Editorial By Fight Back! editors In the midst of the Great Depression of the 1930s autoworkers organized into the United Auto Workers (UAW) through a wave of sit-down strikes and pitched battles with local police and company goons. For almost two generations autoworkers defined what a good job was: relatively […]
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Contribution to the 18th International Communist Seminar By Josh Sykes, Freedom Road Socialist Organization “The youth – the current situation of the youth, the work of the communists among the youth, and the incorporation of new generations in the communist parties” Brussels, 15-17 May 2009 Freedom Road Socialist Organization has […]
By Freedom Road Socialist Organization Speaking at a news conference on May 5, Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said, “The main effort in our strategic focus from a military perspective must now shift to Afghanistan.” With these words, Mullen has condemned the people of Afghanistan […]
By Freedom Road Socialist Organization On May 1, International Workers Day, millions upon millions will be marching against the capitalist economic crisis that has engulfed most of the world. Working people in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and North America will hit the streets to protest the […]
By Freedom Road Socialist Organization March 2009 Recently the media has been abuzz with talk of the possible ‘nationalization’ of ailing big banks such as Citigroup. Both Democrat and Republican senators, as well as the former chair of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, have raised the possibility of a temporary […]
Fight Back! Editorial, February 2009 In January, both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will stop evicting tenants in foreclosed homes. Instead tenants will be able to stay on as renters. Both Fannie and Freddie were taken over by the government last year and have changed some policies to help slow […]
By Freedom Road Socialist Organization Click image above or here for PDF flyer version of this statement Click image above or here for PDF flyer version of this statement in Arabic We condemn Israel’s murderous bombings and attacks in Gaza. Each and every Palestinian killed or wounded by Israel is […]
Fight Back! Editorial: The whole world is watching Working people across the country are holding up newspaper photos and declaring, “Did you see this!” Like us, they are rooting for the Chicago workers waging a militant fight-back in the midst of the economic crisis. 260 union members are occupying their […]
by Freedom Road Socialist Organization The Republican National Convention brought many of the biggest war-makers to Minnesota. The people’s movements from across the U.S. responded by organizing four days of demonstrations against the RNC. Freedom Road Socialist Organization prioritized organizing against the RNC and helped build multiple days of protest […]