By the Labor Commission of Freedom Road Socialist Organization Over the past months, two conflicts have been heating up involving one of the most important unions in the U.S. – the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). It is important to understand the issues at stake. These are our thoughts on […]
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By Freedom Road Socialist Organization May 1st, International Workers Day, is a day of struggle. Around the world, working people will march against imperialist war, to defend the rights of immigrants and to fight to protect their jobs and communities. Here in the United States, May Day has been reborn […]
By Freedom Road Socialist Organization A call was made by progressives in Colombia, including organizations of campesinos and trade unionists to stand up to “state sponsored violence” by demonstrating on March 6. These massive demonstrations against the paramilitarism of Alvaro Uribe’s Colombian government were a step forward in the struggle […]
The Freedom Road Socialist Organization mourns the death of Colombian revolutionary Raúl Reyes. The attack that killed Raúl Reyes and 17 others while they slept at a camp inside Ecuador’s territory on March 1 was carried out by the Colombian military and directed by the U.S. government. It was an […]
We are publishing the following essay on the life and work of Fred Hampton to coincide with Black History Month, 2008. By Freedom Road Socialist Organization “You can kill a revolutionary but you can’t kill revolution…you can jail a liberator but you can’t jail liberation.” -Fred Hampton Fred Hampton is […]
By Freedom Road Socialist Organization President Bush and the U.S. government slapped the Colombian people in the face by imposing a 60-year prison term upon Colombian revolutionary Ricardo Palmera. Ricardo Palmera is a hero of the Colombian people. He has dedicated his entire life to the struggle of peasants and […]
By Freedom Road Socialist Organization The Bush administration is still threatening Iran, and a wider war in the Middle East. The U.S. government has made much of Iran’s nuclear energy program. Iran says it is developing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and now U.S. intelligence agencies agree with that characterization. […]
Dear Comrades, We send you our warmest fraternal greetings, and salute you on the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Popular Front of the Liberation Palestine. Your steadfastness and courage in the face of cruel and dangerous oppressors is an inspiration to people across the globe, including here in […]
Fired Up, Won’t Take It No More! By Freedom Road Socialist Organization Outraged people are raising their voices, marching in the streets and rallying on campuses across the country to support the Jena Six. Jena is a small town, four hours northwest of New Orleans, Louisiana. The Jena Six are […]