Welcome
This website has been organized as a resource for those seeking fundamental social change – a humane society. It contains the fruit of over 60 years of study and struggle – writings, poems, and videos which are informed by scientific theory and which, in our opinion, are still pertinent.
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Two Lines of Thought on the Middle East Peace Process
The debate around the peace process essentially rages around two lines of thought. The first line, pragmatic, considers that it is basing itself on realities, very harsh and painful realities. They see that the US has won a huge victory in the Gulf War, that the war has had disastrous economic effects on the Palestinians,…
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The Holocaust & Israel
After the mounds of bones at Auschwitz, the incinerators and gas chambers, we understood those who said, “Never Again!“ We thought we understood. Except while saying, “Never Again!” they told the Palestinians they could not become citizens of the state called Israel, explaining to the world that the Jews, a chosen race of people, had…
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Behind the Sad History of Public Education
For years, the people have been under attack, the working people, people of modest means or no means at all. Corporations, not satisfied with their usual profits, their pound of flesh, have moved their factories out of this country to regions where they can get desperate workers to labor for a few dollars a day…
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Why We Need a Firm and Consistent Ideology
Discussion originally proposed to the People’s Power Movement Steering Committee, 2010. What is ideology? A more or less internally consistent body of ideas, set of ideas, generally concerning politics, economics, society, which usually reflects the interests and/or social position of a particular class or social stratum. In our movements, we need to strengthen our ideology…
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Organizing for Organizing’s Sake
We are not about organizing for organizing’s sake. We are trying to organize a political force capable of changing our society in fundamental ways. And we understand that the only force capable of doin£ so are the masses of the people, people who are conscious of their fundamental interests, who are confident in their ability,…
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Reformism vs. Revolutionary Tactics
There are reformists who sincerely desire to see fundamental social change. Their view is that they differ from revolutionaries “only” in the matter of tactics, since they share the same goals. It is good to strive for revolution, they say, but that is way down the road, the necessity for which is understood and supported…
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A Response to: “The Revolution Will Not Be Funded” (Tang, 2007)
Eric Tang is to be commended and thanked for his historic sketch of the “movement,” as well as for engaging in a long-needed critical examination of the role of NGOs. I am sure Eric would be the first to agree that his reflections were not meant to be exhaustive. And so I would like to…
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The Culture & Politics of Black Literature – The Heyday of the Real Harlem Writers Guild
I must pay tribute to Grace Killens, who played a vital role in hosting us and holding the Harlem Writers Guild together for the many years that her husband John Oliver Killens presided. She was an immensely nourishing presence. In assessing the work of John Oliver Killens one needs to begin with World War II,…
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On NGOs
What do we find today among those who are interested in justice, who are concerned, disturbed, saddened by the suffering we find in our midst? What do we find among those committed to doing something about the problems of our society? There are those who make their vocation – paid in addressing this or that…
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Remembering a Gross Miscarriage of Justice – The Execution of Ethel & Julius Rosenberg
The hurt was deep beyond measure We sat in stunned silence around the table piled up with newspapers filled with dire predictions of the fate descending upon the innocent young parents Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Found guilty on the perjured and patently absurd testimony of Ethel’s brother of stealing the “secret” of the atomic bomb…
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My Observations on Sarah E. Wright’s Monumental “This Child’s Gonna Live” – Endorsed by the author!
On the political level, Sarah Wright was most influenced by a strong Left tradition whose heroes and models in the black community were Paul Robeson, W.E.B. Dubois, and which had its literary representative in the 1960s in the journal Freedomways, edited by Esther Jackson. While Ms. Wright’s primary focus was on the plight of African-Americans,…
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Independent Politics
A burning task at this political juncture is the setting in motion of a mass movement of working people toward independent politics. At this point we should define what we mean by “independent politics.” But before doing that, before discussing political strategy, we need to ensure that we share the same political goals. Without that,…
