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People's Weekly World Launches New Websites
Our fraternal newspaper, the People's Weekly World, has redesigned their website, http://pww.org. It now features daily online articles, multimedia, and even a blog! We hope you'll consider making the PWW/NM your daily home for progressive news and views.
Halting the Decline of Britain's Manufacturing Industry
By Jerry Jones Economic Committee Communist Party of Britain First published September 2005 Contents Preface 1. The decline of Britain's manufacturing industries 2. Why manufacturing matters 3. Why Britain's manufacturing performance is poor compared with other advanced countries 4. Why the current free-for-all relocation of manufacturing to less developed countries is unsustainable 5. What the government should be doing 6. What trade unions should be doing 7. Conclusion and Summary...
Think Tank Transportation
Tuesday I went to the Intl Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) library, spoke with the librarian and did some research. At this point, Im able to write about two aspects relating to the question I took on: that is, transportation generally and particularly developments at U.S. ports in determining a progressive industrial policy. For the labor commission next month, after I read the materials I got from the library and...
Green Economy & Green Jobs, an overview
As concern has grown both over the consequences of global warming and over the loss of well-paying manufacturing jobs in the U.S., much attention has begun to be focused on the green economy and green jobs.
Revolt with a Vote
As of this writing, the Republicans have settled on their nominee, and the U.S. is still in the midst of a Democratic primary race that has energized and mobilized millions of people, especially youth, across the country. In state primary after state primary, record numbers of people have come out to vote, or caucus, to add their voice to the millions debating the question: Who will be the Democratic presidential...
UNITY & THE STRUGGLE OF POLITICS
Erica Smiley's Bi-Annual Report to the National Council April 12-13, 2008; Chicago, IL POLITICAL CLIMATE There are so many things I could talk about right now with regards to the state of education, jobs, housing, and the on-going occupation in Iraq. But these days it would be difficult to mention these things without first discussing the 2008 elections.
Manufacturing USA
Can there be a restoration and even an increase in the role and prominence of US manufacturing in the context of capitalist globalization today?
Global Warming Report to March 2008 NC
Global warming is not just an inconvenient truth. The result of ignoring the root causes will be much more than inconvenient. Or else understanding the root causes and other major environmental problems can lead to revolutionary truth.
New Times, New Opportunities
'The clearest expression of this developing movement pivots around the candidacy of Barack Obama, whose inspirational message and politics have captured the imagination of millions. So much so that many commentators and politicians use the words 'transformational' or 'transforming' to describe his candidacy that is, a candidacy capable of assembling a broad peoples majority to reconfigure the terms and terrain of politics in this country in a fundamental way.'
A Labor and People's Landslide is Necessary and Possible
'A landslide vote that changes control of the White House and improves the balance of forces in the House and Senate and in the states will create a new political dynamic in our country and the possibility to win gains far beyond the current platform of either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.'