The struggle by women to stop being treated as men’s property and sexual objects has finally surfaced in the U.S. military. What once was totally swept under the rug — that women, and some men, face a high risk of being sexually assaulted while on duty — has now surfaced to such an extent that [...]
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Military sexual assault: Break the chains of command!
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Deirdre Griswold May 22, 2013 » Add the second comment.
‘Why we are marching’
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Deirdre Griswold May 8, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Workers World Editor Deirdre Griswold spoke with women in three cities who will be participating in the Poor People’s March from Baltimore to Washington, D.C., on May 11-13. Here’s why they’re taking part in this important activity. Barbara Kauffman, Baltimore: “We hope to make change so we can better things for everyone. All type of [...]
Marxism, capitalism and the environment
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Deirdre Griswold April 29, 2013 » Add the second comment.
Below is a talk on Marxism and the environment given by Workers World Editor Deirdre Griswold to a Workers World Party forum in New York on April 26, 2013. Karl Marx and Frederick Engels wrote a century and a half ago. Climate change is a modern problem. So why do we say that Marxism is [...]
Thatcher and Gorbachev: Her other anti-worker legacy
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Deirdre Griswold April 17, 2013 » Add the first comment.
The role of Margaret Thatcher as Britain’s Ronald Reagan — that is, as a reactionary head of state who unleashed an assault on unions and the working class in general — is widely understood. Despite all the usual efforts made by the capitalist media to create an atmosphere of mourning when one of their own [...]
¡Otra guerra No! Pentágono fuera de Corea
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Deirdre Griswold April 10, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Por segundo mes consecutivo, decenas de miles de tropas de Estados Unidos y Corea del sur están realizando ataques simulados contra la República Popular Democrática de Corea, Corea del norte. Por primera vez durante estos “ejercicios” anuales designados como “Key Resolve” y “Foal Eagle”, bombarderos B-2 con capacidad nuclear volaron de Missouri a Corea del [...]
Not another war! Pentagon out of Korea
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Deirdre Griswold April 2, 2013 » Add the second comment.
For a second month, tens of thousands of U.S. and south Korean troops are carrying out simulated assaults on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea — north Korea. For the first time during these annual “exercises,” designated as Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, nuclear-capable B-2 bombers flew from Missouri to south Korea and back in [...]
Wars are bankrupting U.S.
A new study has proved what many suspected: The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been the most expensive in U.S. history, and will continue to drain the budget for decades to come. “The Financial Legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan: How Wartime Spending Decisions Will Constrain Future National Security Budgets,” prepared by Linda J. Bilmes [...]
What the Troika did to Cyprus: Robbing depositors & calling it a ‘rescue’
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Deirdre Griswold April 1, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Cyprus is a small island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea with an economy valued at less than 1 percent of Europe’s total. Yet what has just happened to Cyprus has dire implications for people wherever bankers rule the roost — which is the entire capitalist world. The big imperialist banks of Europe have forced [...]
Detrás de la selección de un nuevo Papa
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Deirdre Griswold March 26, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Hay muchas religiones en los Estados Unidos y también un gran número de personas que no profesan religión alguna. Los esfuerzos de la Iglesia Católica para negar a sus miembros el derecho al control de la natalidad, al divorcio y al aborto, han llevado a muchos/as a abandonar su rebaño. La insistencia de la jerarquía [...]
Behind the selection of a new Pope
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Deirdre Griswold March 19, 2013 » Add the first comment.
There are many different religions in the United States and also a large number of people who adhere to no religion. The Catholic Church’s efforts to deny its members the right to birth control, divorce and abortion have caused many to leave its fold. The hierarchy’s insistence that women cannot be priests and their opposition [...]
