by RAY LIGHT “Violence is as American as Cherry Pie!”— H. Rap Brown, Afro-American liberation fighter Also included in this issue:A Labor Movement Lacking “Class”“If You’re Not Outraged, You’re Not Paying Attention” On December 14, 2012, a troubled twenty year old white upper middle class youth, went into the Sandy Hook elementary school in white … Read more
On July 16, 1964, a New York City cop, Thomas Gilligan, shot and killed a 15-year old African-American high school student, James Powell, in cold blood. Over the next few days, the people of Harlem rose up in one of the first major northern rebellions in that period, marking a new stage in the Black … Read more
A Statement by the Revolutionary Organization of Labor, USA (Formerly the Ray O. Light Group) November 2008 On Tuesday, November 4th, 2008, for the first time in the approximately two hundred and twenty year history of the United States, a black person was elected to preside over the U.S. government. News of Barack Obama’s victory … Read more
Immigrant Workers Protest Across the USA Hundreds of thousands of immigrant workers and their families took to the streets in cities and towns throughout the United States during the months of March and April in strong, united, dignified and just opposition to the threatened US government criminalization of undocumented immigrants. Significant mass demonstrations were reported … Read more
Tito’s Temporary Triumphs and the Revival of Leninism in the International Communist Movement: On November 1, 1976 Comrade Enver Hoxha delivered his “Report Submitted to the 7th Congress of the Party of Labor of Albania.” By the end of October, 1976 we had written: “The present rift, so soon after Mao’s death, between the ultra-left … Read more
Introductory Update: On August 2nd, the very last day before the U.S. government would have begun to default on its debts, the Democrats and Republicans (including its tea party members) in the U.S. Congress reached an agreement on a deficit reduction plan. And President Obama immediately signed the bill. They agreed to raise the debt … Read more