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For more than 160 years, socialists have looked to the Marxist tradition for a theoretical understanding of society, an analysis of capitalism and its crises, and the vision of society anew on the basis of democracy, equality and freedom. Collected here are SocialistWorker.org articles that elaborate the principles of the Marxist tradition and how socialists can use those principles as a guide for changing society. Read these articles to teach yourself Marxism.
"SINCE LAST May, the situation in France has been marked by mobilizations against the pension law. Day of action after day of action, the movement against pension reform continues to develop and put down roots. It is the confirmation of a mass movement that is rejecting not only pension reform, but President Nicolas Sarkozy's anti-social, racist and authoritarian policies as a whole, as well as the injustices accentuated by the economic crisis, both among the young and the wage earners"
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Already, at this stage of the mobilization, the government has lost the battle of public opinion. Seventy percent of the population support the protests and oppose this reform.
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Strikes and demonstrations are rocking France as union federations join with students and left-wing activists for mass protests against a planned "reform" of the country' pension system championed by President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The Labour government is fighting in the courts to stop its complicity in torture coming to light. Simon Basketter looks at the shattering evidence of Britain’s involvement in torture around the world
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Muhammad Saad Iqbal Madni is just 32 years old but has difficulty walking even with a walking frame. He is dependent on antibiotics and antidepressants and he can’t hear out of his left ear.
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He was kidnapped in 2002 by the CIA and, over a seven year period, was tortured in at least five countries, including in British controlled territory.
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor documents the devastating foreclosure crisis in the African American community--and sets out the historical backdrop of housing issues and racism.
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In Chicago, foreclosures increased by 18 percent in 2009, including 8,000 homes lost by Latinos and another 10,000 homes lost by African Americans. According to the Center for Responsible Lending, between 2009 and 2012, 1.3 million Latinos and 1.1 million African Americans are expected to lose their homes.
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a 2005 study found that 70 percent of African Americans with incomes between $92,000 and $152,000 who bought homes were given sub-prime loans, versus 16 percent of whites in the same income range.
Union leaders hailed today’s general strike as a complete success. Public services ground to a halt in all major cities from Alexandroupoli in the north to Sitia in the south. Public and private sector workers both joined the action.
Why is Barack Obama getting away with constitutional outrages that would have caused an outburst of protest if George Bush committed them, asks Eamonn McCann.
UK: The PCS union is calling on over a quarter of a million workers to strike on Monday 8 March and Tuesday 9 March.
"ONE MONTH after the devastating earthquake, Haiti continues to suffer under apocalyptic conditions."
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The quake killed more than 200,000 people, injured 250,000 and has left over 3 million dependent on assistance for food, water and housing
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The United Nations admitted at the end of January that had only been able to feed 1 million people, leaving many more without access to food.
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"LESS THAN a week has passed since the death of one of the most beloved figures on the US left, the 87 year-old “people’s historian” Howard Zinn. But already his legacy of inspiring generations of fellow activists is plain."
"An ongoing dispute in Turkey was threatening to escalate to a general strike as Socialist Worker went to press. A solidarity demo has been called in London."
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The dispute began in mid December when the government announced the closure of 12 factories and their sale to British American Tobacco.
"HOWARD ZINN, an activist and author for half a century and probably the best-known voice of the U.S. left, died January 27 at the age of 87."
"AS THE U.S. media describes the devastation of Haiti by the January 12 earthquake, they typically leave out any mention of the disaster visited on the island for many decades beforehand--the long and bloody role of the U.S. government intervening to protect and promote its interests in what is now the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere."
"Ashley Smith explains why help hasn't reached most of the victims of Haiti's earthquake--because the priority of the U.S. government is on imposing its control."
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WHEN HURRICANE Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005, George W. Bush displayed a callous disregard for the Black victims of the disaster.
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When his administration finally responded, it deployed the National Guard and armed Blackwater personnel to impose order, rather than putting the priority on providing food, shelter and safe water.
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"Edna Bonhomme looks at the distortions in the media and the politicians' depiction of Haiti--and what they won't admit about the real sources of the country's crisis."
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the mainstream media's representation of Haiti has been, at best, a sensationalistic account of Black people incapable of helping themselves, and at worst, a portrayal of Haitians as responsible for their plight because they "signed a pact with the devil."
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As author Linda Martín-Alcoff put it, "The practice of privileged persons speaking for or on behalf of less privileged persons has actually resulted (in many cases) increasing or reinforcing the oppression of the group spoken for."
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"THERE IS a great risk that one of the largest relief operations in history will be similar in nature to the aid efforts after the 2004 tsunami, unless a radically different approach to reconstruction is adopted."
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this earthquake wasn't the root cause of poverty and squalor. This country needs to be rebuilt because it has been stripped of the means to rebuild itself.
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the country inherited a ransom that France demanded for independence--amounting to 150 million francs (equal to France's annual budget at the time).
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"IRAN'S POLITICAL crisis has intensified in the wake of protests following the death of dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri last month."
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