMAINS ON TRIAL American Civilization on Trial (ACOT) is not “Black history.” Rather, Blacks play such an enormous role in the U.S. that their history that is in ACOT … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged 1848 Seneca Falls Convention on women's rights, abolitionism, Abolitionist movement, African American, Alternative Minimum Tax, American Civilization on Trial, Arab spring, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Barack Obama, Black history, Black masses as vanguard, Burma, capitalism, Chicago, democracy, Django Unchained, Edison Electric Company, green on blue attacks, India, Iranian Revolution of 1979, Islamic fundamentalism, John Brown, John Jay Chapman, Lincoln, Maria Alyokhina, Middle East, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, News and Letters Committees, Obama, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, One Law for All, Pussy Riot, Quentin Tarantino, Raya Dunayevskaya, Russia, sharia, The Abolitionists, United States, William Lloyd Garrison, women's liberation movement | Leave a comment

Rallies across U.S. against Keystone XL pipeline

Posted on March 21, 2013 by franklindmitryev

From the new March-April 2013 issue of News & Letters: Rallies across U.S. against Keystone XL pipeline 40,000 in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.–I drove from Memphis to Washington with three others and joined the 40,000-plus people there on Feb. 17 … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Alliance for Climate Education, Barack Obama, Canada, Canadian First Nations, capitalism, Children from Union Elementary Schools Carbon Science Club, climate change, Climate Forward, environment, First Nation, Food and Water Watch, global warming, Green Party, Idle No More, Keystone Pipeline, Keystone XL, League of Women Voters, Los Angeles, Memphis Tennessee, Natural Resource Defense Council, NRDC, Occupy Los Angeles, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Oil sands, Pachamama Alliance, Phil Lane Jr., San Francisco, San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant, Sea Shepherds, Stephen Harper, tar sands, Washington DC, White House | Leave a comment

State of the U.S. wars

Posted on March 19, 2013 by franklindmitryev

From the new March-April 2013 issue of News & Letters: Editorial State of the U.S. wars The opening of Barack Obama’s second term made it clear that, despite all talk of ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, there is … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Africom, al Qaeda, anti-war movement, Arab spring, Barack Obama, Bradley Manning, Djibouti, Donald Rumsfeld, Donald Vance, drone strikes, Ethiopia, Iraq war, Jeremy Hammond, John Kiriakou, Julian Assange, Kenya, Nathan Erthel, Niger, North Korea, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, permanent war, pivot to Asia, Political Repression, revolution, September 11 attacks, Seychelles, structural economic crisis of capitalism, surveillance, Taliban, torture, United States, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), war on terror, whistleblowers, WikiLeaks | 1 Comment

Readers’ Views, January-February 2013, Part 1

Posted on March 9, 2013 by franklindmitryev

From the January-February 2013 issue of News & Letters: RAVAGES OF CAPITALISM SHOW NEED FOR NEW WORLD The article on “Climate chaos and capitalism” (Sept.-Oct. 2012 N&L) is very relevant, especially the conclusion about how capitalism’s contradiction is that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged absolute method, African Americans, American Civilization on Trial, Black liberation, capitalism, China, climate change, environment, feminism, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, G.W.F. Hegel, global warming, India, Japan, Karl Marx, labor, Latinos, Mali, New York City Marathon, New York Stock Exchange, News and Letters Committees, Ningbo, Nuclear power, Occupy Movement, Occupy Sandy Recovery, Occupy Wall Street, Paris Commune of 1871, people with disabilities, racism, Rape, Raya Dunayevskaya, Shifang, Syria, Three Mile Island, Timothy Tang, Trayvon Martin, Tuareg, United States, women's liberation, workers | Leave a comment

News and Letters Committees Call for Plenum 2013

Posted on March 7, 2013 by franklindmitryev

You can find this on the News and Letters website. OFFICIAL CALL FOR PLENUM to Work Out Marxist-Humanist Perspectives for 2013-2014 February 24, 2013 To All Members of News and Letters Committees Dear Friends: The world today is riven between … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Marxist-Humanism, climate change, global warming, racism, Raya Dunayevskaya, Karl Marx, War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Pakistan, News and Letters Committees, Kashmir, India, Iran, North Korea, Egypt, sexism, American Civilization on Trial, revolution in permanence, Syria, Arab spring, Iraq war, Taliban, nuclear weapons, philosophy of revolution, Bashar al-Assad, Tahrir Squares, structural economic crisis of capitalism, democracy, women's liberation movement, African Americans, patriarchy, Occupy Wall Street, state capitalism, Occupy Movement, Spanish Revolution, Iranian Revolution of 1979, Muammar Qaddafi, negation of the negation, counter-revolution, Black history, Mali, Voting Rights Act, war on terror, Mohamed Morsi, Crossroads of History: Marxist-Humanist Writings on the Middle East, Cold War, Shinzo Abe, Al Nusra | Leave a comment

Chalking charges dismissed!

