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Workers and oppressed peoples of the world unite! workers.org Nov. 18, 2010 vol. 52, No. 45 50¢ WAll StrEEt ProvokES trAdE WAr Fed bailout to kill jobs, spur poverty & inflation

By Abayomi Azikiwe place just ahead of a meeting of the body in Seoul, Editor, Pan-African News south Korea. In Seoul there was to have been a joint StoP FBI rAIdS agreement on how to address the global financial National campaign launched 4 A recent decision by the Federal Reserve to pro- crisis. The unilateral action by the U.S. financial vide the bankers another $600 billion in bailout sector illustrates ruling-class desperation to main- funds demonstrates the government’s continuing tain the facade of an economic recovery amid con- failure, even under Democratic Party leadership, to tinuing high unemployment and increasing pov- provide any relief for working people and the op- erty rates. pressed. Wall Street met the $600 billion injection into JUStICE This new handout has been condemned by some the banking system with jubilation, though the of the leading African, Asian and Latin American Nov. 6 Financial Times noted in a headline, “Wall For oSCAr governments. In South Africa, Finance Minister Street trades at its highest since Lehman’s fall, but Pravin Gordhan said, “Developing countries, in- can the rally last?” GrANt cluding South Africa, will bear the brunt of the U.S. In addition to the massive supply of liquidity to Protests, labor support 6 decision to open its flood gates without due con- the U.S. banking system, the Obama administra- sideration of the consequences for other nations.” tion’s treasury secretary announced other propos- (French Press Agency, Nov. 5) als to limit current account surpluses and deficits Gordhan pointed out, “Most of the $600 billion for all states involved in the G-20. that the Federal Reserve will pump into the U.S. Deputy Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai of China economy will find its way into the financial markets responded: “We believe a discussion about a cur- ElECtIoN rESUltS of emerging market countries, where these dollar rent account target misses the whole point. If you Why many stayed away 7 flows will have the effect of strengthening emerging look at the global economy, there are many is- market currencies.” sues that merit more attention — for example, the Artificially strengthening currencies in the de- question of quantitative easing.” (Financial Times, veloping states will decrease their exports and ex- Nov. 5) “Quantitative easing” translates into a cen- acerbate their existing crises, already worsened by tral bank allowing the government to increase the the world economic downturn. money supply — i.e., print more money — which TIME IS RUNNING OUT Brazil, China and other states within the G-20 usually inflates the currency. on job benefits, tax cuts Editorial 10 have complained about the move, which is taking Continued on page 9

Activists in Philadelphia ‘We are all Mumia’.

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WORKERS WORLD A serious appeal this week ... Everyone has to make decisions on which bills to pay Brecht was reminding those whose hearts were and which to forego. This is not a bill. But it’s a serious touched by the misery of the unemployed that much appeal for money. more had to be done than just putting a coin or even a Why is giving to Workers World newspaper important? bill in a supplicant’s cup.  In the U.S. Perhaps this 1931 poem by Bertolt Brecht says it best: Capitalism at that time was in crisis from Germany Fed bailout to kill jobs, spur poverty & inflation ...... 1 to the U.S. But it recovered, largely through the most Activists in Philadelphia ‘We are all Mumia’...... 1 destructive war in history, in which 70 million people A Bed for the Night Michigan restaurant workers still ‘hungry for justice...... 3 died and the U.S., unleashing the destructive potential I hear that in New York of the atom bomb, became the world’s superpower. Imperialism, labor and the revolutionary perspective ...... 3 At the corner of 26th Street and Broadway Now we are in another great crisis and the same Meeting pledges to ‘stop grand jury’...... 4 A man stands every evening during the winter months questions remain. Will the suffering caused by capi- Coalition plans April 9 anti-war action ...... 4 And gets beds for the homeless there talism usher in a movement of the masses strong MSU struggle demands end to ‘rape culture’ ...... 5 By appealing to passers-by enough to challenge the hedge fund barons and the Fracking protest calls for industry ban ...... 5 It won’t change the world foreclosing bankers? Or will the rightwing and their Protests erupt as killer cop gets slap on wrist...... 6 corporate sponsors divide the workers with racism, It won’t improve relations among men Suit challenges increased racial profiling...... 6 It will not shorten the age of exploitation sexism, homophobia, vilification of Muslims and at- Labor Council praises Justice for Grant actions ...... 6 But a few men have a bed for the night tacks on immigrants? Behind the low voter turnout...... 7 For a night the wind is kept from them Workers World is one of the very few remaining Barron on ‘Like It Is’ ...... 7 The snow meant for them falls on the roadway. newspapers on the left in this country that every week puts out both a print and online edition. Don’t put down the book on reading this, man. It is the ONLY one that consistently gives a voice  Around the world A few people have a bed for the night to activists in the Black, Latino/a, women’s, youth, Union leaders from Americas to meet...... 8 For a night the wind is kept from them lesbian/gay/bi/trans/queer and immigrant movements Pension reform passes, worker anger grows...... 8 The snow meant for them falls on the roadway while also standing up against imperialist warmon- Capitalism endangers human civilization ...... 8 But it won’t change the world gering from Iraq and Afghanistan to Iran, Venezuela, Haiti catastrophe avoided, crises continue ...... 9 It won’t improve relations among men Cuba and Korea. China’s supercomputer shakes the Pentagon...... 10 It will not shorten the age of exploitation. It is the ONLY one that fights for socialism at home Condolences over Cuban plane crash...... 10 Brecht wrote this in the depths of the Great Depression. while recognizing and supporting the gains that coun- In his native Germany, things were even worse. So why tries trying to build socialism have made despite Cold The media and Gaza, part 2...... 11 did he write about New York? War threats, blockades and sanctions. Because all over the world, progressives realized that We’re caught in the economic squeeze, too. We  Editorials what happened in the United States would either advance need to raise $60,000 to keep publishing our paper. Time is running out ...... 10 or hold back their own struggles for social change. This It’s not for salaries. We have an all-volunteer staff. holds true even more so today. From Bolivia to Greece, It’s for rent and printers’ bills and postage and all the  Noticias En Español from France to the Philippines, the people are hoping for other necessities. Redadas del FBI condenadas ...... 12 a renewal here of class struggle against the world-striding Please, think seriously about what this newspaper oligarchs on Wall Street and the warlords in Washington. means to you and help us make our goal. Protesta contra pena del muerte...... 12

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By Martha Grevatt and Bryan G. Pfeifer close to 100. The action also drew sup- “It’s been a year on this campaign and detroit porters from the Service Employees, Ma- we’ve built a lot of power and we’re still chinists, Steel Workers, American Federa- hungry for justice,” Minsu Longiaru, a The Restaurant Opportunities Center- tion of Teachers and other unions, as well ROC-Michigan organizer, told Workers United of Michigan celebrated the first as Jobs With Justice, Moratorium NOW! World at an after-picket celebration. “The anniversary of its campaign against the Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions outpouring of support that’s come from Andiamo Restaurant chain Nov. 5 with a and Utility Shutoffs, National Lawyers the labor movement and from the com- rousing picket line. Guild and prominent churches. They car- munity has been incredible. It’s made all Nearly every single Friday during the ried ROC-Michigan’s trademark signs — the difference in this struggle. It’s why we past year, in sweltering heat and bitter “Hungry for Justice/Hambre de Justicia” are where we are today. cold, ROC has tirelessly protested outside — and chanted, “Cheating workers is a “This kind of support from the commu- the Dearborn, Mich., restaurant. A host of crime, pay your workers overtime!” nity is so important,” said Longiaru, “be- labor, community, student and faith or- ROC-Michigan took on the upscale cause it shows restaurant workers they are ganizations are involved in the campaign. 10-restaurant chain after workers, mainly not alone. This kind of community sup- Working on many fronts, from organizing immigrant women of color, were fired port shows that if you do choose to stand to media work, University of Michigan after complaining of slave wages, unpaid the community will have your back.” students have played an important role in overtime, sexual harassment and other UAW President Bob King said at the this struggle. abuses. The National Labor Relations celebration gathering: “We are support- Highlights of the last year include a Board recently ruled in favor of Ethiopi- ing the restaurant workers and ROC be- historic report by ROC exposing and de- an-born Naome Debebe-Bogale, forcing cause of the injustices that have occurred tailing the Metro Detroit restaurant in- Andiamo to pay back wages and clear her against those workers. I think it’s really dustry and the widespread low wages, file of discipline. important for people to stand up for one unsafe working conditions and racist and Management was also ordered to post another. We need to build a much broad- sexist treatment by bosses against work- notices stating that “federal law gives the WW photo: BryAN G. pfeifer er social justice movement. So wherever ers of color, immigrants and women; the right to form, join or assist a union” and Andiamo workers say: “Cheating workers is a there’s injustice we need to speak up, Metro Detroit AFL-CIO coming on board that “we will not do anything to interfere crime, pay your workers overtime!” stand out and be there for others.” to support the campaign and encouraging with these rights,” and prohibiting inter- “We will continue to be out there every their member unions to do the same; and rogation, surveillance, forcing workers to rant to present a cardboard birthday cake week and will do what it takes to win jus- a recently-announced UAW boycott of all sign papers agreeing to “overly broad rules” to Andiamo management. The bosses tice for these workers,” said Longiaru. Andiamo restaurants in Michigan. or otherwise discouraging organizing. responded by calling the Dearborn cops, For more information see ROC’s Face- The UAW sent a strong delegation to Participants wrapped up the anniversa- who aggressively shooed workers away book page or visit rocunited.org/affili- the anniversary protest, which numbered ry picket line by marching into the restau- from Andiamo’s lawn. ates/michigan. WWP discussion document Imperialism, the global labor market and the revolutionary perspective Following are excerpts from Part 2 of stand the role of the development of tech- tinuing some of the earlier tendencies of declining rate of profit the document “Capitalism in Crisis” by nology under capitalism and its effect on development, contracts the workforce. As technology gets more and more ex- Fred Goldstein, written for discussion the working class. “Like all previous stages of capitalist pensive, it tends to bring the rate of profit at the Workers World Party National The late Sam Marcy, chairperson and development, the current phase is based of the capitalists down. The bosses spend Conference taking place on Nov. 13-14 founder of Workers World Party, in a very on the utilization of workers as labor larger and larger sums of money to use in New York. Goldstein is also author important book entitled “High Tech, Low power. But its whole tendency is to di- more efficient machines and equipment of the book “Low-Wage Capitalism.” Pay: A Marxist Analysis of the Changing minish the labor force while attempting and more raw materials to get more and When Lenin wrote his book [“Imperi- Character of the Working Class,” pub- to increase production. The technological more production out of fewer workers. alism: the Highest Stage of Capitalism”], lished in 1986, analyzed the early stages revolution is therefore a quantum jump Thus they use less labor power relative to the ruling classes were using a small por- of the high-tech revolution and its effect whose devastating effects require a revo- the instruments of production. The rate tion of