Posted on May 18, 2009 by adamfreedom
With “Contours of the Crisis” in the latest issue of Upping the Anti #8 (see two posts previous), Aidan Conway interviews three leading thinkers on contemporary capitalism who also each happen to be professors of political economy at York University in Toronto as well. They are David McNally, Sam Gindin and Leo Panitch. Below are three highlights that [...]
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Posted on May 13, 2009 by adamfreedom
The piece below from Chicago left blog Pilsenprole anlyzes the political terrian that led to the smaller turnout of the 2009 May Day rallies around immigration rights- though still more than the conservative media and well funded founcation sponsored Tea Party Protests this past April 15th. I couldn’t help but see many of the similarities with San Jose and I’m [...]
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Posted on May 7, 2009 by adamfreedom
Once again San Jose led the Bay Area with the largest protest in Northern California for May 1, 2009. While poor weather and swine flu scares turned many would-be marches away, many saw this years May Day immigrant rights march as the most spirited and significant since the massive march of 2006 when nearly [...]
Filed under: Humor, Labor, Reflection, The Movement, organizing | Tagged: Central Valley, comics, foreclosure, immigrant rights, Immigration movement, international workers day, La Cancion del Gripe Marrano, Labor, May Day, Obama, Repo Home Tour, San Jose, Silicon Valley De-Bug, Stockton, swine flu, Swine wow, workers | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 6, 2009 by adamfreedom
Below is a statement released right before the election day in November 2008. I think it provides some useful perspective on how radicals, or regular people for that matter, would react to the election of Obama. –AW
10/28/08 – Amanecer Election Statement
http://amanecerblog.wordpress.com/
Looking for Democracy In All The Wrong Places
An Anarchist Perspective on the 2008 Elections
With [...]
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Posted on February 17, 2009 by adamfreedom
Building radical unionism: Providing services without creating service unionism
Appeared as “Building Radical Unionism”
Industrial Worker, Jan 2009
By Adam W.
In the IWW many of us have a critique of the service unionism of most of the large, mainstream unions. This is where the union is seen as a service that workers pay for with dues. The [...]
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