Monthly Archives: September 2012

Jazz for justice

Posted on September 30, 2012 by franklindmitryev

From the September-October 2012 issue of News & Letters: Jazz for justice New York—It’s in the air, an edgy current that awakens the spirit. When did it start? Was it the Arab Spring? The Occupy Movement? What? Where? May Day … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged American Federation of Musicians, Charles Mingus, Danny Richmond, Fables of Faubus, jazz, Justice for Jazz Artists, labor, New York City, Orval Faubus, workers | Leave a comment

Wage theft in Memphis

Posted on September 29, 2012 by franklindmitryev

From the September-October 2012 issue of News & Letters: Wage theft in Memphis Memphis, Tenn.—Activists have formed a Stop Wage Theft Coalition in Shelby County, Tenn., to lobby the Shelby County Commission to create a Wage Theft Ordinance that will … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Austin Texas, immigrant workers, labor, Memphis Tennessee, Miami, San Francisco, Seattle, Shelby County Tennessee, Stop Wage Theft Coalition, United States Department of Labor, West Tennessee | Leave a comment

Nueva edición de revista Praxis en América Latina (octubre-noviembre 2012)

Posted on September 28, 2012 by franklindmitryev

Nueva edición: revista Praxis en América Latina – teoría/practica http://www.praxisenamericalatina.org No. 9 octubre-noviembre 2012 Los números anteriores: # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Desde México ● Lomas del Poleo: atrás de la violencia y … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal | Tagged Colombia, democracia, Eduardo Galeano, Gilberto López y Rivas, Guatemala, honduras, José Carlos Mariátegui, Karl Marx, la Otra Campaña, Marx, Marxism, Mexico, Political philosophy, Political Science, Raya Dunayevskaya, República Dominicana, Ruy Mauro Marini, Social Sciences, Zapatistas | Leave a comment

Study/discussion series: Global Crises, Global Rebellion, and the Needed Philosophy of Revolution

Posted on September 27, 2012 by franklindmitryev

From the September-October 2012 issue of News & Letters: You’re invited to a nationwide series of five Marxist-Humanist discussions on: Global Crises, Global Rebellion, and the Needed Philosophy of Revolution Central to today’s reality is the worldwide capitalist economic crisis, … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Arab spring, Black masses as vanguard, California, Chicago, Detroit, dialectics, feminism, Great Depression, Hegelian dialectic, Karl Marx, Los Angeles, Marxist-Humanism, New York, News and Letters Committees, Oakland, philosophy of revolution, racism, revolution in permanence, San Francisco, sexism, structural economic crisis of capitalism, women's liberation | Leave a comment

Women Worldwide, September-October 2012

Posted on September 26, 2012 by franklindmitryev

From the September-October 2012 issue of News & Letters: Women Worldwide by Artemis In July, Cairo, Egypt, launched a new TV channel called Maria employing only niqab-clad women. The employees use the rhetoric of empowerment, stating this is a response … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Abu Islam Abdallah, Arab spring, Benigno Aquino, Cairo, Contraception, Egypt, Ennahda, feminism, Ghannouch, Islamism, niqab, Philippines, Reproductive rights, sexism, Tahrir Square, Tunisia, women's liberation | Leave a comment

Abortion victory is won in Mauritius

Posted on September 25, 2012 by franklindmitryev

From the September-October 2012 issue of News & Letters: Abortion victory is won in Mauritius Port Louis, Mauritius—LALIT is the only political party that has, over the decades, campaigned for abortion decriminalization, and finally, in June, Parliament passed a new … Continue reading →

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‘Comfort women’ speak

Posted on September 24, 2012 by franklindmitryev

From the September-October 2012 issue of News & Letters: ‘Comfort women’ speak Los Angeles—Bok-dong Kim, an 87-year-old Korean “comfort woman,” came here as part of her U.S. speaking tour on the fifth anniversary of House Resolution 121, which acknowledged Japan’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Bok-dong Kim, California State University Los Angeles, Comfort women, Duk-Kyung Kang, feminism, Glendale Public Library, Government of Japan, Hak-Soon Kim, House Resolution 121, Human rights, imperialism, Japan, Japanese Imperial Army, Korean women, racism, Seoul, sex slavery, sexism, South Korea, War Crimes Tribunal, women's liberation, Won Choi, World War II | Leave a comment

Monthly Archives: September 2012

Jazz for justice

Wage theft in Memphis

Study/discussion series: Global Crises, Global Rebellion, and the Needed Philosophy of Revolution

Women Worldwide, September-October 2012

Abortion victory is won in Mauritius

‘Comfort women’ speak

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