their super-profits stolen from the on the working class in the United States. lutionary strategy to overcome.” of profit is calculated on the amount of colonies to bribe the labor leadership at In a section devoted to its impact on There are two irresistible and contra- surplus value extracted from the workers home and create a broad, privileged up- the unions, he traced the phases of de- dictory tendencies rooted in the capitalist relative to the total capitalist investment per layer of the working class. velopment of the productive forces under profit system that exist side by side and in means of production and raw materi- Now, however, with global wage com- capitalism from the manufacturing phase derive from the same source: the thirst als (constant capital) plus wages (vari- petition under the regime of modern-day of simple cooperation to the industrial for surplus value, for profit. One is the able capital). imperialism, the capitalist class has or- revolution and large-scale machinery to tendency of capital to expand production When the rate of profit drops, each chestrated a “race to the bottom” among mass production — primarily assembly to the absolute limit of capacity, given the capitalist tries to introduce new technol- the different sections of the global work- line production — in the early 20th cen- available technology, in order to maxi- ogy to get an advantage over their rivals. ing class. Setting worker against worker tury. He then described the high-tech mize market share and profits. The other The first to introduce the new technology and putting workers in the imperialist phase: is the urge of capital to shed labor and get an advantage over their rivals who countries in competition with low-wage “This [mass production] stage has now reduce wages, also in order to maximize are still using the older, less productive workers around the world on a job-for-job given way to another phase of techno- profits. These two tendencies, which are technology. But soon, the new technology basis is destroying the privileges of sectors logical development. The mass produc- built into the system, must inevitably end spreads. The original advantage of the of the working class, mainly white males, tion period which began with Ford and up in a crisis of overproduction — a cri- first capitalist grouping is lost. The new, who dominated the labor movement. continued for a period of time after the sis in which the ever-increasing volume higher level of productivity becomes the The wholesale destruction of privilege Second World War was characterized of commodities produced by the workers norm. The entire industry or group of in- is a new aspect of imperialism in the era by expansion. But the current stage, the cannot be purchased by them at a price dustries affected by the new technology is of the scientific-technological revolution scientific-technological stage, while con- that will yield a profit for the capitalist. Continued on page 9 and the post-Soviet period, and must be understood as a new development since Lenin wrote his brilliant analysis. His HIgH teCH, LoW-WAge work still stands as the foundation for LoW PAy CAPItALIsm understanding imperialism as the rule A Marxist analysis of the changing What the new globalized high-tech character of the working class of monopoly finance capital. But the de- imperialism means for the class Twenty years ago Sam Marcy wrote velopment of the productive forces and struggle in the U.S. that the scientific-technological advances in capitalist globalization have revolution is accelerating a shift An easy-to-read analysis of the roots transformed the class structure of the to lower-paying jobs and to more of the current global economic world working class and leveled it down- women, Black and Latino/a workers. crisis, its implications for workers & wards. This will ultimately strengthen the A new introduction by Fred Goldstein oppressed peoples, and the strategy revolutionary perspective. explains the roots of the current eco- needed for future struggle. nomic crisis, that has heightened the laws of Marxism are still valid The author is available for lectures need for a working-class resurgence. & interviews. The way to understand the underlying cause of the present crisis is to under- Available at www.Leftbooks.com and bookstores across the country. page 4 Nov. 18, 2010 workers.org meeting pledges to ‘stop grand jury’

By John Catalinotto New York

“Stop the grand jury!” That was the main message of a Nov. 6 meeting here called to form a national defense com- mittee to defend anti-war, anti-racist and international solidarity activists from the Midwest who were hit by FBI raids on their homes on Sept. 24. Some 150 people jammed the back room of the Church of St. Marks on the Bowery on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, where they pledged to WW photo: JohN CAtAliNotto help build a movement against FBI re- Anti-war activists targeted by FBI establish national defense committee at New York meeting. pression and grand jury intimidation. Many in the audience were themselves contempt of court if they refuse. ended in a hung jury, another jury at a re- Colombia and the Middle East. anti-war activists. About half had attend- Among those speaking were several of trial found Ghassan guilty of giving aid to The audience was clearly heartened ed the United National Antiwar Com- the activists whose homes were raided: the Palestinian liberation group Hamas, that those under attack had refused to co- mittee’s regional meeting at the same Steff Yorek, Mick Kelly, Hatem Abudayyeh which was elected by the people of Gaza operate, that this set an example for the location earlier in the day. UNAC spokes- and Jess Sundin. Tom Burke co-chaired and has resisted Israel’s blockade of the movement as a whole; many said it was person Joe Lombardo pledged support to the meeting with Cherrene Horazuk. densely populated area. He was sentenced the only way to stop the grand jury. At those under attack. Kelly gave an overview of the FBI offen- to 65 years in prison. least 100 people committed to take to the Many others were stalwarts of local sive, which reached as far as California and Noor Elashi, who has been working on streets in emergency protests the day af- committees to defend political prisoners North Carolina, although most of those a book about her father’s case, has not ter new subpoenas are served. like Mumia Abu-Jamal. Many came from subpoenaed were in Minneapolis and been allowed to visit him for a year. She Some of the activists also made it clear political organizations in the city, includ- Chicago. He also thanked the movement pointed out that Attorney General Eric they believed it was completely legiti- ing a strong delegation from Workers in general for the quick and widespread Holder praised the prosecutors and the mate to show political solidarity with the World Party. All were in solidarity with solidarity expressed in demonstrations in FBI investigators at an awards ceremony liberation movements in Colombia and those under attack. more than 60 cities in the first weeks after in Washington Oct. 27 for their persecu- Palestine. The audience applauded the decision the home invasions. tion of the Palestinian philanthropist. To anyone knowledgeable of the crimes of the 14 subpoenaed activists not to Sundin and Abudayyeh added more The organizers introduced Sara Floun- of U.S. imperialism, it was painful to think appear before a grand jury. They each political insight, and also gave a feel for ders of the International Action Center, that the criminals in the state apparatus, signed a letter from their lawyers stating the personal side of being ambushed by underlining the contribution that she who are responsible for the most horrible they would refuse to testify. The subpoe- the FBI and having your home, your life made to building the meeting. Floun- murders of the Iraqi and Afghan people, nas were then withdrawn, but this did not and your children’s sense of security dis- ders made an appeal for funds. Both who finance state and paramilitary ter- mean that the case was dropped. rupted by the brutal state apparatus. the response to this appeal and many ror against the people of Colombia, who At the Nov. 6 meeting, civil liberties A special report from Noor Elashi, comments showed the breadth of sup- arm the Israeli terrorist state against the attorney Bruce Nestor, who represents daughter of Holy Land Foundation port within the anti-war and progres- Palestinians, can dare to threaten activ- those subpoenaed, said the Department founder Ghassan Elashi, made it clear sive movements for those under attack. ists here for taking the side of oppressed of Justice is re-subpoenaing three of the that the repressive law making it ille- Ten of the 14 are trade unionists, some peoples fighting for their freedom. Stop 14 targeted anti-war activists. Nestor ex- gal to give “material aid” of any sort to a are known for organizing the protests at the grand jury! plained that they have the choice of testi- group the U.S. State Department decides the Republican National Convention and For more information see StopFBI.net. fying against their friends and the move- to call “terrorist” is an ugly, undemocratic anti-war activities as well as showing sol- To sign a petition of support, see iacenter. ment or potentially serving jail time for weapon. After Ghassan Elashi’s first trial idarity with anti-imperialist struggles in org/stopfbi/. regional conference Coalition plans April 9 anti-war action

By John Catalinotto this meeting aimed at energizing support can-American Muslim leader killed in an New York for the spring mobilization. FBI attack a year ago and the struggle it Discussion took place in three panels: awoke in the Detroit area. The first meeting in New York City of To strong applause, Teresa Gutierrez of the United National Antiwar Commit- 1. Building an anti-war movement that the May 1 Coalition for Worker and Im- tee put on the map plans for a major re- integrates Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, migrant Rights made an appeal that the gional anti-war action on April 9. More Pakistan and Iran. “anti-war movement join the demonstra- than 300 people packed the main space 2. Defending our movement: Fighting tion of the immigrants on May 1 and that at the Church of St. Marks on the Bowery the attacks on Muslim Americans and the immigrant rights movement join the on Nov. 6 to hear the coalition’s plans and immigrants, including greetings from anti-war struggle on April 9.” decided to commit to a spring protest. targets of FBI raids and government Marvin Holland, who works as com- UNAC co-chairperson Joe Lombardo repression. munity liaison for the Transport Workers explained that the meeting was continuing Union, offered to work with UNAC orga- work begun last July when 800 people met 3. Bringing the war dollars home: Impact nizers to try to bring more young Black at a national conference in Albany, N.Y., of the wars on Black and working-class workers to participate in the next ac- and voted to hold major anti-war actions communities. tivities. Larry Holmes of the Bail Out the next April in San Francisco and New York. The panels illustrated UNAC’s aims of People Movement noted the importance The Albany conference was notable for including opposition to U.S. intervention of the anti-war movement paying atten- opposing any U.S. or Israeli military ac- WW photo: JohN CAtAliNotto in all areas, whatever the character of the tion to the fight against New York state’s tions against Iran as well as all U.S. support Hanadi Doleh of Al-Awda, The Palestine resistance movements or the pretexts for budget cuts, which may be coming to a for Israel. These positions were arrived at Right to Return Coalition. U.S. military attacks. They also addressed crisis point next spring. after a struggle within the coalition. the war on the workers at home, including After the panels, a group of high-school UNAC succeeded in attracting support WESPAC Executive Director Nada defending the Muslim community and ex- youth, who had just come from a protest from significant Muslim organizations Khader, World Can’t Wait, Fellowship of tending support to all immigrants. in Union Square, took turns speaking to such as the Muslim Peace Coalition USA. Reconciliation, Raging Grannies, Thomas Ralph Poynter brought before the the meeting about their concerns. Not only were Muslims and South Asians Merton Center and Connecticut United meeting the struggle around political As the meeting was drawing to a close, strong on the podium, they were present for Peace were also on the program, plus prisoner and attorney Lynne Stewart. Lombardo and Sara Flounders of the throughout the meeting. Hanadi Doleh a delegation of anti-war activists the FBI Suzanne Ross urged support for Mumia International Action Center introduced spoke from Al-Awda, The Palestine Right targeted this fall. Abu-Jamal, who is in danger of having the campaigns building for April 9. to Return Coalition and Shoshi Chowd- The organizers packed a hefty agenda death penalty reimposed. The coalition has already set one cam- hury spoke from Desis Rising Up & Mov- into four intense hours. At the same time, Shaheena Parveen of DRUM, the paign to “Bring our war $$ home,” which ing, an organization of South Asians in the to demonstrate the growing breadth of mother of an imprisoned South Asian addresses the question of federal, state New York area. Both speakers are young support for the relatively new coalition youth, gave a keynote talk on his case and and local budgets, along with campaigns women active in the struggle. A dramatic in the New York area, they invited speak- the repression of Muslims in the U.S. In to organize teach-ins, do environmental moment occurred when Malik Mujahid, ers from more than 25 organizations to the second panel, Abayomi Azikiwe of the outreach, fight anti-Muslim bigotry, do founder of the MPC, called on all Muslims give short talks or one-minute callouts of Michigan Emergency Committee against solidarity with Iran and end torture. The present to stand — and it looked like 50 solidarity. Unlike the Albany conference, War and Injustice brought up the case of steps to build for an action next spring are people stood up. where points were debated and voted on, Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah, an Afri- underway. workers.org Nov. 18, 2010 page 5

