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Update on Los Angeles Rallies Supporting the Palestinian People
Summary: The October 21 rally and march drew thousands in downtown Los Angeles — Editors
The Middle East and the World After October 7, and Israel’s War on Palestine
Summary: A global turning point has been reached, showing systemic fragility, but with genocidal repression looming over Gaza — Editors
Los Angeles Demonstration for Palestine Amidst Rising Fears of Israeli Invasion
Summary: The demonstration of several thousand galvanized support for Palestine — Editors
Ongoing Strikes Show Increasing U.S. Labor Militancy
Summary: Increasing militancy of unions at the leadership and grassroots levels illustrates an increased resolve to resist capital — Editors
Front Commun: The Herculean Leap of the Working Class Quebecois
Quebec general strike has become a real possibility. Photo credit to frontcommun.org — Editors
Record breaking temperatures spell trouble for future of the planet
Summary: Accelerating climate change is a product of the relentless drive for capital accumulation—Editors
How the Far Right Uses Free Speech to Express Hatred
Summary: Comments on a current debate on free speech in Sweden, following burnings of the Qur’an – Editors
Review of Raya Dunayevskaya’s Intersectional Marxism: Race, Class, Gender, and the Dialectics of Liberation
Summary: Review of “Raya Dunayevskaya’s Intersectional Marxism: Race, Class, Gender, and the Dialectics of Liberation,” Kevin B. Anderson, Kieran Durkin, Heather A. Brown (eds.), Palgrave 2021. Originally appeared in Science & Society, 2023, 87:3 — Editors
To lose or not to win… On the Turkish election
Summary: Critique of the opposition coalition’s right-opportunism and failure to mobilize the voters – Editors
Guatemala’s “Managed Election” 2023: Voters Rebel in Round One. On To Round Two.
Summary: Discusses recent political developments in Guatemala – Editors
Marx’s Concept of Revolutionary Organization and Its Relevance for Today
Summary: Based on a presentation given at a Los Angeles IMHO meeting on June 25th, 2023 –Editors
The trial of Reyhaneh Ansari Nejad will be held on July 17, 2023
Summary: Support statement for Iranian woman labor activist who was later sentenced to two years in prison, trans. by Hamid Vahed — Editors
Learning from the ‘COVID War’
Critique of the liberal establishment COVID Crisis Group—on need for labor and community activism and on how capitalism fuels pandemics; first appeared in Harvard Law School blog Bill of Health, July 5, 2023, here: https://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2023/07/05/learning-from-the-covid-war/ — Editors
Black Woman Slammed to the Ground by Sheriff Deputy in Lancaster
Summary: Police brutality against Black woman in Lancaster, California spurs wave of media coverage and local protests — Editors