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Articles Written by: BEN SEATTLE
I attended parts of two workshops from the ISO's recent Northwest regional conference in Seattle on building a revolutionary alternative [1].
I was at the first workshop ("War & Capitalism: The Marxist theory of Imperialism") from 2:30 pm until about 3 ...
Even the most uncompromising stand against imperialist politics is not enough.
Our movement needs organization based on transparency and mass democracy. Only in this way can large numbers of activists have insight into and influence over the direction ...
.......... In honor of those who have fallen:
.......... SAIC and the struggle for sobriety
.......... (and a high productivity of labor)
.......... in the antiwar and
.......... revolutionary movements
..........
.......... Ben Seattle -- July 17, 200 ...
A former editor of the RCP's newspaper, Mike Ely, maintains a
blog which currently carries a major article ("Nine Letters to
Our Comrades") highly critical of Avakian and the current line of
the RCP. It can be found here:
http://mikeely.wordpress.com/ ...
how the cargo-cult ideology cripples agitation:
Recently the Communist Voice Organization (CVO) published an
article on "socialist health care" [1]. The article describes
the current crisis in health care in which many in the U.S. have
no health ...
First, of course, yes, it would be better if money were sent on creating jobs instead of slaughtering people in Iraq and training death squads there. So the demand for jobs instead of war is a just demand and deserves support. So, then, what could ...
newswire article commentary global 13.Nov.2006 19:31 alternative media | imperialism & war WOT: Nine Theses on the Emerging Revolution in Communications and its Significance for the author: Ben Seattle (reposted by Marik) As decade rolls after decade, ...
An editorial in the Washington Post refutes the popular "tail wags the dog" theory -- which holds that Israel calls the shots in the US-Israeli strategic partnership.
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These eight theses are the first installment ...
Background for those who have just tuned in:
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For those who have not been following the action -- Marik responded to a post [1] on Portland Indymedia (pdximc)
by the Socialist Equality ...