Michigan State University struggle demands end to ‘rape culture’ By Megan Spencer hey! Ho ho! Sexual violence has got to with regard to this case, in part because we a Portland, Ore., police study found that East lansing, Mich. go!” among other anti-rape messages. suspect that many basketball fans are not only 1.6 percent of sexual assault cases During the demonstration, coalition even aware of the alleged assault. … The were reported falsely, while the 2005 About 50 members and supporters of members were repeatedly approached by Coalition criticizes Izzo’s failure to remove National Crime Victimization Study con- the Coalition Against Sexual Violence fans who insisted that the Izzone Campout the alleged players from his team; as long cludes 61 percent of rapes never even are demonstrated Oct. 22 outside of the Iz- was an inappropriate venue to protest the as those players remain on the court, bas- reported. zone Campout at Michigan State Univer- alleged assault. This attitude seemed to be ketball fans will find themselves cheering “We can take these statistics into con- sity. At the annual event, named for MSU relatively widespread. on alleged assailants whether they support text if we consider that from 2007-09, Spartans men’s basketball coach Tom Several days after the demonstration Izzo’s response to the incident or not.” the U.S. Department of Education’s Of- Izzo, student basketball fans camp out for The State News, MSU’s student newspa- The coalition also addressed the “rape fice of Postsecondary Education lists 42 24 hours to try to get season tickets in the per, published a letter by an Izzone par- culture” prevalent on MSU’s campus: cases of sexual assault reported on MSU’s student section at the Breslin Center. ticipant in which the writer criticized the “The lack of administrative response to campus. Based on that data, we can proj- The feminist coalition of student activ- protesters for supposedly ignoring facts this and other incidences of sexual vio- ect that there were actually about 105 in- ists was formed after allegations of rape and disrespecting the judicial system. lence at MSU helps to create and maintain stances of rape during those two years — against two men’s basketball players went (Statenews.com, Oct. 25) The writer de- a rape culture in our community. Rape 63 of which went unreported. And of the unacknowledged by MSU’s administra- scribed the alleged rape as “sketchy” and culture is defined as ‘a complex of beliefs 42 reported cases, barely one of them sta- tion. Although a police report was filed then dismissed the allegations. These are that encourages male sexual aggression tistically could be accounted for as false immediately after the alleged assault oc- precisely the attitudes that the coalition and supports violence against women. — if the numbers are rounded up.” curred in a dorm at the end of August, seeks to address. … A rape culture condones physical and Despite these statistics, individuals and police recommended criminal sexual emotional terrorism against women as have consistently dismissed these alle- conduct 1 charges, no charges have been Activists target MSU’s lack of action the norm.’” gations against the basketball players as filed against the assailants, who remain in In response to this letter, the State The coalition is fighting key compo- likely being false, suggesting that the sur- university housing and on the basketball News on Nov. 3 published a letter written nents of rape culture by speaking out vivor simply regretted having consensual team. by the Coalition Against Sexual Violence. against both victim-blaming and silence sex with the assailants. During the protest, demonstrators held It pointed out that even with no action on as the normalized responses to sexual vio- The coalition will continue to organize signs, chanted and marched around the the part of the prosecutor, MSU’s admin- lence, both of which have been common against rape and other forms of social in- field where the Izzone Campout was held. istration and Athletic Department could reactions to this particular case. justice and violence, in order to pressure Some of the posters read “Don’t Cheer still choose to take disciplinary action “Another aspect of rape culture that has MSU’s administration to act and speak Rape,” “Expel Rapists,” “Consent Not Co- against the players. been prevalent in this case,” the coalition out against sexual violence on campus, ercion” and “Every Victim is Someone’s “The Coalition does not … accuse bas- wrote in the letter, “is the insistence that and to send the message to MSU students Child.” Demonstrators chanted, “Hey ketball fans of supporting Izzo’s inaction the accusation probably is false. However, that sexual violence is inexcusable. Fracking protest calls for industry ban

By Betsey Piette Pittsburgh Pittsburgh march hits energy companies’ pollution. Chanting “No fracking way!” while marching behind a giant banner that read “We can’t drink money,” more than 500 anti-fracking activists rallied in Pitts- burgh Nov. 3 as part of the first World Protest Against Shale Gas Fracking. Dem- onstrations were also scheduled for Wil- kes-Barre, Pa.; Little Rock, Ark.; Dallas; and as far away as New Zealand. Another rally on Nov. 4 targeted the dumping of untreated wastewater from Marcellus Shale drilling into the Monon- gahela River, the source of drinking water for 350,000 people in the Pittsburgh area. Activists came from cities and towns across Pennsylvania as well as New York and West Virginia, where rapidly ex- panding horizontal drilling in the Mar- cellus Shale is disrupting communities, threatening the environment and harm- ing residents’ health. The rally was en- dorsed by more than four dozen groups and individuals. Following a march across the Rachel photo: Kelly VAldeZ Carson Bridge, protesters gathered out- side the David Lawrence Convention lations on the gas industry. Pennsylvania torium. We want a complete ban to stop newly elected governor know exactly how Center. Inside, leaders of the gas industry Governor-elect Tom Corbett, who pledged it altogether.” Her spouse, Pittsburgh City the crowd felt about drilling in their state. had gathered for the Developing Uncon- not to levy any tax against the Marcellus Council member Doug Shields, raised the Singer Mike Stout, who entertained the ventional Gas conference. It featured Karl Shale drillers, received more than $1 mil- prospect that Pittsburgh could become rally with “Not going to stop these drillers Rove speaking on the impact of the mid- lion in gas industry contributions. the first city in the U.S. to pass a ban. in the ballot box — going to stop them in term elections. Signs carried by protesters reflected Josh Fox, producer of the documentary the streets,” drew cheers and raised fists Rove told delegates that the Republican their growing anger against the industry. “Gasland,” described fracking as “an in- from the crowd. takeovers in the state and U.S. Congress One read “Careless, greedy drillers — Go dustrial invasion that is pushing people Speaking for the Shadbush Collective, a would put an end to legislative threats frack yourselves.” out of their homes in 38 states. Not far young woman named Radio told the gath- against the industry, saying a new Repub- Students from the Pittsburgh Student from here people are environmental pris- ering, “The industry parades themselves as lican House of Representatives “support- Environmental Coalition, with members oners in their own homes, surrounded by ‘green,’ but the only thing they care about is ive of the energy industry ‘sure as heck’ from the University of Pittsburgh, Cha- an industry they do not want, their chil- the green in their trust funds. Here we are would not pass climate-change legisla- tham University, Carnegie Mellon and dren getting sick, getting sick themselves, again confronting the same robber barons. tion.” Rove went so far as to brag, “Climate Duquesne University, wore T-shirts read- but unable to sell their homes. “Appalachia suffered under King Coal. is gone.” (Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 4) ing “546 toxic chemicals” and carried “The big lie is that natural gas is bet- Next it was oil drilling in the Gulf of Mex- Since September the gas industry has tombstone-shaped signs reading “R.I.P.” ter for the climate than coal or oil. It’s not ico. The industry’s motive is profit. Drill- spent more than $500,000 to back mainly followed by names of rivers and lakes ‘America’s energy independence,’” said ing means more money for the bosses, Republican candidates in the Pennsylva- damaged by drilling spills. Fox, borrowing an oft-repeated indus- and they don’t care that it means suffer- nia elections. On top of that hundreds of try phrase. “It’s more dependence on T. ing for us. thousands of dollars were shelled out by No more ‘environmental prisoners’ Boone Pickens” — the corporate raider. “It’s really a systemic problem,” said drilling lobbyists to influence the outcome Briget Shields, who co-chaired the rally, Fox ended by dialing Corbett’s office Radio. “We need to shut this capitalist of state legislation on new taxes and regu- opened by saying, “We don’t want a mora- and holding out his cell phone to let the circus down!” page 6 Nov. 18, 2010 workers.org ‘We are all oscar Grant!’ Protests erupt as killer cop gets slap on wrist Rallies were held in several cities fol- lowing the sentencing of Johannes Meh- Los Angeles: serle, the Oakland Bay Area Rapid Transit cop who killed an unarmed Oscar Grant ‘A step back to Plessy’ on Jan. 1, 2009. Grant was shot by Meh- After a Los Angeles court found Mehser- serle while lying face down with his arms le guilty of only involuntary manslaughter behind his back. in July, Grant’s friends, family and allies Although the killing was videotaped and understood that justice would ultimately Mehserle fled the state after the shooting, be fought for in the streets. Organized the court last July found him guilty not of primarily by the Los Angeles Coalition murder, but of involuntary manslaughter. for Justice for Oscar Grant, protests since On Nov. 5 Mehserle received a two-year then have demanded 14 years, the maxi- sentence with time served. After killing a mum sentence, for the killer cop. On Nov. young Black man for no reason, he could 5 hundreds of protesters demanded justice be out of prison within a year. at a rally that started at 8 a.m. and contin- ued until the announcement of Mehserle’s Oakland, Calif.: sentence five hours later. Said Jubilee Shine of the Justice for Los Angeles. ‘Cops wanted a mass arrest’ Oscar Grant Coalition: “This trial was Several hundred people rallied on Nov. an attempt to bring us a step backward WW photo: JohN pArKer 5 in downtown Oakland in an outpouring to Plessy v. Ferguson, which said that a In the spirit of Harry Bridges, this is of community anger and protest. Hun- Black man has no rights that a white per- San Francisco Labor Council: an example of a union looking beyond dreds of heavily armed police converged son is bound to respect. … We know that only narrow economic self interest to on the rally in an attempt to intimidate if that’s the direction they want to put us ILWU Locals 10 and 34 support the broader struggle for social and prevent it from occurring. In the in, then whatever comes out of that is on justice and support for communities of shadow of the police state, the mostly their hands.” commended color. young people rallied, rapped and spoke When Grant’s family addressed the The following resolution was passed This kind of stand can strengthen the out against the growing epidemic of po- media after the verdict, it was not defeat unanimously at the Oct. 8 meeting of labor movement as a whole by building lice violence, including murder, against in their eyes. One could