Revolution

Making ‘Our Revolution’ Ours

September 4, 2016 John Atcheson, www.commondreams.org Educate! Hillary Clinton, Political Parties, Revolution, Wars and Militarism

By John Atcheson for Common Dreams. One of the most remarkable things about Sanders’ campaign was how it electrified the young, reinvigorated progressives, and forced Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party to lurch desperately to the left. Of course, once she got the nomination, she wasted no time in tacking back to the right of center and doing what Democrats have always done – assuming that progressives would fall in line because there was nowhere else to go. But the level of support Sanders got from those under 45 was unprecedented. If that support can be consolidated and mobilized, the future belongs to progressives, and more importantly, the ideals of progressivism. Which makes getting Our Revolution right, all the more important. Unfortunately, the launch failed to ignite the same passion and commitment that Sanders’ campaign did.

Tribute To Fidel Castro On His 90th Birthday

August 16, 2016 Dan Kovalik, www.counterpunch.org Educate! Cuba, Revolution

By Dan Kovalik for Counter Punch - On Saturday, August 13, the world will celebrate the 90th birthday of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro Ruz, the only individual ever to be acknowledged by the UN as a “World Hero of Solidarity.” It is very hard to think of a more important world leader than Fidel. The contribution he has made to the world socialist movement, to the Third World liberation struggle and to social justice has been monumental – especially when one considers that he has been the leader of a tiny country with roughly the same population as New York City.

GoFundMe: The People’s Convention Needs Space

July 7, 2016 Staff, www.gofundme.com Create! Democracy, Philadelphia, Revolution

By Staff of Popular Resistance - The People’s Convention is where people eager to reclaim their democracy will join together to unite behind a common policy framework, rather than a personality or party. This one day event will take place on July 23rd at the historic Arch Street Meeting House (ASMH) in Philadelphia. Organizers from around the country will be in attendance in order to ratify a People's Platform, participate in movement building exercises and to discuss next steps for the political revolution spearheaded by Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign.

Why Sanders “Revolution” Must Take On Permanent War State

July 2, 2016 Gareth Porter, www.truth-out.org Organize! Bernie Sanders, Revolution, United States

By Gareth Porter for Truthout - The People's Summit in Chicago June 17-19 dramatically displayed both the strengths and the vulnerabilities of what has emerged in 2016 as one of the most potentially powerful movements for fundamental change in the United States in many decades. The event, which brought together 3,000 committed movement activists to rally in support of the "political revolution" given impetus by Bernie Sanders' campaign, was an opportunity to ensure that the movement will not dissipate in the wake of Hillary Clinton's clinching the Democratic nomination.

How Do We Organize A Hundred Million. Part 4: Transformation And Reconstruction

June 27, 2016 Richard Moser, www.befreedom.co Strategize! Karl Marx, Revolution

By Richard Moser for Be Freedom - To organize millions, the revolution has to create, not destroy. Truly massive movements take shape around affirmations of goodness most powerfully represented by the promise of universal values. Our task is to fulfill this promise, recognizing that we doom our efforts to win people’s support and allegiance if we too often rely solely on criticism, resistance, and opposition. It is far, far better thing that we be authors of a new world rather than critics of the old one.

Eyewitness Tells How U.S. Ambassador Instigated “Revolution” In Syria

June 23, 2016 Staff, www.informationclearinghouse.info Resist! Revolution, Syria

By Staff of Moon Of Alabama - S. Rifai, also known as @THE_47th, is a Syrian "activist" from Homs. He was involved since early 2011 when the U.S. Ambassador Robert Ford (@fordrs58) fomented the "revolution" in Syria. He has since tweeted about the "revolution" and has shown lots of insider knowledge. Below S. Rifai corrects the U.S. propaganda record. The former ambassador Ford allegedly had a hand in last weeks "dissident" letter by some State Department employees.

Safe States, Inside-Outside & Other Liberal Illusions

June 19, 2016 Howie Hawkins, www.counterpunch.org Strategize! 2016 Elections, Democrats, Revolution, third parties

By Howie Hawkins for Counterpunch. Bernie Sanders is on his way to an endorsement of Hillary Clinton, the candidate of War, Wall Street, and Wal-Mart. Sanders ran as a New Deal Democrat, but he will soon be campaigning for a plain old corporate New Democrat. To keep his troops engaged through this transition, Sanders will stage a few rules and platform fights at the convention. But rule changes are irrelevant to the real party power structure of candidate organizations and their corporate investors. Any platform planks won will be irrelevant as well. No corporate Democrat will feel bound by them. Faced with that demoralizing prospect, some Sanders supporters are recycling failed old strategies in an attempt to salvage Sanders’ “political revolution” without opposing the Democratic Party.

