(Second edition) On August 30 John T. Williams was shot to death by Seattle Police Department (SPD) officer Ian Birk at Boren Avenue and Howell Street. According to Birk, Williams had “refused” to obey his orders and “lunged” at him with a knife that he was “brandishing… in a very confrontational posture” during a sixty [...]
Down with Obama’s wars — U.S. get out of Afghanistan now!
Friday, September 3, 2010
In conditions of worsening slaughter, the U.S.-led occupation of Afghanistan enters its 10th year on October 7. Obama has tripled the number of U.S. forces since Bush left office, to around 100,000 troops, and he has thrown away the lives of more U.S. soldiers in 19 months than Bush did in 7 years, leaving [...]
Denounce the Israeli massacre of peace activists!
Friday, June 4, 2010
Blockaded and living in an open-air prison, for more than 1000 days the 1.5 million people of the Palestinian Gaza strip have existed in conditions of Nazi-style collective punishment for electing a government that displeases the Israeli state. Food and water insecurity hovers at around 60% according to figures from the [...]
All out for May Day!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
On May 1 workers the world over will again march on May Day, the day of international working-class solidarity. It arrives when the workers of Europe have mounted a big strike wave, with the Greek workers turning out in millions for one-day general strikes against government austerity measures. Meanwhile, militant mass struggles continue to boil [...]
Watch out for Obama’s new attacks on immigrants!
Friday, April 9, 2010
Obama and the Democrats pretend to be on the side of immigrants, and they cry hypocritical tears over families being torn apart. But under Obama the number of people being deported is higher than under Bush (a record 387,790 last year)! And now Obama is supporting comprehensive legislation which is designed to increase the exploitation [...]
Demonstrate against U.S. imperialism March 19 and 21!
Sunday, March 14, 2010
On March 19, 2003 the United States launched its “shock and awe” attack upon Iraq. This was a criminal act of unprovoked aggression. During the past seven years this war has resulted in the deaths of around one million Iraqis, and the displacement of millions more. Tens of thousands of other Iraqis [...]
Hail International Working Women’s Day!
Saturday, March 6, 2010
First established by the Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen in 1910, March 8 is International Working’s Women’s Day. During the past 100 years this has been a day on which women have taken to the streets in order to advance their struggle for equality, as well as to advance the general struggles against exploitation, [...]
2010 Winter Olympics: An orgy of money-making and reactionary nationalism
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Organize the struggles against mass impoverishment, environmental destruction, discrimination, violation of the rights of First Nations peoples, the growing police state, imperialism and war!
The Olympic Games have become a multi-billion dollar industry in which hotel, travel, restaurant, media, construction and real estate capitalists strive to make a killing; while athletes are turned into walking billboards. [...]
AID to Haiti! Not armed intervention!
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Upon seeing the heart-breaking pictures and reports of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, there was a great outpouring of support from ordinary people around world. They immediately gave millions of dollars for aid, while doctors, nurses, and many others laid everything aside in order to go to Haiti, where they’ve now heroically worked many [...]
On Martin Luther King day, and every day: Struggle against racism, exploitation and war!
Monday, January 18, 2010
Today, over 40 years after his assassination by white racist tools of the U.S. ruling class, capitalist politicians of all stripes have found it politically useful to “honor” Dr. King, while trampling on the progressive principles he stood for. They want to turn him into a harmless picture on a poster [...]