see and feel that the San Francisco Labor Council. ties with broader communities outside Black and Brown youth in Oakland. After their anger had steeled them with deter- the organized labor movement. Thank the rally organizers canceled their march, mination to fight on. The San Francisco Labor Council you for this progressive move. hundreds of young people decided to Many expressed the sentiment that this commends ILWU Locals 10 and 34 for march to the Fruitvale BART station, the was just one form of the struggle and that, shutting down all Bay Area ports on Oct. scene of Grant’s killing. instead of demoralizing protesters, these 23 to demand justice for Oscar Grant, Houston: The police barricaded the street several events would inspire more efforts to unite and in calling and helping organize the blocks away from the station and began and organize. powerful Justice for Oscar Grant Rally in ‘ No justice, no peace, to close in on the demonstrators. Retired — John Parker Oakland on the same day. union letter carrier and Bail Out the Peo- no racist police’ ple Movement activist Dave Welsh, who Dozens of angry Housto- was one of those arrested, told Workers Houston. nians demonstrated outside World: “The police surrounded us — their a police substation on Nov. orders to disperse were a fraud. It seemed 6 to show their disgust at the like they wanted a mass arrest.” light sentence. Chanting “To- More than 152 people, mostly Black and dos somos Oscar Grant” and Brown youth, were arrested. Throughout “No justice, no peace, no racist the arrest process, people chanted, “We police,” the young protesters are all Oscar Grant.” Welsh reported that attracted support from pass- the police pepper-sprayed and beat sever- ersby. al young Black men. The demonstrators, The demonstration was or- crowded into cells at the city jail, were ganized by All Communities held into the next day. Against Brutality. Its slogan, The rally was sponsored by the Onyx “We are ALL Oscar Grant,” ex- Organizing Committee, Oakland General pressed solidarity with police Assembly for Justice for Oscar Grant, and victims like 16-year-old Der- the New Year’s Movement for Justice. The rick White. This past Septem- Community Outreach Committee for Jus- ber, White was beaten and had tice for Oscar Grant is planning a mass his jaw broken at a high school meeting to continue protesting police bru- by Houston cop Christopher Harris. tality in Oakland. — Judy Greenspan — Gloria rubac WW photo: GloriA rUBAC suit challenges increased racial profiling By Betsey Piette Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter in- “Implicitly, the message is, make as The Center for Constitutional Rights in Philadelphia stituted the stop-and-frisk policy in 2008 many stops as possible and hopefully you’ll New York has also filed a lawsuit challeng- after making it a key platform of his elec- find something,” said Rudovsky. Filed on ing the use of stop and frisk by the New Civil rights attorneys filed a federal law- tion campaign. He claimed the practice behalf of eight individual Black and Latino York Police Department. CCR staff at- suit Nov. 4 charging that police in Phila- would cut down on the number of illegal plaintiffs, the suit asks “for remedies to torney Darius Charney noted that 85 per- delphia are illegally stopping pedestrians guns carried on the street. prevent race-based pedestrian stops and cent of the 575,000 pedestrians stopped based on race with little or no justifica- In 1968 the U.S. Supreme Court in other constitutional violations.” over the past six years have been Black or tion. This comes amid a rising tide of po- Terry v. Ohio ruled that police may legally Plaintiffs to the suit include Fernando Latino/a. Officers “target communities of lice brutality and the arrest on criminal stop and frisk a pedestrian if there is “rea- Montero, a University of Pennsylvania color. They really behave as if they are oc- charges of 15 members of the Philadelphia sonable suspicion” of illegal activity. Mark ethnographer, stopped four times in 2010; cupying forces in a community,” Charney Police Department since March 2009. McDonald, a spokesperson for Nutter, State Rep. Jewell Williams (D), arrested said. (Washington Post, Nov. 4) Attorney David Rudovsky and the Amer- claimed the city was “following the Su- in 2009 when he overtly questioned ag- ican Civil Liberties Union of Pennsyl vania preme Court requirements.” (Philadelphia gressive police tactics; and Mahari Bailey, filed the lawsuit, accusing police of going Inquirer, Nov. 5) a Georgetown Law School graduate and MarxisM, reparations overboard with their aggressive stop-and- In 2008 more than 600 police super- attorney in Philadelphia, stopped four and the Black Freedom Struggle frisk policy. They noted that in 2009 police visors were given a two-hour training times over the last 18 months. An anthology of writings from Workers World newspaper. Edited by Monica Moorehead. stopped 253,333 pedestrians, compared course on how to carry out the policy. The plaintiffs want the court to pre- • racism, National oppression & Self-determination larry holmes • Black labor from with 102,319 in 2005. More than 70 per- They were supposed to instruct district vent police from conducting stops based Chattel Slavery to Wage Slavery sam Marcy • Black Youth: repression & resistance leilani dowell • the Struggle for Socialism Is key Monica Moorehead • Black & Brown cent of those stopped were Black. officers that the policy did not allow po- on race or national origin, and are seek- Unity: A Pillar of Struggle for Human rights & Global Justice! saladin Muhammad According to the suit, only 8 percent lice to stop people for no reason, throw ing class-action status. Their suit raises • Alabama’s Black Belt: legacy of Slavery, Sharecropping & Segregation Consuela lee of the stops resulted in an arrest, usually them up against a wall, pat them down the “history of racially biased policing in Harriet tubman, Woman Warrior Mumia Abu-Jamal • Are Conditions ripe Again today? for “criminal conduct that was entirely and frisk them. But the lawsuit contends Philadelphia” and asks the court to order 40th Anniversary of the 1965 Watts rebellion John parker indepen dent from the supposed reason this is exactly what is happening and that more training, supervision and monitor- • racism and Poverty in the delta larry hales for the stop.” the training was ignored. ing of police. • Haiti Needs reparations, Not Sanctions pat Chin workers.org Nov. 18, 2010 page 7 ‘We are all oscar Grant!’ Protests erupt as killer cop gets slap on wrist Behind the low voter turnout By Gene Clancy the Black Youth Project study. Perhaps the most telling statistic is office. This patronizing view is behind the In their conversations, Black youth that only 41.1 percent of all the eligible exhortation made by bourgeois pundits “I voted for Obama because I felt his repeatedly pointed to the need for com- people in the U.S. voted. This would be before every election: “If you don’t vote, message and wanted to be a part of a munity action — also part of Obama’s astonishing, were it not for the fact that it you can’t complain!” change in America. This year it’s differ- campaign message — as the vehicle for is ordinary: Voter turnout in the past six In a recent article in Psychology Today, ent. All the confusion with the Tea Party, change. midterm elections has ranged between 38 Guy Winch attributes poor voter turnout all the negativity against the president Although there has been no detailed percent and 42 percent. Considering that and other examples of so-called political and the Republicans who want to take analysis of the 2010 midterm elections almost no candidate won by more than apathy to a phenomenon called learned back their country, all my hope is gone,” yet, exit polls conducted by various news 55 percent in the recent elections, the helplessness. “Learned helplessness,” ac- said Brian Henderson, a 22-year-old organizations point to a low turnout by so-called “repudiation” of Obama being cording to Winch, “is a psychological state Washington, D.C., resident. “But I’m still youth, as well as Black and Latino/a trumpeted by the mainstream media rep- that describes what happens when people going to vote and encourage others to do voters. A CBS News poll conducted the resents a “mandate” of only 24 percent of believe they have no control over their en- so also. It’s hard to get excited when you day of the election reported that African the U.S. electorate. vironment. When we become convinced don’t feel like the options are any better Americans were only 10 percent of the our actions will not have the impact we than the devil and Satan in some places.” voters, down from 13 percent in 2010. Why don’t people vote? desire, we cease our efforts and become (finalcall.com, Nov. 1) Youth 18 to 29 years old made up only 9 Dissatisfaction with elected officials is passive and helpless.” People complain, This was the opinion expressed by percent of voters in 2010, down from 19 at an all-time high in the United States. but they don’t do anything about it be- many young Black people shortly before percent in 2008. Polls have found that only 11 percent of cause they are convinced it won’t do any the recent elections, which saw the defeat Most of these polls are vague at best people in the U.S. have faith in Congress; good. (Oct. 26) of many Democratic politicians across and may very well be misleading. For ex- 45 percent favor replacing them by pick- The masses of people are not stupid the country. Black youth, responding to ample, they do not specify whether the ing names out of the phone book! (Ras- or ignorant, as many would like to make a national survey of 15- to 25-year-olds, percentages cited are registered voters, mussen Reports, January 2010) The Tea them out to be. Beaten down by exploi- revealed that they were realistic about the people qualified to vote (excluding prison- Party and other groups on the extreme tation and oppression, they have learned meaning of the new age of hope President ers, immigrants and many others), or just right have tried to channel these feelings through bitter experience that it seldom Barack Obama had promised in 2008. totals of people within certain age groups. into a rightward, even fascist direction. makes any difference to their daily lives “This group of young people, although Nevertheless, it is almost certain that But the truth about nonvoting lies else- who is in office. Third party candidates exuberant over the first African-Amer- the apparent victories of Republican and where. who might offer a real choice are system- ican president, realize that they cannot other right-wing candidates were due to It has become popular in the main- atically prevented from gaining ballot sta- count on him or any other politician to low voter turnout and demoralization on stream media to associate low voter turn- tus, or from publicizing their issues. singly change their condition,” said Cathy the part of progressives and working-class out with “voter apathy.” This implies that As the fightback develops against capi- Cohen, University of Chicago professor voters rather than to their endorsement of people who don’t vote really don’t care talist misery, people will be voting with of political science and lead researcher of conservative policies and candidates. about politics or about who is elected to their feet, their lungs and their solidarity. Barron on ‘like It Is’ supports mumia, discusses plans of Freedom Party By dee knight ty. We’re a self-determining cent Latino/a. Barron New York people and we’re not waiting and the Freedom Party for our oppressors to decide took a successful walk- Charles Barron, the Freedom Party’s when we can be established.” ing tour through Co-op 2010 candidate for New York governor, (New York State requires City’s shopping areas appeared on Gil Nobel’s “Like It Is” tele- 50,000 votes for a party’s of- two weeks before Elec- vision program on Nov. 7. The show was ficial ballot status.) The party’s tion Day, and found devoted to the fight to save Mumia Abu- official launching convention that support was high. Jamal from reimposition of the death will be in February. A recount there would penalty. “We are going to fight for Mu- Many Freedom Party be interesting. mia’s freedom and stop the execution,” poll watchers say they were Highbridge, whose Barron said. kicked out of polling places population is 35,000, Barron appeared with Pulitzer-Prize- while votes were counted. is one of the poorest winning Newsday reporter Les Payne and Many voters couldn’t find the communities in the Milton Allimadi, publisher of the Black Freedom Party on the ballot, United States; half Star News and author of “The Hearts of which was made to share a the people live below Darkness, How White Writers Created line with another party. The the poverty line. Most WW photo: lAl roohK the Racist Image of Africa.” residents are African- party’s candidates were hid- Charles Barron speaking about the injustice of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s case at a Payne, an ex-president of the Associa- den at the bottom of the bal- rally on 125 St. in Harlem, May 2009. American or Latino/a. tion of Black Journalists, said he is “con- lot, in smaller type than other Barron’s visit to a vinced [Mumia] did not get a fair trial.” candidates’ names. American or Latino/a. His home base of Highbridge Houses’ community cen- He compared Abu-Jamal’s conviction Disabled voters complained that poll East New York, which he represents on ter on election night caused a stir. The to that of Black Panther Party Chairman workers “taking dictation” from voters the New York City Council, has 90,000 Residents’ Association president was the Huey Newton, whose conviction was and filling out the ballot failed to confirm residents. His support there has been host and Freedom Party supporters at- overturned on appeal. Allimadi pointed with the voter. Voters said that poll work- solid. Brooklyn has the largest African- tended from the community. They had out the Fraternal Order of Police’s opposi- ers told people to vote one single line. American population in the U.S., of about gathered thousands of signatures for the tion to a new trial for Mumia Abu-Jamal. Others were disenfranchised for incarcer- 1 million. Latinos/as make up another party before the election. Leaders won’t ation or a criminal record, or the Board 350,000 people. allow their community’s votes to be nul- ‘A new, established party!’ of Elections’ failure to have updated resi- African Americans and Latinos/as lified by miscount or fraud, after many On the Nov. 2 election, in which the dents’ address changes or notice of loss constitute more than half of Queens’ 2.3 instances of disenfranchisement. Freedom Party won 20,717 votes, Barron of homes. Some voted Democratic due to million residents. Barron had strong sup- Freedom Party support was high said: “Now we have a new, established par- loyalty to President Barack Obama or fear port in Jamaica, Queens. In Manhattan, throughout the South Bronx, home to of a GOP victory. Barron had strong support in Harlem, about one-third of the 1.4 million Bronx Overall voter turnout was low. Early considered the capital of Black America, residents. While the Freedom Party had MarxisM, reparations reports placed it at 40 percent of vot- where 120,000 people live. Forty-five per- few funds compared to the $25 million and the Black Freedom Struggle ers. Many were turned off by Democratic cent of Manhattan’s 1.6 million residents for Cuomo’s campaign, its canvassers and An anthology of writings from Workers World newspaper. Edited by Monica Moorehead. Party gubernatorial candidate Andrew are Black or Latino/a. residents won serious support from resi- • racism, National oppression & Self-determination larry holmes • Black labor from Cuomo’s attacks on unions and pledges While Manhattan is one of the richest dents in all neighborhoods. Chattel Slavery to Wage Slavery sam Marcy • Black Youth: repression & resistance to cut millions of dollars from the public counties in the U.S., Harlem ranks with The Freedom Party can anticipate an leilani dowell • the Struggle for Socialism Is key Monica Moorehead • Black & Brown services budget and lay off thousands of the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens for very outpouring of concern and outrage from Unity: A Pillar of Struggle for Human rights & Global Justice! saladin Muhammad high unemployment rates. its supporters in all of these neighbor- • Alabama’s Black Belt: legacy of Slavery, Sharecropping & Segregation Consuela lee workers. Harriet tubman, Woman Warrior Mumia Abu-Jamal • Are Conditions ripe Again today? In Barron’s borough of Brooklyn, the Two Bronx areas had substantial vot- hoods, which have a proud history of de- 40th Anniversary of the 1965 Watts rebellion John parker official Freedom Party vote count rais- er turnout: Co-op City and Highbridge. fending their rights and fighting against a • racism and Poverty in the delta larry hales es questions. Of Brooklyn’s 2.5 million Co-op City’s population is 55,000, of longtime pattern of marginalization, dis- • Haiti Needs reparations, Not Sanctions pat Chin Available at www.Leftbooks.com people, at least 54 percent are African- whom 55 percent are Black and 25 per- enfranchisement and abuse. page 8 Nov. 18, 2010 workers.org dec. 3-5 tijuana Conference Uniting working class in the Americas By Cheryl laBash ing of cartoons drawn by another of the cal Workers (SME) and Mexicana airline Bravo, Americas’ office, WFTU/FSM; Ja- Cuban Five, Gerardo Hernández, will be workers who were thrown out of their jobs cobo Torres de León, Venezuelan Socialist From Dec. 3 to 5 in Tijuana, Mexico — displayed. Hernández is imprisoned in will discuss their organizing. Miners and Force of Bolivarian Workers, CST; a rep- just minutes from the San Diego, Calif., Victorville, Calif. His double-life plus 15 maquiladora workers are expected, too. resentative of Venezuela’s UNETE; Fredy airport — a cross-section of workers from years sentence is still under appeal. Migration and immigration, compelled José Franco, Nicaraguan Federation of Latin America who are confronting the The U.S. government blockade of Cuba by imperialist “free trade” agreements Teachers of Higher Education; José Hum- global crisis will meet with U.S. workers has prevented Cuban union leaders from like the North American Free Trade berto Montes de Oca Luna, SME; Oliverio grappling with devastating challenges. coming to the U.S. So the Dec. 3-5 week- Agreement, their effects and responses to Esquivel Reyes, WFTU/FSM Mexican Co- Building on six previous conferences, the end is a rare opportunity to discuss the them, including May Day 2011, will round ordinator; Professor Jorge Cazares Torres, meeting’s aim is to grow the unity of the changing world situation with these work- out the conference on Dec. 5. Mexican National Union of Educators, working class in the Americas and in- ers, who have won universal free health Already autoworkers, steelworkers, Sec. VIII; a representative from the Mex- crease its influence — from the tip of Chile care, universal free education and social health care workers, teachers, trades peo- ico Miners’ Union; João Batista Lemos, to Alaska — by sharing problems but also security for the working class, even under ple and low-wage workers are registering Brazil Workers’ Center; Adolfo Cardona, examining strategies to fight and win. the most difficult conditions of a colonial to come from the U.S. To increase time Colombia’s SINALTRAINAL union, USW Of special interest will be a representa- past, almost half a century of an imperial- for discussion, simultaneous translation organizer; Edgar Luis Sarango Correa, tive from Ecuador, where a U.S.-backed ist blockade with overt and covert aggres- is being organized. Vice-President, Ecuadoran Workers’ Cen- coup was defeated Sept. 30. Dolores sion, and now a global economic crisis The conference is not underwritten by ter; and speakers from the U.S. Invited but Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm caused by capitalist overproduction. any large labor organizations or founda- not yet confirmed are representatives from Workers in the U.S., will appear by video. The Venezuelan delegation from the tions. It depends on attendee registra- Haiti and Puerto Rico. Special guest Aili Labañino will repre- Workers’ Socialist Center (CST) is bring- tions and individual donations to cover To register or donate, go to laborex- sent the families of the Cuban Five — men ing Oliver Stone’s new film “South of the the considerable costs. change.blogspot.com. To make a special unjustly jailed for more than 12 years in Border” for viewing and discussion after Confirmed participants include Ermela inclusive-rate hotel registration, call the the U.S. — at the conference opening on the Dec. 4 dinner. García Santiago, National Secretariat, Cu- Hotel Palacio Azteca toll-free from the the evening of Dec. 3. She is the eldest The agenda will include looking at ban Workers Federation (CTC); Magaly U.S. at 1-888-901-3720 and ask for “Cuba daughter of Ramón Labañino, currently in problems and steps forward, and will also Batista Enríquez, International Relations, Labor Conference.” Hotel includes break- the Jessup, Ga., federal prison. Through- focus on the current situation in Mexico. CTC; Silvia García Tabío, Cuban National fasts and Saturday dinner. Registration is out the conference, the first public show- Representatives of the Mexican Electri- Assembly of Peoples’ Power; Gilda Chacón $80 U.S., including dinner on Friday. FrANCe. Pension reform passes, worker anger grows By G. dunkel One of the most popular stickers is “I sistance has been installed.” For Annick ership of the unions and from the signs fight the class struggle” (“Je lutte des Coupé, the spokesperson for Solidaires, and banners on the marches was that what On Oct. 28, the day after the French par- classes”). the government has “not put an end to the parliament had done could be undone. liament passed a final version of pension Then on Nov. 6, about 1.2 million people’s anger.” Xinhua News Agency and International “reform,” the unions brought 2 million people came out in 265 demonstrations Bernard Thibault, CGT leader, stressed, Business Times News published dispatch- people out into the streets in 268 marches throughout France, according to the CGT. “We are going to act on all levels. This es on the strikes’ costs, which France’s throughout the country, according to the Now that the law, which is an attack on isn’t a law which is going to put an end to Minister of Economic Affairs Christine La- General Confederation of Labor (CGT). pension benefits, has passed the parlia- our demands.” Bernadette Groison, head garde estimated at “between 200 [million] That made seven different days of major ment, it must be examined by the courts of the Unitary Union Federation (FSU), and 400 million Euros each day” ($280 protests against the government’s pension before it can go into effect. asserted that the unions had “every right million to $560 million). (Xinhua, Oct. 25) cutbacks since September. While the turn- All the major French labor union con- to continue the fight over retirement” in Giving the line of France’s capitalists, out was generally higher at the beginning, federations have maintained unity in the order to “correct the law.” she said, “We shouldn’t be weighing down anger among the protesters has grown, face of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s in- François Chérèque, the head of the this recovery with campaigns that are pain- and so has the support of the people gen- transigence in both capping the amount French Democratic Confederation of La- ful for the French economy and very pain- erally, despite enduring some inconve- of taxes the wealthiest French pay and bor (CFDT), pointed out, “Just because a ful for a certain number of small- and me- nience from the protests and strikes. sticking the costs of the financial bailout law has been passed doesn’t make it just.” dium-sized businesses.” (IBTN, Oct. 25) Eric Aubin, a leader on the retire- on the workers. Wage earners “in their vast majority are The union movements have called a ment issue inside the CGT, was quoted in Also quoted in the same article in against it and it is our duty to continue to meeting where debate over their next L’Humanité on Oct. 28 that there was “a L’Humanité, Jean-Claude Mailly, leader say that.” moves will be on the agenda. The struggle desire to continue the struggle.” of Force Ouvrière, feels “a spirit of re- The general view expressed by the lead- continues. delegates from 15 countries say: Capitalism endangers human civilization By John Catalinotto day’s World.” Others were held in 2004 representatives from North America Iran as well as from the U.S. Fourth Fleet Serpa, Portugal and 2007. It was the first since much of and the Middle East. The largest group in Latin America. It also hailed the work- the world’s capitalist economy went into of contributors was from Portugal itself. ers’ struggles in Europe and the anti-war Now a laid-back town of 5,000 in Por- a downward spiral in 2008. Its organizers The participants included those more ori- activities of people in the U.S. tugal’s Alentejo agricultural region, Serpa were Vertice magazine and the website ented toward an academic examination of Impact of current class struggle was established by the Roman Empire. odiario.info, whose editors include Filipe historical data and contemporary society, Later it was ruled by the Moors as part of Diniz, José Paulo Gascão, Miguel Urbano along with communist activists on the Though the conference didn’t aim to the Islamic civilization before it became Rodrigues and Rui Namorado Rosa. front lines of the class struggle. evaluate the most current events, these part of the Portuguese nation. In Portu- One vital invitee was forced to cancel, Despite the breadth of opinion, partici- had an impact. In Portugal an upcom- gal’s fascist period Serpa, as well as the but her letter underlining the sometimes pants agreed in a final declaration that this ing NATO summit on Nov. 19-21 brought entire Alentejo, was