AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY

This space is dedicated to the proposition that we need to know the history of the struggles on the left and of earlier progressive movements here and world-wide. If we can learn from the mistakes made in the past (as well as what went right) we can move forward in the future to create a more just and equitable society. We will be reviewing books, CDs, and movies we believe everyone needs to read, hear and look at as well as making commentary from time to time. Greg Green, site manager

Sunday, June 24, 2018

Socialist Analysis: Trump destabilizes Middle East | Ireland Votes to End Abortion Ban Socialist Alternative

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5/31/2018 11:18 AM

Below you’ll find a collection of articles which were recently originally published on SocialistAlternative.org. Please check SocialistAlternative.org regularly for the socialist analysis, strategy, and tactics needed to build movements to defeat the billionaire class.

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IRELAND: LANDSLIDE VOTE TO REPEAL IRELAND’S ABORTION LAWS – HISTORIC VICTORY FOR SOCIAL PROGRESS
The dramatic and clear-cut “Yes” in the referendum is a political earthquake and turning point for Ireland. This is part of a global feminist and LGBTQ revolt against longstanding discrimination and this victory will be a huge boost to all those fighting oppression and for real equality right throughout the world.

INSURGENT, LEFT POPULIST CHALLENGER TAKES ON POWERFUL DEMOCRATIC PARTY ESTABLISHMENT IN NY STATE GOVERNOR’S RACE
Andrew Cuomo, the powerful governor of New York, is facing a left challenger in the Democratic Party primary; this time his opponent is the famous actor from Sex and the City, Cynthia Nixon. She is running a left populist campaign against the “centrist” politics and “bullying” methods of Cuomo and the Democratic Party leadership. Instead, she calls for “a New York for the many, not just the few.”

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Our editorial team brings the experience of leading the fight for $15 to its first major victory in the nation in Seattle in 2014 and then in Minneapolis last year. This year we played a leading role in building the movement to Tax Amazon and big business to fund permanently affordable, public housing in Seattle.

LABOR UPSURGE: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON GRAD STUDENT WORKERS STRIKE!
4,500 graduate research assistants, teaching assistants, pre-doctoral instructors, readers, graders, and tutors at the University of Washington (UW) campuses in Seattle and elsewhere courageously went on a one-day strike after working for months without a contract.

TRUMP PROVOCATIONS DESTABILIZE MIDDLE EAST

Recent weeks have seen the Trump administration engage in a series of provocations in the Middle East which are escalating tension in the region and could even contribute to detonating a full scale conflict. This points to the need for working people in the U.S. and internationally to stand up to Trump’s reckless moves and build a powerful movement against war and imperialism.