Labor Advocates Seek a New Way Forward for Workers

Tuesday evening, September 28th 2010; New and familiar faces from St. Louis’ activist and Labor Left alike came together at the Carpenter Library to hear an appeal from the Campaign for a Mass Party of Labor (CMPL) on the pressing need for a New Left political alignment in America to combat the rising tide of corporate power and poverty, and give real voice to America’s Working Class, minorities, immigrants and the oppressed alike....

Come celebrate the boldest moment in workers' history in the Greater St. Louis area, The General Strike of 1877, when everyday people ran our cities and workplaces on their own!

For more information on the General Strike of 1877, see Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1877_Sa...general_strike

or this excerpt from Howard Zinn's People's...

*STATEMENT OF RESIGNATION FROM THE IMT*


Dear Comrades,

We, the undersigned, have not taken the decision to leave the International
Marxist Tendency lightly.

The expulsion by the British central committee (CC) of Comrade Melanie
McDonald, a talented comrade who has given unbounded time, energy and
commitment to the organisation during the seven years she has been a member,
is, for us, proof positive that the leadership...

Wednesday, 03 March 2010
Written by Paul Joseph Poposky




In the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, both working families and the unemployed – whose numbers continue to defy economists’ calculations – are feeling the pinch of benefit cuts, wage freezes, forced furlough days, and austerity measures designed to gut social programs and government...

Written by Paul Joseph Poposky
Wednesday, January 27, 2010--Professor Howard Zinn, the Peoples' Historian, died of a heart attack today in Santa Monica, CA, where he was vacationing and preparing for his next round of public speaking engagements. At the age of 87, Zinn was one of the most recognizable names of the American left and a fixture in a wide array of struggles: from the women's liberation and civil rights movements to gay and lesbian rights and marriage equality, the anti-war...