a center of resistance tragic choices one must make moved the is not just a cyclical capitalist crisis, but it home the increased militarization of the led by the underground Portuguese Com- audience to an ovation. Heroic Colombian is “social, financial, economic, military, imperialist world — and will be the target munist Party and a stronghold of the ag- Senator Piedad Córdoba, currently under energy, cultural and environmental;” that of a demonstration set for Nov. 20. Then ricultural working class. Since Portugal’s attack by the repressive regime there, was “capitalism, with its precipitous increase on Nov. 24 the Portuguese workers will 1974 democratic revolution, Serpa and attending the funeral of former Argentine in aggression, has become an absolutely hold yet another general strike, in an at- the surrounding municipality have been President Nestor Kirchner in Buenos Aires. regressive factor for human civilization;” tempt to stop the onslaught of the Euro- administered by a PCP-led coalition. Many participants believed the real and that “Marxism-Leninism remains the pean capitalists to slash every gain work- This history made Serpa an excellent choice humanity faces is between in- most precious intellectual weapon in the ers have made since the 1974 revolution location for an international conference of creased misery and wars on one side and hands of the workers and peoples who re- overthrew fascism. communist militants and Marxist think- the struggle for a socialist future on the sist and advance the struggle.” The splendid struggle of the French ers. They met the last weekend of October other. The capitalist collapse and persis- The declaration also expressed solidar- workers to defend their retirement rights, to discuss the dangers that imperialism tent decline for the working class make ity with Cuba and Venezuela and with “the the election in Brazil, the imminent elec- holds for human civilization — and the this choice ever more urgent. progressive governments of Evo Morales toral setback for the Democratic Party in possible means to counteract this threat. Contributing to the conference were in Bolivia and Rafael Correa in Ecuador;” the U.S., the recent attempted coup in It was the third in a series of interna- dozens of Marxists, journalists and mili- saluted the resistance struggles in Iraq and Ecuador, the ongoing wars in the Middle tional meetings in Serpa entitled “Civi- tants from 15 countries, mostly from Afghanistan, as well as that of the Pales- East and Central Asia, along with the lization or Barbarism: Challenges of To- Europe and Latin America, with some tinians; and warned of the threats against Continued on page 9 workers.org Nov. 18, 2010 page 9 HAItI: Catastrophe avoided, crises continue By G. dunkel However, Léogâne, a small city about 35 The truth is that the stringent, bureau- nation with two of Haiti’s health institu- miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, was cratic procedures and conditions required tions, provided critical, early treatment in On the rainy night of Nov. 5, hundreds covered with 10 feet of water; four people by the U.S. government before it will re- mid-October to nearly 1,200 people after of thousands of Haitians huddled under drowned. (Radio Canada International, lease any of these funds have prevented detecting cholera. That intervention de- their tarps and tents while Hurricane To- Nov. 6) even one dime from being disbursed, layed its spread to Port-au-Prince. mas passed. The government, which told The danger isn’t over. Water standing while 1.5 million people are living under “[S]ince the earthquake, the commit- them to flee, put only 15,000 people on in Port-au-Prince’s streets and gutters in- tarps, tents and rags in mortal danger if a ment is to rebuild and strengthen the trucks to go to higher ground. creases the risk of the spread of cholera, a hurricane really hits. health care system … [and] Cuba will be The 15,000 are only 1 percent of the water-borne disease. (BBC, Nov. 7) here during the cholera epidemic and 1.5 million people made homeless by the What has the U.S. government done? Unlike U.S., Cuba offers real aid in the wake of the hurricane,” Mariscal January earthquake. Many “internally The U.S. made a big show of preparing to Contrast this to what socialist Cuba — stresses. displaced” Haitians were afraid that if help Haiti as the hurricane approached having a small fraction of the resources That’s what a socialist country does in a they left, they wouldn’t be allowed to re- and announced it was sending a helicop- of the U.S. and a blockade to deal with — humanitarian crisis — acts out of interna- turn to their camps. With no electricity, ter-equipped Marine aircraft carrier with has done to help the Haitian people for tionalism, solidarity and affection for the no radios and only tarps for shelter, many medical personnel and supplies. After the 12 years. people. An imperialist country seeks only people feared for their safety as the rain January earthquake, Washington sent A letter written by Emiliano Mariscal, to broaden its economic, military and po- came down in sheets. 22,000 troops — and little concrete aid. an Argentine doctor and graduate of Cu- litical reach to protect its self-interests and In camps where people have tents and Not noticed in all the hoopla was what ba’s Latin American School of Medicine, profits, with little concern for human life. shovels, they organized, dug channels for the U.S. actually did. As the Washington explains the role of the Cuban Medical The U.S. government can ship bags of the water and filled sandbags to serve as Post reported, seven months have gone by Brigade that has been working in Haiti cash to Afghanistan to be handed out to barriers against the mudslides so com- “since Secretary of State Hillary Rodham and his pride in being part of it. Fifty-one any warlord who promises to side with mon in deforested Haiti. Clinton promised $1.15 billion in [post- of the medical school’s graduates are now Washington. But it won’t spend a dime Port-au-Prince was spared. The rain earthquake] reconstruction money for in Haiti working with Cuban doctors and in Haiti, even though former President wasn’t hard enough to cause mudslides, Haiti meant to build homes, create jobs other personnel. (ALBA-TCP, Nov. 4) Bill Clinton is currently in charge of the and not many tarps were destroyed. and improve lives.” (Nov. 4) He explains that the brigade, in coordi- spending. New Fed bailout riles rich & poor countries Continued from page 1 The 9.6 percent unemployment rate tens of millions of jobs in the U.S. and Eu- of pensions and health care, and the in- Imperialist rivals of the U.S. also ob- omits the 15 million to 20 million other rope and the further impoverishment of crease in state repression. jected to this new round of U.S. financial workers who are “discouraged” or are workers and oppressed all over the globe. The election results represent the lack policies coming ahead of the G-20 sum- working part-time because there is no This failed policy of bailing out the of an effective political organization that mit. German finance minister Wolfgang full-time work available. banks has been most evident in the hous- genuinely represents the interests of the Schäuble said: “With all due respect, U.S. The New York Times wrote: “The job- ing sector, where millions of people have workers and the oppressed. policy is clueless. It’s not that the Ameri- less rate has not fallen substantially this been foreclosed and evicted despite the A political program that advocates the cans haven’t pumped enough liquidity year, largely because employers have trillions handed to the financial institu- creation of a WPA-style jobs program into the market. Now to say let’s pump barely added enough workers to absorb tions as workers’ wages decline. becomes even more significant in the more into the market is not going to solve the people just entering the labor force. In the U.S. tens of thousands of educa- coming period because the failure of the their problems.” (Financial Times, Nov. 5) And even if the economy suddenly ex- tors and public workers have been thrown ruling-class parties to create employment pands and starts adding 208,000 jobs a out of work over the last three years as exposes their incapacity to represent the Jobless recovery spells disaster month — as it did in its best year this de- schools, academic programs and sports millions of people who need immediate for workers cade — it would still take 12 years to close programs have closed. relief. There can be no real recovery with- Although the stock market has made the gap between the growing number of The capitalist media in collaboration out creating tens of millions of jobs with significant gains in recent weeks and American workers and the total available with the two ruling class parties rigged good wages and benefits. profits are up among the leading capitalist jobs, according to the Brookings Institu- the midterm vote by avoiding the critical In addition, there is the pressing need corporations and banks, this alleged eco- tion’s Hamilton Project.” (Nov. 5) issues facing workers and the oppressed: to stabilize the housing sector by impos- nomic recovery has led to few jobs. The The injection of $600 billion will lead jobs, income, health care, housing and ing an immediate moratorium on foreclo- October monthly jobless report claimed to no significant job creation. Since 2007, quality education. The outcome of the sures and evictions. that more than 150,000 new positions central banks throughout the capitalist elections does not indicate that workers The Moratorium NOW! Coalition to were created, but there are still officially world have given more than $10 trillion in the U.S. are satisfied with the wars of Stop Foreclosures, Evictions and Utility 15 million people out of work in the Unit- to the banks and multinational corpora- occupation, high unemployment, under- Shut-offs, based in the economically de- ed States. tions. This has only resulted in the loss of employment, growing poverty, the loss pressed state of Michigan, pointed out in a recent leaflet, “This bailout [of the banks] continues even in the face of massive fore- closure fraud by the largest banks, which Imperialism, the global labor market forced JPMorgan Chase and GMAC to temporarily suspend foreclosures during and the revolutionary perspective October 2010.” This leaflet continues, “Instead of the Continued from page 3 ists must therefore constantly expand rampant unemployment in Europe and government bailing out the banks by pay- sales to get an increased mass of profit the U.S., were part of many private dis- now more productive, churning out more ing off overvalued fraudulent loans, the to compensate for the decline in the rate cussions as well as those at the podium. and more commodities with fewer and government should allow people to stay of profit. This is the only way to sustain Cape-Verde-born historian Carlos fewer workers. Thus the cycle in the race in their homes with affordable payments their profitability and to survive the war- Lopes Pereira raised once more an appre- for new technology begins over again. based on the real value of property.” ciation of African Marxist Amilcar Cabral When workers produce more commod- to-the-death capitalist competition. and the oppressive role of Portuguese co- ities in a given time due to new technol- This drives the capitalist class inevita- lonialism in Africa. ogy or just plain speed-up, they spend less bly to create conditions leading to over- Leila Ghanem, a key organizer of the time on each commodity, or on each oper- production and crisis. January 2009 Beirut conference, made the ation that goes into creating a commodity. Read the full text at workersworld.net. important point that the role of the mass The labor time of the workers is spread organizations Hezbollah in Lebanon and out over more and more commodities. New second edition: Hamas in Palestine is not necessarily deter- The total labor time remains the same but mined by their religious ideology, but de- there is less labor time embodied in each HAItI: A Slave revolution velops under the influence of the mass so- particular commodity. Since there is less 200 years after 1804 cial struggle in those regions as they resist labor time incorporated in each individ- the Israeli settler-state and imperialism. ual commodity produced using the new, Updates book with new material covering 2004-2010. First published in 2004 as a joint This is a small sample of the many con- more expensive technology, there is less project of the International Action Center and tributions available in Portuguese and in surplus value in each, as surplus value their original language at odiario.info. The the Haiti Support Network. This is not a tradi- comes only from human labor. tional history book or textbook, but a people’s final declaration is available in English. So the capitalist has to sell more com- history. In the preface the editors state: “This Catalinotto, a managing editor of modities in order to reap the same sur- book is going to combat 200 years of racist Workers World newspaper, presented a plus value and make a profit. It gets hard- indoctrination and propaganda about the paper entitled “Amid capitalist collapse er and harder for the bosses to get their Haitian Revolution. “ and imperialist war: The challenge of money back to cover the cost of the equip- New edition: 272 pp., photos. reviving Marxism in the center of the ment and maintain a hefty profit from the Available at empire.” unpaid labor of the workers. The capital- www.leftbooks.com page 10 Nov. 18, 2010 workers.org

