Cities Pay Millions for First Amendment Violations and Police Violence: Will Chicago Be Next?

https://mronline.org/2011/08/14/cities-pay-millions-for-first-amendment-violations-and-police-violence-will-chicago-be-next/ https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/cities-pay-millions-for-first-amendment-violations-and-police-violence-will-chicago-be-next-by-stansfield-smith/ The US court system has found criminal police conduct (beatings, false arrests, other violence and felonies) at anti-war/anti-G8/FTAA/WTO protests to be so flagrant that payouts to the victims of police illegality and violence have cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.The payouts for unprovoked police violence and illegality, below, do not include what … Continue reading Cities Pay Millions for First Amendment Violations and Police Violence: Will Chicago Be Next?

Reply to Greek CP about the Opportunism of “21st Century Socialism”

https://marxistleninist.wordpress.com/2010/09/03/a-reply-to-greek-cp-on-21st-century-socialism/ http://mltoday.com/article/934-reply-to-greek-cp-about-the-opportunism-of-q21st-century-socialismq-theory/68 Editors' Note: The article by Dimitris Karagiannis, "On the Opportunist Nature of the '21st Century Socialism' Theory" prompted this contribution from Stan Smith. Several other contributions to the discussion will be posted soon. A new world is possible and that new world is being built in Latin America. The Bolivarian process in Venezuela … Continue reading Reply to Greek CP about the Opportunism of “21st Century Socialism”

The Rebellion Against NeoLiberalism is Growing in Latin America

The rebellion against neoliberalism is growing in Latin America. This struggle is pushed forward by the struggle in Venezuela. Neoliberalism means: one, privatizing industry and government services, two, removing protective tariffs, and three, cutting government spending. After years of neoliberalism being imposed on Latin America by the US, Latin America has the most unequal distribution … Continue reading The Rebellion Against NeoLiberalism is Growing in Latin America

Forty Years of the Cuban Revolution

I What is the Significance of the Cuban Revolution? The historic significance of the Cuban revolution still has not registered among Marxist and revolutionary-minded people. One day the revolution will go down as one of the most important events in the history of humanity's struggle for freedom. That Cuba's significance is not fully appreciated testifies … Continue reading Forty Years of the Cuban Revolution