Posts by: CWG-USA

EGYPT: Discussion Statement of the FLTI August 17th

The revolutionary process in Egypt faces the counter-revolutionary reaction of the SCAF  (which has been and remains the main enemy and conduit of US imperialist program of attacks) against  the toiling masses the ‘exploited ones’ whose liberation demands  an  independent course through which the working class takes leadership of the revolution,  only then can the nation conquer bread,…

For International Labor Defense of Egyptian Workers!

On August 12th, two Egyptian trade-union leaders, Amr Yousef and Abdel-Raouf Abdel-Khaleq, of the Suez steelworker’s strike were arrested as the army laid siege to the factory where the strikers were holding a sit-in.  The MENA Solidarity Network[i] has appealed for international solidarity with the detained workers and in defense of the strikers.  The international…

NO TO ZANU PF DICTATORSHIP! NO TO PASSIVE RESISTANCE!

  NO TO ZANU PF DICTATORSHIP! NO TO PASSIVE RESISTANCE! BUILD RANK AND FILE UNIONS TO CALL FOR A CONGRESS OF WORKERS! FORWARD TO A GENERAL STRIKE TO CONQUER OUR DEMANDS! FORM A WORKERS PARTY AND BREAK WITH THE POPULAR FRONT! The elections held on the 31st resulted in  a landslide victory for ZANU PF…

Labor makes a stand – first in Wisconsin, now BART

The CWG reprints this opinion article by retired OEA teacher and Bay Area activist the author is not a member or supporter of the CWG.  With multiple public workers unions out of contract in the Bay Area and numberous State workers unions also out of contract  a united General Strike is objectively called for if…

Interview: Greek Trotskyist facing charges by Nazis

Reposted from  https://linksunten.indymedia.org/de/node/91006Verfasst von: Wladek Flakin (RIO) (Benutzerkonto: Wladek). Übersetzt The CWG advocates for and joins in the international campaign to defend workers and revolutionary militants from the fascists and the state.  Below the interview we reprint the statement of the RCIT and petition for Michael-Matsas   von: Wladek Flakin (RIO) (Benutzerkonto: Wladek). Verfasst am: 19.07.2013 – 12:25. A Greek Trotskyist…

The BART STRIKE: LESSONS FOR PUBLIC WORKERS

  The BART strike lasted barely a week before the leadership made a tactical retreat, or was it a strategic collapse in the first place?   The BART board came in swinging and provoked the strike by engaging the non-starter union smashing Viola corporation to negotiate for them.  Highly underreported, these thugs came into negotiations…

SLAVE WAGES ARE NO JOKE

The old joke goes “God must love the poor-he’s made so many of them. ” Today the joke goes, “The Walton family (owners of Wal-Mart) must love the poor…..” Mocking real workers while promoting their corporate image, these slave-wage employers peddle self-aggrandizing mythologies. By their furnishing supplementary income for the retired or ‘pin-money’ for the…