WORKERS WORLD editorial China’s supercomputer Time is running out shakes the Pentagon ith the midterm elections now claim in each election season, they will By Stephen Millies Despite capitalist inroads and the re- over, two important issues are fight like hell to extend the federal un- structuring of state-owned industry, Whanging over the “lame duck” employment insurance and also restore Sixty-one years after the Chinese Revo- billions of dollars were allocated by the Democratic Congress that, after Jan. 1, taxes on the rich while they still have a lution’s triumph, the People’s Republic of socialist state to build this computer. will be replaced by a new one with a majority in both houses of Congress. China has created the world’s fastest su- Socialist economic planning was respon- Republican majority in the House. Instead, they’re looking for ways to percomputer. sible for this technological marvel. First, if Congress does not move compromise with the Republicans, who According to University of Tennes- Capitalist India has hundreds of thou- quickly to renew it, an emergency exten- are unrelenting in their desire to roll see Professor Jack Dongarra, China’s sands of talented computer scientists. sion of federal unemployment insurance back any political and economic gains Tianhe-1A supercomputer is 47 percent Bangalore, India, is headquarters for will expire on Nov. 30. If this is allowed the working class has made. President faster than the speediest U.S. supercom- Wipro, which has 112,000 workers. Yet to happen, reports the National Employ- Barack Obama has suggested a one- or puter. Tianhe, which means “Milky Way” Wipro and other capitalist outfits in India ment Law Project, 2 million workers will two-year extension on the tax cuts. in Chinese, is faster than 175,000 laptops. haven’t built the fastest supercomputer. lose their federal benefits in December Meanwhile, pundits are suggesting that (www.metro.co.uk) The Soviet Union astonished the world alone. the Democrats will in fact allow the tax Supercomputers can solve complex by launching Sputnik, the first satellite, in Of those, NELP explains in a media cuts to dominate this lame duck session scientific problems, including medical 1957 on the 40th anniversary of the Rus- release, “387,000 are workers who were of Congress until the unemployment research and weather forecasting, to help sian Revolution. This vivid example of the recently laid off and are now receiving benefits run out in the next few weeks. people. power of centralized socialist planning the six months (26 weeks) of regular The emboldened Republicans have at- The U.S. military-industrial complex also alarmed the war makers in the Pen- state benefits. After exhausting state tempted to put the ball in the Democrats’ uses them to simulate detonations of nu- tagon, whose early rockets were explod- benefits, these workers would be left court, suggesting that they might be will- clear weapons. ing on their launch pads. to fend for themselves in a job market ing to extend unemployment benefits if The fastest U.S. supercomputer, the China still developing, advancing with just one job opening for every five Congress also cuts $5 billion to $6 billion XT5 Jaguar, is located at the Oak Ridge unemployed workers and an unemploy- from the budget. This would essentially National Laboratory in Tennessee. This While it produced more than 500 mil- ment rate that has exceeded 9 percent mean more cuts in social services — the facility was part of the Manhattan Proj- lion tons of steel in 2009 and made more for 17 months in a row — with no federal Republicans aren’t talking about cutting ect, which made atom bombs that killed cars than the U.S. did, China is still a de- unemployment assistance whatsoever.” the military budget! And cuts in govern- hundreds of thousands of Japanese, Ko- veloping country. In many areas it still (Oct. 22) It’s not clear at this point if an ment services mean more workers laid rean and Chinese people in Hiroshima has to catch up with developed capitalist extension beyond 26 weeks will even be off while those needing help suffer. and Nagasaki. countries — one of the great problems brought to a vote before the deadline. Workers shouldn’t hold their breath Western European rulers took hold of facing socialist revolutions that triumph Even more stressed are the “99ers,” waiting for the Democratic Party to step Chinese inventions like gunpowder and in countries impoverished by centuries those who have exhausted all benefits up to the plate to defend them. The Dem- the compass and used them to conduct of colonialism and imperialism. The re- after being unemployed for more than 99 ocrats talk like they’re for the workers, the African Holocaust — the trans-Atlan- sponse of China’s leaders to the need for weeks. A bill to extend their checks for but they’ll never fight for us. The ruling tic slave trade — and to exterminate Na- modern technology has been to invite in an extra 20 weeks, called Tier V, is even Democrats may be interested in getting tive peoples in the Americas. Karl Marx foreign capital, but many inside China less likely to get passed. the workers’ votes, but when it comes showed how the capitalist world market are deeply concerned about the growing Second, the Bush tax cuts, which apply down to it, they’re most concerned with was born in “blood and dirt” through inequality. to the wealthiest 2 percent of people in their own class interests — interests that these great crimes. However, in the last few years China the U.S., are scheduled to expire on Dec. are in direct conflict with ours. In the Britain invaded China in 1841 because has forged ahead in science and technol- 31. The Congressional Research Service end, they’ll throw their hands in the air, the Chinese stopped importing opium ogy, meaning it has to rely less on hostile estimates that permanently extending suggesting that they couldn’t prevent the from British capitalists. Over a century capitalist forces as it builds up its econ- these tax cuts would mean a loss of $5 inevitable and that therefore, incredibly, of misery and humiliation followed, with omy. At the same time, mass protests trillion in revenue in just the next 10 workers should vote for them next time millions of Chinese people killed. Just as for better wages and working conditions years. (Oct. 27) $5 trillion come to five around. there were signs forbidding Black people have intensified. times a million multiplied by another Anyone can see that the days of the from many places in apartheid-era Unit- A series of pro-working-class measures million! And that’s just a small percent- bosses giving up a few crumbs are over, ed States and South Africa, a “No dogs or have been passed. Pensions were given to age of the wealth going into the pockets but the Democrats don’t do anything Chinese allowed” sign was erected in a 140 million migrant workers in 2007. The of the rich. That money — which the but retreat and retreat before the bosses’ Shanghai park. same year a health care act was passed richest 2 percent can surely do without offensive. It is up to the organizations of that will extend medical insurance to vir- A triumph of socialist planning — could provide some of the funding to the workers and their communities to tually everybody. extend the desperately needed unem- organize and fight for an unemployment The Chinese Revolution changed all Chinese trade unions forced McDon- ployment benefits. extension and taxes on the rich, not on that. Mao Zedong declared “China has ald’s and Wal-Mart to sign contracts. If the Democrats want to show they’re the workers and poor. stood up” on Oct. 1, 1949. What an example this is to 1.8 million really for the working people, as they In the last 30 years, however, China has workers in the U.S. who are exploited enmeshed itself with the capitalist world by these two corporate monsters. China- market. The Taiwanese corporation Fox- bashing won’t bring these workers union conn, the world’s largest manufacturer of benefits. electronic components, employs 420,000 Building the world’s fastest supercom- Condolences over workers in Shenzhen alone. puter shows that China has the where- But Foxconn and other bosses had withal to strengthen its development to- nothing to do with the world’s fastest su- ward a socialist economy. Like Sputnik, Cuban plane crash percomputer. It was the Chinese socialist the Tianhe-1A supercomputer is a victory state that built Tianhe-1A. against Wall Street and its Pentagon. to the Communist Party of Cuba, managing to avoid the nearby town. the labor unions (CtC) and the At the same time in Santiago de Cuba, people of Cuba: the flight’s origin, Cuban civil defense Abayomi Azikiwe distributes workers saved lives by implementing WWs at oct. 2 jobs rally, Workers World Party sends condo- protective measures as Hurricane Tomas Washington, D.C. lences to the families and loved ones of threatened both eastern Cuba and Haiti. the 68 people who died Nov. 4 in a plane No one in Cuba died from the storm. WW photo: liZ GreeN crash in Sancti Spiritus province. 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WW presents here the second install- around the world, 17 Internet sites and able companies and probably have ment of “The media and Gaza,” more. The other media giants have simi- indirect connections to the other 12. a chapter from an upcoming book on the larly large holdings. This linkage forms a huge matrix of heroic struggle of the Palestinian people The extent of this monopolization is well interlocking corporations and mo- of Gaza who are fighting for hidden. But the truth is that “a shrinking nopolies, usually with banks at the self-determination. number of large media corporations now center, that control the U.S. and to a regard monopoly, oligopoly and historic large extent the world economy. “We have no obligation to make histo- levels of profit as not only normal, but as ‘Enhancing values ry. We have no obligation to make art. We their earned right,” says Bagdikian. preferred by corporate world’ have no obligation to make a statement. Sumner Redstone, head of Viacom “The dominant media firms, now To make money is our only objective.” and owner of CBS, MTV, BET and Para- among the largest in the world, have When Michael Eisner wrote these can- mount Pictures, explains how conglomer- the power and use it to enhance the did words (in what he thought would re- ate media profit-taking works: “When you values preferred by the corporate main an internal memo), he was CEO of make a movie for an average cost of $10 world of which they are a part,” says the Walt Disney Co. The quote appears million and then cross promote and sell Bagdikian. This includes self-censor- in the documentary “Mickey Mouse Mo- it off of magazines, books, products, tele- ship, based upon class and financial nopoly — Disney, Childhood & Corporate vision shows out of your own company, interests, or “omission of the news Power.” The Disney Co. is the second- the profit potential is enormous.” (“Rich that might interfere with the me- largest media giant but brings in the larg- Media, Poor Democracy: Communication dia’s maximizing their own profits. est revenue of any media conglomerate in Politics in Dubious Times” by Robert W. The same tendency makes the news the world. McChesney) media sympathetic to similar profit The corporate media say they are com- The giant corporate media are not a Edited by maximization by whatever means mitted to “report the truth” and that they “free press.” They are a press happily Joyce Chediac among corporations in general.” “strive to be fair” or at the very least “tell married to the pursuit of profits. The This is what is passed off as both sides.” This is as much spin as the “freedom” they pursue is the freedom to “objective reporting” to 310 million people Help to publish— New York Times and Washington Post re- make a buck. These profits are only par- in the U.S. writing the Gaza war. The media are cor- tially earned via big media’s hundreds At the same time, with each new round porations. Like every other corporation, of subsidiaries. Even more important is gAzA: of consolidations, the media as a whole they are in business to make money. the money to be made through the main- have moved more openly to the right. For Symbol of resistance stream media’s interlocking relationship example, the right-wing-and-proud-of-it WW compilations, edited by Joyce Chediac. the big five who control it all with even larger monopolies. Fox News, with 23 wholly owned or af- At the end of World