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Mr. Brown
Odd? Coincidence? I'm sure? Curious?That the official killings of Michael Brown and John Brown, two BrownsWould spark in their own times such white focus on the lives of Black AmericansJohn Brown...
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From Iraq to the Pacific: Confronting US imperialism
Re-energizing the U.S. peace and justice movement requires both responding to immediate crises and pursuing a long-haul strategy. Today's crisis: Iraq is in immediate headline-grabbing danger of U.S....
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Thoughts on patriotism, the national question and the Leninist tradition
The struggle in this country is not one of oppressor against oppressed nations, of the first world against the third, of a white nation against oppressed nations of color.Recently, I stumbled across...
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More war will not defeat ISIS and terrorism
As we reflect on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that shook our nation, it appears little progress has been made in the "war on terror." The gruesome beheadings of U.S. journalists...
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Thoughts on "Elections, the state, reform and revolution"
John Bachtell, newly elected Chair of the CPUSA, in an article, "Elections, the state, reform and revolution," printed in Political Affairs on June 23, 2014 pointed to the need for the people's...
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Thirty years later: Yale strike victory remembered
September 26 marks the 30th anniversary of a turning-point struggle in the United States for unions, for women, and for the working class. On that date, the clerical and technical workers at Yale...
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The crisis in Ukraine and its deep roots
The following article is a reasoned response to the crisis in the former Soviet Ukraine, created and to a considerable extent manipulated by the U.S. NAT0 bloc. As an introduction to the article, let...
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Not 2010; what's in it this year for all of us?
In June in these pages I talked about the complex of issues that have driven the Tom Corbett administration in Pennsylvania. A nearly identical agenda has driven the other Republican controlled state...
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The Oscar Pistorius case: SACP statement
The SACP has noted the attention paid nationally and internationally to the Oscar Pistorius case. It would not be correct for us to discuss the details of the case, or the merits and demerits of the...
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The People's Climate March, 2014 elections, and defeating the climate deniers
I was really proud to participate in the massive People's Climate March along with hundreds of thousands of others. I was struck by the incredible breadth and grassroots depth of this sea of humanity...
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The environmental movement: which way forward?
As I participated in the People's Climate March on September 21st, 2014 in New York City, and attended the leftist Climate Convergence Conference during the two days before the march (sponsored by...
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Why predictions of ebb in "Pink Tide" proved premature
Since the start of the year, numerous newspapers have dedicated article after article to predictions of a looming demise of the so-called "Pink Tide". The term "Pink Tide" is used to refer to the wave...
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Keep our eyes on the prize: the 2014 elections
I'd like to start this report with a prelude: The second day after elections I was among those who attended a rally called by Sen Richard Blumenthal at New Haven City Hall with Mayor Toni Harp,...
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After the 2014 elections: keeping our eyes on the prize
I'd like to start this report with a prelude: The second day after elections I was among those who attended a rally called by Sen Richard Blumenthal at New Haven City Hall with Mayor Toni Harp,...
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Fast food workers on the cutting edge
The recent mass actions of the fast food workers and other starvation wage workers in New York City and many urban centers across the country are the latest developments in the unfolding struggle of a...
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Obama's immigration announcement: How we got here, what's next?
On November 20, president Obama made his awaited announcement of "Executive Action" on immigration reform. As predicted, it will provide relief for several million people. It does not cover everybody...
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Five million
What is the cost of making 5 million families saferWhat is the cost of relieving 5 million families from fear of sunderingWhat is the cost of compassionWhat is the cost of securing children in the...
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Public education: key issue in Keystone State election
In one of the few bright spots in a grim national election, Democratic nominee York businessman Tom Wolf won a decisive victory over incumbent Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett. The election was...
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A Communist activist looks at Piketty's "Capital in the 21st Century": part 1...
Part 1 - Piketty for ActivistsThis article is based on a talk I gave at the New Haven Free Public Library last August. That talk and this article are not aimed at economists, and do not discuss in any...
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The football scandals and the "cult of violence" against women and families
After WWII the refugee Jewish German sociologist Leo Lowenthal was author of an important study which looked at the people portrayed as "heroes" and "role models" in all sorts of literature aimed at...
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