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[BBC Photo, March 22 Protest Against the Imperialist Attack on Libya, Philippines]

US / UN / NATO Hands off Libya!

End US Support for Dictatorships Across the Middle East and North Africa!

U.S. Out of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan!

We, the International League of Peoples’ Struggle, express our most militant greetings to women all over the world and join you in the celebration of the centennial of the International Women’s Day. The history and current trend of militant women’s struggle must be highlighted in the midst of the global depression and chaos that pervade the various regions of the world today.

Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate voted Wednesday night to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers after discovering a way to bypass the chamber's missing Democrats.

Rochester, N.Y. — Over a hundred people came out this afternoon for a rally in support of Wisconsin workers and workers’ rights in the United States, held outside Rochester City Hall. Union and non-union workers alike held signs with statements such as “Stop the attack on public workers” and “Banks ruined America; unions built America.” They chanted, “We are one

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WHERE: Rochester City Hall
WHEN: March 2nd, 4:30pm

In the past week tens of thousands of protestors have rallied and occupied the state capitol in Madison, Wisconsin.

These protestors are reacting to a union-busting bill that would take away the right of public workers to collectively bargain. What the republicans of Wisconsin didn't expect was the overwhelming public support that these public workers would receive.

Much to the jubilation of the throngs of demonstrators in Egypt Hosni Mubarak has announced his resignation, handing his powers to the army. The strongman who just a few hours before wanted to be the defender of the constitution and the ultimate bulwark against the “chaos”, has thus ratified a kind of cold coup d'Etat .

February 16, 2011
Workers demonstrate inside the State Capitol, Madison, Wis., Feb. 15, 2011.

Some ten thousand workers and their supporters demonstrated at the Capitol in Madison, Wis., on Feb. 15 and 16 to protest Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to take away state employees’ collective bargaining rights. Signs held by protesters stated: “From Cairo to Madison Workers Unite.”

Mimi Soltysik says building the membership within the Socialist Party of California is his primary goal for 2011. “I am looking for people who are ready for change; the unemployed, college students paying too much for tuitions, seniors who a struggling to survive, anti-Democrats and anti-Republicans, the anti-capitalists and those willing to join the struggle to end U.S. imperialism. My request is simple, Join Us.”

Alexander says he has a plan that will create employment for working people; he refers to his plan as “A Better Deal.” Alexander’s plan would create employment in housing restoring existing homes and building low income housing; automobile manufacturing building electric cars and light rail automobiles; building mass transportation; and repairing the nation’s infrastructure. Establishing a Universal Basic Income (UBI) is one unique element of A Better Deal. Alexander is proposing a UBI that will help to relieve poverty and homelessness.