SOTA members in Haiti Beginning in mid September of 2011, a nascent Haitian garment workers’ union decided that in their continued efforts to defend and demand that their factories respect their basic democratic rights – they would go public. Within 2 weeks, spokespeople for Sendika Ouvriye Takstil ak Abiman (SOTA) were out of [...]
Issued by One Struggle, September 2011 Mass movements can not be conjured from thin air or willed into being, no matter how correct our ideas or determined our hearts. They arise in response to intolerable social problems, congeal through collective practice and theoretical work, and harden through continuous, escalating struggle. In the U.S., as in [...]
August 28th saw the conclusion of “the largest multinational training exercise in the world,” with 17+ countries and over 3,000 troops participating in a training operation to prepare against a serious military threat against the Panama Canal. Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Elisandro Diaz Which begs the question….who the hell is threatening [...]
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 [...]