Socialism

The distinguished CUNY professor analyzes neo-Keynesianism as talked by the Obama Administration and walked by nominally “communist” China and the superpower balance by 2025. Seeing Red takes on the first of many popular misconceptions of Socialism in response to a website comment.

David Harvey “Why the US Stimulus Package is Bound to Fail”
Howard Zinn on Class

Music:
Mean Machine by Last Poets
Revolution by Dennis Brown
Bullet in the Head by Rage Against the Machine
We Can Work it Out by Stevie Wonder

While the US media showered the new president with 24-7 adoration, Obama’s deafening silence over the slaughter of innocents by the Israeli war-machine laid bare the cruel calculus of American Empire in the Middle East. Whether by fascist bombers in Spain or the Zionist IDF in Gaza, the US government has never concerned themselves with the butchery of civilians. Also, we present Gary Lapon’s insightful commentary on an article by NYT columnist, Nicholas Kristoff entitled, “Where Sweatshops are a Dream”. We also look back on this day, January 22nd in revolutionary history.

The Criminal-in-Chief vacates to make way for his ready replacement.
Gaza continues to suffer.
The Economy slides further.
Subterranean fires smolder.
Time to organize.

As the dust settles after many celebrated the historic election of the nation's first African-American president and in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the 1930's not to mention two wars still raging, what is next? This is the question Sean Harkin, with the International Socialist Organization, took head on in his opening remarks at the 2008 Socialism Conference which was held in Austin, Texas on November 15th and 16th.