Nobody saw the riots coming, but the reaction to the riot is something that has been predicted for decades – the all-out police state clampdown on free speech in the Western world. Evoking unfriendly comparisons to the Iron Lady, the Cameron regime has already sentenced 2 Brits to lengthy prison sentences – for creating Facebook event [...]
Our Planet, Our People, Are Not Expendable Our Common Enemy Is Global Capitalism Capitalism is the economic system that dominates the planet. It runs on the exploitation of human labor to turn the living world into dead commodities, for the profit of a few. The small, powerful minority who own the means of production enforce [...]
From Overthrowing the Profit System to Not For Profit Marc Luzietti makes a presentation about NGOs, 1/8/11 at Florida International University, North Miami. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T3T-iI_Gtk?rel=0&w=420&h=315]
Mobilizations and Mass Movements This is a discussion of two approaches employed in organizing at the mass level: mobilizations and mass movements. Mobilizations typically entail calling on people to participate in rallies, protests and other actions. A mass movement pushes dialogue and strategizing from the revolutionary or intermediate levels to the mass level, building organization [...]
The crisis is global. It’s inside imperialist societies such as France, Spain and inside societies dominated by imperialism such as Greece, Haiti. In the U.S., the recent economic crisis is more structural than any previous crises excluding that of the civil war. The ideologues of the bourgeoisie, as well as from the Democratic and Republican [...]
Capitalism/imperialism is an economic system constructed for the purpose of theft and accumulation of wealth for those in power. Its built-in, insatiable drive for profit has caused measureless human misery all over the world, and is threatening the very existence of life on Earth. Social struggles against oppression are all interconnected. The battles against patriarchy; [...]