socialism

Capitalism is a failure - what the bailout means for working people

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:31:14 +0000

Capitalism is a failure - what the bailout means for working people

Public meeting to discuss the collapse of the financial markets and what this means for working people.

Location: 3022 Cherokee St # A (CAMP Building), St. Louis, MO 63118

Sponsored by: Workers International League

Contact: (314) 435-2493
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Capitalism has Failed
The Working Class Should Not Have to Pay for the Capitalist Crisis!

After a week of turmoil on financial markets, on Saturday, September

No to the Bailout of the Capitalist Speculators!

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:56:51 +0000

Expropriate the Bourgeoisie Through Workers Revolution!

No to the Bailout of the Capitalist Speculators!

Down with the Dictatorship of Finance Capital!

Gold reserves in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Since 1971, the American dollar is no longer backed by gold but only by confidence in the U.S. How long will that last? Photo: Federal Reserve Bank of New York

PHILIPPINES: Open Letter to the NPA General Command and the NDF

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:19:12 +0000

On July 20, 2008, around 15-20 armed men shot and killed Alberto “Bito” Yusi, president of Samahan ng mga Anak ng Magsasaka ng Famosa, Incorporated (SAMFAI), an organization of landless peasants that petitioned for the distribution of the 490-hectare Ticao Agro-Industrial Development Incorporated (TAIDI) landholding situated at Barangay Famosa, Monreal, Masbate.

2nd Annual 1877 General Strike Commemoration

caesarscook — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:56:08 +0000

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=22886723581

Event Info
Host: Workers International League
Type: Party - Barbecue
Location: Sons of Rest Pavilion in Tower Grove Park
Street: 4256 Magnolia Avenue
City/Town: Saint Louis, MO

Contact Info
Phone: 13144352493
Email: jl@newyouth.com

Do you know the origins of Fair St. Louis? Everyone has heard of the fair,
but few remember that it was originally established as the "Veiled Prophet"
Parade, a celebration of the crushing of the Great Railroad Strike of 1877,

Maoist China foreign policy: 1970s and 1980s

Mon, 05 May 2008 13:46:03 +0000

The Third World

Asia

(a) SOUTHEAST ASIA. Only in China’s traditional “sphere of influence” has the People’s Republic given consistent material support to powers abroad – to North Korea and North Vietnam – and verbal support to movements against governments with which it has friendly diplomatic relations.

Anarchy/Socialism workshop added to Midwest Regional Peace Conference

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:14:12 +0000

All Locations on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa are TBA shortly:

Friday, April 18

Evening Meet and Greet/Assign Housing Party, 7:30pm-1am with guest speakers:

Frank Cordaro, a christian anarchist with the Des Moines Catholic Worker and Karen Kubby, director of Iowa City Emma Goldman Clinic and member of U.S. Socialist Party. Kubby was asked by the USA Green Party in 2004 to run for President but declined because she said running the local Emma Goldman clinic was more important.

Saturday, April 19

Mother Jones Commemoration and Picnic

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:25:48 +0000

Come out with us and celebrate the life and legacy of Mother Jones. There will be words spoken, words sung, and then we will have a picnic. Bring your own food and drinks. Also, you should consider checking out the documentary film we will be showing the night before on SIUE's campus: http://siue.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10828036738

Mother Jones Request for Burial Site:

Film Showing of Mother Jones: America's Most Dangerous Woman

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:22:15 +0000

We will be showing Rosemary Feurer's new documentary about the life of Mother Jones and having a discussion of her legacy after the film. You can read about the documentary here: http://motherjonesmuseum.org/DVD_page.htm

Mother Jones: America's Most Dangerous Woman

Produced and Directed by Rosemary Feurer and Laura Vazquez

This documentary "should be shown in schools all over the country."
Howard Zinn, author of The People's History of the United States