Posted on March 7, 2013 by franklindmitryev

From the January-February 2013 issue of News & Letters: Chalking charges dismissed! Chicago—At an Oct. 9 protest at the Federal Building, a Homeland Security officer had Occupy activist Marissa Brown charged with property destruction for writing political messages on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Anthony Calabrese, chalking, Chicago, Department of Homeland Security, First Unitarian Church of Chicago, LGBT Network, Marissa Brown, News and Letters Committees, Occupy Chicago, Occupy El Barrio, Occupy Movement, Occupy the Southside, Occupy Wall Street | Leave a comment

March against violence

Posted on February 25, 2013 by franklindmitryev

From the January-February 2013 issue of News & Letters: March against violence Chicago—Dozens of people marched on Chicago’s South Side to take a stand against violence on Jan. 15, followed by a speakout and vigil. Occupy the Southside organized this … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged African Americans, Black, Chicago, criminal injustice system, gun violence, Latino, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Drive, Occupy Chicago, Occupy Movement, Occupy the Southside, Occupy Wall Street, racism, Rahm Emanuel, South Side Chicago, Southside Together Organizing for Power, United States | Leave a comment

Teachers and parents talk education

Posted on February 9, 2013 by franklindmitryev

From the new January-February 2013 issue of News & Letters: Teachers and parents talk education Editor’s note: Below we print excerpts from the News and Letters Committees panel discussion of teachers and education activists on the September strike by members … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged AFSCME, Al Gore, charter schools, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago teachers strike, Chicago Teachers Union, education, Jimmy Carter, Karen Lewis, labor unions, Occupy Chicago, Occupy Movement, Occupy the Southside, Occupy Wall Street, parents, Rahm Emanuel, Ronald Reagan, structural economic crisis of capitalism, students, workers | Leave a comment

Uprisings in Egypt and Syria confront counter-revolution

Posted on February 3, 2013 by franklindmitryev

From the new January-February 2013 issue of News & Letters: Lead Uprisings in Egypt and Syria confront counter-revolution by Gerry Emmett “However partial the industrial revolt may be, it conceals within itself a universal soul: political revolt may be never so universal but it hides a narrow-minded spirit under the most … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged al Qaeda, Aleppo University, Arab spring, Bahrain, Bashar al-Assad, Bassem Youssef, Cairo Anti-war Conferences, capitalism, Egypt, Egypt Consitution, feminism, Freedom and Justice Party, Hosni Mubarak, imperialism, indignados, International Women's Day, Iranian Revolution of 1979, Israel, Karl Marx, labor, Lakhdar Brahimi, Middle East revolutions, Mohamed Morsi, Muhallah al-Kubra, Muslim Brotherhood, Occupy Movement, Palestine, patriarchy, Rania Kisar, revolution in permanence, Saudi Arabia, sexism, sharia, students, Syria, Tahrir Square, Tunisia, Turkey, women's liberation, workers, Yemen, youth | Leave a comment

Chalking a felony?

Posted on December 14, 2012 by franklindmitryev

[Update: If in Chicago, please support Marissa Brown at her court date, Monday, Dec. 17, at 2:30 PM, at 2452 W. Belmont, Chicago. Details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/206707866130402/%5D From the November-December 2012 issue of News & Letters Chalking a felony? Chicago—On Nov. … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged African American, Black, Budget Showdown, Chicago Police Department, criminal injustice system, Dakota Bright, IIRON, Jane Addams Senior Caucus, Lakeview Action Coalition, Latino, Marissa Brown, Medicaid, medicare, National Nurses United, Northside POWER, Occupy Chicago, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Police brutality, Political Repression, racism, SOUL | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Occupy Movement

Readers’ Views, March-April 2013, Part 1

Rallies across U.S. against Keystone XL pipeline

State of the U.S. wars

Readers’ Views, January-February 2013, Part 1

News and Letters Committees Call for Plenum 2013

Chalking charges dismissed!

March against violence

Teachers and parents talk education

Uprisings in Egypt and Syria confront counter-revolution

Chalking a felony?

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