In Uruguay: March Of Silence For South America’s Martyrs

June 9, 2016 Andre Vltchek, www.rt.com Resist! Latin America, March, Revolution, South America

By Andre Vltchek for RT - They were marching shoulder-to-shoulder, young and old, in absolute silence. Some were carrying small placards with names and photos of their loved ones, who disappeared four decades ago, during the pro-Western dictatorship here in Uruguay. The entire center of Montevideo came to a standstill. Blocks and blocks of this marvelous city were literally inundated by the river consisting of human bodies.

Republican National Convention Perfect Place To ‘Cause Ruckus’

June 5, 2016 Chad Childers, www.loudwire.com Resist! 2016 Elections, Music, Politics, Revolution

By Chad Childers for Loudwire.com. Prophets of Rage have played their first show in Los Angeles, with their second scheduled to take place Friday night (June 3) at the Hollywood Palladium, but what happens after that? Determined that their music is needed now more than ever, the collective of Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk, Public Enemy’s Chuck D and DJ Lord and Cypress Hill’s B-Real will take their music to where it’s needed most. When asked about what the band was doing in July, Morello told Bloomberg Politics (in the video interview above), “Well there a thing called the Republican National Convention in July and that’ll be a perfect place for a band like Prophets of Rage to cause a ruckus and we will be there on the streets in the fields and in the concert hall.”

Newsletter – US Democracy Crisis: Illegitimate System

June 4, 2016 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www,.popularresistance.org Newsletter 2016 Elections, Corruption, Democracy, oligarchy, Plutocracy, Revolution, TPP, Transparency

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers. Two years ago we wrote that the task of the movement is to build national consensus. We have shown in previous articles that national consensus is being reached on many issues, but the government is not responding to the public consensus. We have also reported on research that shows the US is really an oligarchy operating in the worst democracy in the western world. The government's lack of responsiveness to the people and elected officials who fail to represent the people’s views are resulting in a crisis of democracy. This week the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs reported on that crisis. They found the legitimacy of US government has disappeared

Media Blackout As France Witnesses Biggest Revolution In 200 Years

June 4, 2016 Sean Adl-Tabatabai, www.yournewswire.com Resist! France, Revolution

By Sean Adl-Tabatabai for Your News Wire - The first collaborative protest against the Socialist government since Hollande came to power in 2012, kicked off on 9 March. On March 31, nearly 400,000 people took to the streets, disagreeing with the sweeping changes to labor laws; though organizers put the number at 1.2 million. On April 9, about 120,000 people marched in Paris and across France for a sixth time, protesting against contested labor reforms. Organizers called for yet another strike on April 28, and a massive protest on May 1, Labor Day.

Want People’s Revolution? Support People’s Convention

June 3, 2016 Steven D, www.caucus99percent.com Create! Philadelphia, Revolution

By Steven D for Caucus 99 Percent - The Democratic National Convention starts on July 24, 2016. But it's not the only convention in Philly. And it with won't be the only organization voting on a platform. Because if you want a platform for real progressives (and not the once every four year ones) to run on, you should ask the people what they want and let them vote on it. And that is exactly what The People's Convention, to be held in the historic Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia on July 23rd, is all about.

What If Revolution Were More Than A Campaign Slogan?

June 2, 2016 David Swanson, www.davidswanson.org Strategize! Books, Revolution

By David Swanson for LTD - Ahmed Salah's new book, You Are Under Arrest for Master Minding the Egyptian Revolution (a Memoir), early on characterizes its own title as an exaggeration, but over the course of the book works to substantiate it. Salah was indeed as involved as anyone in building public momentum in Egypt over a period of years, culminating in the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, though all of his accounts of in-fighting among various activist groups necessarily have other accounts from each individual involved.

South Africa’s EFF: Julius Malema And Struggle To Continue Revolution

June 2, 2016 Marsha Cole, www.blackagendareport.com Resist! Revolution, South Africa

By Marsha Cole for Black Agenda Report - For many South Africans, Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters are the answer to the neoliberal policies of the ruling African National Congress. The EFF charges that the ANC transitioned the country “from one phase of apartheid to another, neo-colonial phase where the majority of blacks are poorer than ever.” The Freedom Charter, says Malema, is “the bible” of the South African revolution. “Any deviation from that is a sellout position.”

How The Syrian Revolution Has Transformed Me

May 21, 2016 Budour Hassan, www.budourhassan.wordpress.com Resist! Revolution, Syria

By Budour Hassan for Random Shelling - The world revolves around Palestine, or so I thought until 2011. The Palestinian cause, I argued, was the litmus test for anyone’s commitment to freedom and justice. Palestine was the one and only compass that must guide any Arab revolution. Whether a regime is good or bad should be judged, first and foremost, based on its stance from the Palestinian cause. Every event should somehow be viewed through a Palestinian lens. The Arab people have failed us, and we inspired the entire world with our resistance.

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