War II, 80 percent The compelling story of how Gazans with- filiated network stations in the U.S., is the of the daily newspapers in the U.S. were Major media in bed stood blockade and bombardment only to fourth-largest television network, right independently owned. Today, only five with biggest corporations stand tall, refusing to give up the right to behind ABC, CBS and NBC. giant companies — Time Warner (CNN, About 118 — that’s the number of peo- determine their own lives and to choose AOL), Disney (ABC), Rupert Murdoch’s ple who sit on the boards of directors of Corporations benefit their own government; how Gaza’s courage News Corporation (FOX), Bertelsmann the 10 biggest media giants. These 118 from vilifying Palestinians inspired a worldwide solidarity movement of Germany (the world’s biggest pub- individuals in turn are on the corporate Which corporations benefit the most determined to break the blockade and lisher of English-language books), and boards of 288 national and international from vilifying the Palestinian people and deliver aid; exposes the forces behind the Viacom (formerly CBS) — control most of corporations. And eight out of 10 big me- their leaders? punishment of Gaza, and how a growing the television, radio, magazines, newspa- dia giants share common memberships Far above all others, it’s the oil and en- people’s media is breaking the mainstream pers, books, movies, videos, music, photo on each other’s boards of directors. (“Big ergy companies, which pull in the great- media’s information blockade on this event. agencies and wire services people in this Media Interlocks with Corporate Ameri- est profit. This book will be published in December. country rely on. General Electric’s NBC is ca” by Peter Phillips, CommonDreams. ExxonMobil and Chevron, the first- and Every aspect of production — writing, edit- a close sixth. (“The Media Monopoly” by org, June 24, 2005) second-largest U.S. oil companies, top the ing, proofreading, cover and book design Ben Bagdikian, 2004 edition) This integration occurs at the very pin- Fortune 500 list. ExxonMobil reported — were done by voluntary labor. These media monopolies are truly nacle of corporate power. For instance, the highest annual profit in corporate his- huge. Time Warner, the biggest, has 292 board members of ABC/Disney, NBC/GE, tory in 2006. The next year it broke its However, the high cost of printing and separate companies and subsidiaries. The CBS/Viacom, CNN/TimeWarner, Fox/ own profit record, clearing $40.61 billion binding the book cause us to turn to you Walt Disney Co. owns eight book publish- News Corp., New York Times Co., Wash- or nearly $1,300 a second. (CNNMoney, for financial support. ing imprints; the ABC-TV network has ington Post/Newsweek, Wall Street Jour- Feb. 1, 2008) As of this July 1, ExxonMo- Whatever contribution you can make 10 owned and operated stations, 30 ra- nal/Dow Jones, Tribune Co., Gannett and bil occupied eight out of the 10 slots for to print this important book will make a dio stations, 11 cable channels, 13 Inter- Knight-Ridder also sit on the boards of the largest quarterly corporate earnings of difference. net broadcasting channels that operate 13 of the Fortune 500’s 25 most profit- all time and five out of the 10 largest an- Everyone who donates $20 or more will nual corporate earnings slots. receive a copy of this book. 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Es un luchador apasionado por la de su nieto de apenas unas horas antes de “¡Como siempre digo, es mejor ser abolición de la pena de muerte y sus lágri- su ejecución en el 2007. culpable y rico en Texas que ser pobre e Con la liberación de un condenado a mas rodaban en sus mejillas cuando dijo El único candidato a la gobernación de inocente. Vamos a mantener la lucha y muerte el exonerado Antonio Graves a a la multitud, “Ningún estado en los Es- Texas que se opone a la pena de muerte, abolir la pena de muerte!” concluyó Mu- sólo tres días antes de la onceava Mar- tados Unidos ejecuta a más personas que Deb Shafto con el Partido Verde, participó hammad. cha Anual por la Abolición de la Pena Texas. Estoy aquí, herido por los golpes en la caravana de coches de Houston a Elizabeth Gilbert dijo a la multitud que de Muerte, la multitud que se reunió en de la pena capital, pero no muerto, y yo Austin, llenando su auto con los activistas los activistas pueden poner un fin a las el Capitolio de Texas en Austin el 30 de te digo a ti,Texas, levántate y lucha contra y poniendo pancartas contra la pena de ejecuciones. Ella comenzó a luchar para octubre estuvo en gran espíritu. Graves, esto ahora!” muerte en su coche. demostrar la inocencia de Todd Willing- un hombre afro-americano de Brenham, Los otros cinco exonerados conde- Seis coches salieron del Centro Comu- ham en 1998 después de que ella le dio su Texas, fue encarcelado injustamente du- nados a la muerte que lideraron la mar- nitario S.H.A.P.E. de Houston temprano nombre a un amigo por correspondencia rante 18 años. Fue declarado inocente y cha con Graham fueron Curtis McCarty, el 30 de octubre con los carteles pintados en un autobús lleno de activistas de Hous- liberado a su amorosa madre, la familia y quien pasó 22 años en Oklahoma; Ron con colores de neón en todos los lados de ton que iban a Filadelfia para unirse al amigos el 27 de octubre. Keine, dos años en Nuevo México; Greg sus vehículo y hicieron gran bulla en cada rally de los Millones por Mumia en 1998. Seis hombres que casi llevaron sus últi- Wilhoit, cinco años en Oklahoma; Gary gasolinera y lugares de descanso a lo largo Gilbert fue presentada recientemente en mos pasos para camilla con orgullo lider- Drinkard, casi seis años en Alabama, y de la carretera. Shafto ha participado en el programa de PBS Frontline y en la re- aron la marcha anual de Texas con los Albert Burrell, quien vivió 13 años con la muchas protestas de oposición a la pena vista The New Yorker, por su trabajo por cánticos “Texas dice Condena a Muerte, condena de muerte en Louisiana. de muerte y es una parte importante de su Todd Willingham. nosotros decimos ¡No!” Decenas de familiares y amigos de los plataforma política. Njeri Shakur, un líder del Movimiento La multitud emocionada de alrededor condenados a muerte trajeron pancar- Ministro Robert Muhammad, un repre- Texano para la Abolición de la Pena de de 500 personas a veces era alegre y fe- tas y banderas de sus seres queridos, in- sentante regional de la Nación del Islam, Muerte, fue “excitado” por la marcha y liz pero también furiosa y militante. Se cluyendo a Robert Garza, Juan Ramírez, con sede en Houston, produjo un revuelo manifestación. “Estar entre los hombres ha sabido en los últimos meses que el Rob Will, Rodney Reed, Randy Halprin, emocional a la multitud con aplausos cu- exonerados, los hombres que muy bien gobernador de Texas, Rick Perry, fue el Luis Pérez, Jeff Wood, Cleve “Sarge” Fos- ando proclamó, “América dice que está podrían estar muerto ahora, me dio el responsable de la ejecución de un hombre ter, Howard Guidry, Paul David Storey luchando por la libertad en todo el mun- sentido de ser aún más legitimo y sano. inocente, Cameron Todd Willingham, en y Humberto Garza. El hermano de Reed do, pero no tenemos libertad aquí para Ver todas las familias que luchan por sus el año 2004. también trajo un recipiente grande de la gente pobre y de la clase trabajadora. seres queridos fue tan conmovedor. La Su madre, Eugenia, dio un mensaje barbacoa al estilo de Texas para compar- El gobierno puede rescatar a los bancos, liberación de Antonio Graves fue una vic- mostrado en una pantalla grande, dando tir con la multitud. pero no puede rescatar a nuestra gente. toria maravillosa, pero todavía tenemos gracias a la multitud de protestar ese día Lawrence Foster, el abuelo del ex con- Ellos quieren ejecutar a Mumia Abu-Ja- mucho trabajo por hacer. Vamos a ganar en apoyo a Todd. “Todos estamos traba- denado a muerte Kenneth Foster, asistió mal, pero nosotros, el pueblo, debemos si seguimos protestando y educando y jando juntos para abolir la pena de muerte a pesar de que su nieto ha tenido su pena seguir luchando para salvar su vida”, organizando al pueblo en contra de esta y para hacer realidad el sueño de Todd”. conmutada de por vida. Foster, quien Muhammad fue un amigo y consejero es- injusticia que aterroriza a los pobres. ¡Y Shujaa Graham fue condenado a tiene 83 años, dijo a la multitud a nunca piritual de dos hombres inocentes, Shaka debemos actuar ahora para liberar a Mu- muerte tres años antes que la Corte Su- darse por vencido, a luchar siempre por la Sankofa y Barnes Odell, y fue testigo de mia Abu-Jamal!” Los activistas laborales condenan las redadas del FBI El Comité para Poner un Alto a la Hermanas y hermanos: Además de haber tenido invadido sus hog- Cuatro días antes de las redadas del 24 Represión del FBI convocó a una reunión El 24 de septiembre, el FBI llevó a cabo ares, ellos fueron citados a comparecer de septiembre, la Oficina del Inspector nacional en la ciudad de Nueva York el redadas coordinadas en los domicilios y ante un gran jurado. No han sido arresta- General de los Estados Unidos divulgó que 6 de noviembre. Todo el mundo que esté oficinas de 14 activistas contra la guerra dos o acusados de ningún delito. la Agencia Federal de Investigación (la FBI interesado en forjar el movimiento en en Minnesota, Illinois y Michigan. Duran- Cómo es intrínsecamente, el gran jurado por las siglas en inglés) había sistemática e contra de las redadas del FBI y el intento te los allanamientos el FBI confiscó todo, de acusación es una expedición de pesca ilegalmente espiado en activistas políticas, de un gran jurado para criminalizar a desde computadoras y listas de correo disfrazada. Ellos/as que están llamados/ que el Director Robert Mueller había men- los activistas en contra de la guerra y ac- hasta dibujos de niños y fotos de Martin as para testificar no están permitidos/as a tido al Congreso sobre los detalles de vigi- tivistas de solidaridad internacional fue Luther King. tener representación de abogados/as du- lancia; y que los agentes frecuentemente invitado a asistir. Para más información, Diez de las 14 víctimas del ataque son rante sus testimonios. Si ellos/as se niegan se confundieron la desobediencia civil con consulte www.StopFBI.net. miembros de sindicatos, entre ellos tres de cooperar, están amenazados/as con en- “el terrorismo nacional”. La siguiente carta ha sido escrita y miembros de la Federación Americana de carcelamiento, poniendo en riesgo sus em- Desde la lucha por la libertad de expre- publicada en stopFBI.net. Firmantes Empleados de Estado, Condado y Munici- pleos, casas y familias. Si están de acuerdo sión de los Obreros Industriales del Mundo iniciales incluían Richard Berg, ex presi- palidad (AFSCME) Local 3800, la Uni- de dar testimonio, ellos/as dan crédito a (IWW) en los años 1910 a las decisiones dente, los Teamsters Local 743, Phyllis versidad de Minnesota, un miembro de una expedición de pesca ilegítima. mayores de la corte de los años 30, inspira- Walker, presidenta de AFSCME Local Teamsters Local 320 (U. de Minnesota); Cada persona estadounidense tiene el das por el movimiento sindicalista de esos 3800; Cherrene Horazuk, líder del AFSC- un miembro del grupo Educación de Min- derecho constitucional de abogar y orga- años, el movimiento sindicalista ha sido ME Local 3800, Peter Rachleff, historia- nesota, y un líder principal de la Unión de nizar por cambio a la política extranjera frecuentemente en la vanguardia de ellos/ dor del movimiento laboral, Macalester Empleados de Servicio 73, de la Universi- de los Estados Unidos. Estos/as activistas as que han defendido el derecho de hablar College, Gladys McKenzie, representante dad de Illinois-Chicago. tienen derecho a la presunción de inocen- y protestar. Los/as sindicalistas comprend- de área, AFSCME Consejo 5 ; Joe Burns, Todos son activistas conocidos y res- cia bajo la Constitución Estadounidense. ieron que sin poder de hablar, los esfuerzos abogado laboral / negociador, y Dave petados que, según voceros del FBI, fueron Ninguna justificación aceptable o eviden- sindicalistas hubieron sido aplastados. Riehle, ex presidente del local, de United atacados por su papel en la búsqueda de cia ha sido presentada por estas redadas Por necesidad la lucha por libertades Transportation Union Local 650. justicia para los trabajadores y otros pueb- y citaciones, y no hay razón a creer que se civiles anduvo mano a mano con la lucha los oprimidos a través de todo el mundo. vayan a anunciar alguna razón. por los derechos de trabajadores/as. Lo que vemos ahora en estas redadas y las citaciones del gran jurado es recordativo LIBertAd PArA de las Redadas de Palmer en los años 20, y el COINTELPRO de J. Edgar Hoover en Los CINCo CUBANos los años 60. La FBI y el Departamento de Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, Ramón Labañino Justicia tienen historias largas de explotar Salazar, Rene González Sehwerert, Antonio los miedos del público para romper los Guerrero Rodríguez & Fernando González Llort. esfuerzos a organizar de sindicatos, mov- Continua a página 11