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Backwards Claims
Those who cry out against Israel’s ruinous policies, ruinous to the cause of world peace, ruinous to the Arab peoples, and ultimately ruinous to the Jewish people, are obeying a great moral imperative…
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Joe Kaye & Sarah E. Wright – Memories of Cuba [Video] | People’s Forum
Hear Joe share his & Sarah E. Wright’s beautiful memories of visiting Cuba, witnessing the early fruits of the Revolution, and welcoming Fidel Castro to Harlem in 1960. The full video discussion is available from The People’s Forum.
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Why do we need a People Power Movement?
With all of the “left” and “progressive” groups out there why do we need a People Power Movement? Doesn’t creating another group just further splinter a divided “progressive” community? To answer these questions we need to look at our organization’s Principles of Unity: We Believe in Independent Politics. This means that in studying history…
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Unity
Unity is a beautiful idea. A society of peace and justice can only be achieved if the people are united, if the oppressed and exploited are united. All those who play a constructive role and advance the struggle are to be welcomed. But the European-American who attended Tuesday night’s meeting at Highbridge called for unity…
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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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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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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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Neoliberalism: The Present Model of Capitalism Among Developed Countries
With the rise of big business and monopolies the economically developed countries feel they can now have free trade, allowing the monopolies of other nations to come in at the expense of small and medium size domestic businesses while in return being given free rein to go abroad and operate at the expense of small…
