Reaction is Growing In recent months since the election of President Obama, the first black President of the United States, right-wing and racist/racialist movements have sprung up on the political stage with renewed vigor. While this is nothing new,… Read More ›
Month: December 2009
Review of “Avatar”
(Warning: Minor Spoilers) Avatar, the latest film by James Cameron, lives up to the hype. Throughout James Cameron’s career he has created blockbuster after blockbuster, from Aliens in 1986 to the famous Titanic in 1997. Cameron’s movies usually are long,… Read More ›
Obama’s War Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize has always been a joke. Alfred Nobel was a 19th century military-industrialist who invented dynamite as a weapon. He was called the “Merchant of Death” throughout his career. The fact that he used his fortune to… Read More ›
The Question of the State
No question has been more confused by capitalist scholars than that of the state, since no other question is as vital to the interests of the ruling classes. Capitalist ideologists picture the state as some kind of “supernatural force” standing… Read More ›
Review of “Fast Food Nation”
What Is the Error of this Book? This book will doubtlessly go down in history as the favorite palm book of the elitist, petty-bourgeois American social democrats and liberals. If you are looking for a manual on how to look… Read More ›
Killing Two Capitalist Myths
There is a widespread popular myth that the capitalists are entitled to their compensation, as well as the value of other peoples’ labor, simply because they take “risks” or because they come up with original ideas for production of goods…. Read More ›
Fanning the Flames of War In Afghanistan
War President Obama: 30,000 More Troops to Afghanistan Obama: “We Did Not Ask for This Fight” Bush: “We Did Not Seek This Conflict” Obama: “New Attacks are Being Plotted as I Speak” Bush: “At This Moment … Terrorists are Planning… Read More ›
Statement from the American Party of Labor on President Obama’s Announcement on Troop Escalation in Afghanistan
Dec. 1st – The American Party of Labor expressed today its sincere and principled opposition to the latest announcement by President Barack Obama to escalate the United States’ military presence in occupied Afghanistan by more than 30,000 US soldiers. Today’s… Read More ›