Sam Marcy, one of the leading Marxist thinkers of the post-World War II era, was a founder of Workers World Party. Here are Marcy’s articles from 1989 through 1995, which appeared in Workers World newspaper as well as the books and pamphlets he wrote from 1972 on....
On March 21, tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of people will be
demonstrating for immigrant rights in Washington, D.C.
The action arises from the frustration and deep anger that exist in the
immigrant community and among their supporters that despite a nonstop demand
for full rights for immigrants, especially legalization for the undocumented,
such pleas have been ignored by Washington....
There can no longer be any doubt about the character of the wars being waged by
the U.S. government in Iraq and Afghanistan.
They are not just Bush-Cheney wars, although these mass murderers should not be
left off the hook.
They represent more than a mistaken policy or a particularly brutal group of
politicians in the pockets of the oil companies.
These wars flow from the economic system that prevails in the United States.
The class that sits atop this vast capitalist economy is never satisfied.
Millionaires have become billionaires largely on the super-profits wrung from
their worldwide empire....
Twelve hundred tenants from Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village (ST-PCV)
met March 13 to prepare a housing battle that can impact on tenants of all
incomes throughout New York City....
Seven Boston City Councilors attended an eyewitness report from Haiti in
Boston City Hall on March 11. City Councilors Chuck Turner and Charles Yancey
hosted the meeting, which filled the Piemonte Room. In Turner’s
introductory speech, he called for a grassroots mobilization demanding the
restoration of democracy in Haiti....
Culminating a years-long legal struggle and a week-long trial, on March 12 a
federal jury found the Secret Service had carried out a de facto arrest without
probable cause when agents dragged Indian-American Vijay Shah from a July 2004
protest march at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. Agents
handcuffed Shah, dragged him to a police car and took him to a police station
where he was held in handcuffs in a holding cell....
A spirited program addressing the tactics used by corporate media to undermine
Black radio was held in Philadelphia March 9. It was attended by activists
already involved in efforts to stem this tide and others concerned over how to
keep peoples’ news and culture alive and thriving....
Within a week after the March 5 mass demonstrations and general strike, tens of
thousands of angry Greek workers marched through Athens to protest austerity
measures enacted to reduce Greece’s debt. Riot police fired teargas as
demonstrators threw rocks and firebombs outside the Parliament building on
March 11....
Building a fightback to attacks on public education Larry Hales Larry Hales, a national leader of Fight Imperialism Stand Together (FIST), at the Workers World Forum Feb. 26 in NYC. Download MP3
Afghanistan: Nine years of war at $2 billion a week Sara Flounders Sara Flounders, co-coordinator, International Action Center, at the Workers World Forum Feb. 26 in NYC. Download MP3
Obama one year later Larry Holmes Larry Holmes speaking at the Workers World Forum Feb. 6 in NYC. Download MP3
On the March 4 Defend Education National Mobilization LeiLani Dowell LeiLani Dowell speaking at the Workers World Forum Feb. 6 in NYC. Download MP3
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