Month: April 2008
May Day 2008
Written by FN Brill We’re celebrating the 122nd anniversary of a General Strike held to win the 8 hour work day. That General Strike of May 1, ...
ASK! How Can Socialism Become Reality?
Written by FN Brill P.M. writes: “I like the bulk of your ideals. By what means can they become reality?FNB Replies: It’s our position that socialism can become ...
America’s Role in Haiti’s Hunger Riots
This article was recommended to us by a Haitian friend of the WSP. We reprint it for the information contained – the on the ground conditions as ...
SEIU/Labor Notes – Update
Written by FN Brill The WSP has just received a copy of a letter sent to Marchel Smiley, the President of the African-American Caucus (AFRAM) of the Service Employees ...
What’s the Matter With Pennsylvania?
From our friend at Marx and Coca Cola Recently at a campaign event Barack Obama made the following comment about the dying Rust Belt towns in Pennsylvania: You ...
Breaking News: SEIU Invades Labor Notes
Written by FN Brill. 10:30 PM Saturday April 12 The Service Employees Industrial Union (SEIU) has sent in several bus loads of members to disrupt the annual meeting of Labor ...
Social Responsibility and Corporations
Written by Janet Surman Millions, billions even, are spent by corporations in PR attempts to green up their images. Not spent to improve conditions for their workers, ...
Selecting a US President: The Invisible Primaries
The expression “invisible primary” comes from Arthur T. Hadley, The Invisible Primary (Prentice-Hall, 1976). A more recent study refers to the “money primary” (Michael J. Goff, The Money Primary, Rowman & Littlefield, 2004). The ...
