MHI Editorial
Political Turmoil and Economic Crisis
May 9, 2012
François Hollande, elected to the presidency of France on May 6, was the first candidate of the Socialist Party to win that post in 24 years. And the Greek electorate dealt a crushing blow to the conservative New Democracy Party as well as the social democratic PASOK. A party to its left, SYRIZA, which opposes the agreement to restructure Greece’s sovereign debt and the associated austerity measures, came in second to New Democracy in the election and is now trying to put together a coalition government after New Democracy was unable to do so.
These developments may seem to be indicative of a shift to the left, but they are not. We need to be oppressively aware of the upsurge in popularity that the racist right-wing and even fascists are enjoying.
Plea from Iraq to Protest the Massacre of LGBT People
March 13, 2012Dear Friends, We are writing you regarding the massacre against LGBT people in Iraq that started in Baghdad on February 6 and continues to be escalated. The victims will reach one hundred soon and the government has not only turned a blind eye but denies it altogether. We are working on...
Read MoreWomen’s March Deepens Egypt’s Continuing Revolution
February 20, 2012by Samah Selim The huge December 20 women’s demonstration against Egypt’s military rulers and the brutalization of women protesters seemed to come out of the blue. I saw a notice on Facebook less than 24-hours beforehand. It wasn’t really organized, but arose spontaneously in the...
Read MoreOppose Both U.S. and Iranian Governments!
February 9, 2012MHI members in New York joined a Feb. 4 rally and march against U.S. sanctions and threats of war against Iran—but we went with a statement opposing Iran’s government as well as our own. Our flier was aimed at those anti-war and left groups who insist on not talking about the Iranian...
Read MoreNew Book: The Failure of Capitalist Production
November 9, 2011
The Failure of Capitalist Production: Underlying Causes of the Great Recession
by Andrew Kliman
Published by Pluto Press, November 2011
Paperback / 256pp. / ISBN-13: 978-0745332390
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