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A broad movement for democracy and equality is reshaping political life in our country. Women are at the forefront of this movement--not just doing the ‘heavy lifting’, but giving political leadership.
The following are two excerpts from Chinese President Hu Jintao's speech on the occassion of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.
1. Although Americans have long been taught that they live in a two party "middle class society", the first labor parties in the world were founded in c New York and Philadelphia in the 1830s. 2. As the industrial labor movement developed in the later 19th century, conditions in the U.S. were different than in many European countries because d Capitalists could and did use racism, ethnic divisions, industrial...
The Trump administration is a clear and present danger to humanity.
Capitalism's democratic deficits, and the "plus" needed to increase political participation.
Building the working-class and democratic movements — and building the party — remain key to fighting the fascist danger.
The ruling class is a social actor bent on undermining democracy.
Amid capitalism's deep systemic crisis, the socialist moments of the past must be combined with the class and democratic struggles of the present.
The crisis in the state consists in the degree to which norms of government have broken down.