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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Art & Truth
With regard to art, the artist has a responsibility to tell the truth. But in art, there is an important distinction between truth as actuality and truth as verisimilitude. The fact that something actually happened which is depicted by an artist does not make it truthful, in the artistic sense. Truth in art is more…
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Combating Defeatism
While the initial response to the present crisis is working class retreat, of worldwide governmental capitulation to imperialism and especially US imperialism and the creation of a new Holy Alliance, it cannot be too long before militant resistance surfaces to challenge the global system in dozens of countries virtually simultaneously, a resistance which a hemorrhaging…
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On Theory
We must remember Marx’s dictum that revolutionary theory becomes a material force when it is embraced by the masses.
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On “Black Capitalism”
I would like to take a moment to discuss the question of economics and the Black community. It has become a cliche now among militant nationalists, whether frankly capitalist-oriented or anti-imperialist, that Blacks must create their own economy, support Black enterprise, “keep the money in the family.” You and I have already run down what…
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The One-State Solution: Edward Said’s Politics of Despair
Edward Said, a brilliant representative of the national aspirations of the Palestinian people, is a man who has rendered enormous service in exposing the brutality and injustice of the Israeli occupation and, recently, the hollowness of the so-called peace process, which he has rightly characterized as a process of Palestinian surrender… The present situation of…
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Why Politicians Are Not Our Legitimate Representatives
What does “growing up” mean? It means, among other things, developing the ability to think critically. It means coming to understand that not everything that exists is right, necessary or permanent. We are born into a political system which we take for granted. We start off by thinking it is perfectly natural and democratic. Then,…
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Race, Class, and Revolution – A Few Amplifying Remarks
Originally written June 3, 1996. CAPITALISM Capitalism breeds and is inseparable from racism, xenophobia, sexism, and a limitless assortment of inequities. Inequitable practices and the bigotry that rationalizes them are profitable! Capitalism is organized on the principle of dog-eat-dog, survival of the most ruthless. It is overwhelmingly competitive in nature. The capitalist sharks are sharp…
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“Progressives” & Anti-Cuban Doomsayers
Everyone knows that Cuba has been going through an acute crisis in the past few years, a crisis in part the result of the US policy of destabilization (the economic blockade), in part the result of the collapse of the socialist countries, and in part – and this is left out of the contributing factors…
