The extravagant NATO Summit scheduled for May 20 and 21 in Chicago has made it necessary to restate a Marxist, working-class understanding of the role of violence in capitalist society....
Despite the fear-mongering and violence baiting, the momentum behind the anti-NATO protests in Chicago May 20 continues to grow. Thousands are scheduled to travel from around the U.S. and the world to participate in opposing NATO’s support of the 1%, including Occupy Wall Street activists.
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As Egyptians prepare for the first round of national presidential elections on May 23-24, the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has enacted a series of repressive measures. ...
It is a tremendous step forward for the workers and the oppressed that May Day, International Workers Day, has been revived in the country of its origin....
Across the United States, tens of thousands of workers, students, youth, immigrants and oppressed peoples took part in marches, rallies and other actions to commemorate May Day — International Workers’ Day — on May 1. ...
The capitalist media worldwide have given a resounding show of support for the cause of Chen Guangcheng, a sightless dissident activist and pawn of U.S. intelligence who was smuggled into the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on April 27.
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