Vote NO on Proposition 28 — Term limits Limit of 8 years (senate)/6 years (assembly) replaced with 12-year limit on combined service. Socialists approach the elections differently than liberals or conservatives, Democrats or Republicans. Under the electoral system we have today, big business rules the roost. The political system is stacked in favor of big business, [...]
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Workers Action: Who We Are
Workers Action
Our aim above all is to encourage working people to unite and put up a fight in order to defend and improve our standard of living and to create a far more just, rational, and economically viable economy to replace capitalism, which has thrown billions of people into poverty and is destroying the planet. This [...]
New Features of the New Website
Workers Action
If you have been visiting Workersompass.org, you’ll notice many new features on our redesigned site. Here’s a quick tour of them. If you have questions or comments or complaints, please let the webmaster, Adam, know by sending a message click here. 1. Re-post or email any article. You can automatically repost any of our articles onto Facebook, [...]
An Afternoon with Leon Trotsky’s Grandson
Adam Richmond
On Sunday, February 13, 2011 over 175 people attended a San Francisco Bay Area fundraising event for the Leon Trotsky Museum,located in the Coyoacan area of Mexico City, and was sponsored by Bay Area Supporters of International Friends of the Leon Trotsky Museum.This fundraiser was the first public speaking event by Esteban Volkov, Trotsky’s [...]
A Statement Issued by National Assembly to End the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars & Occupations
Workers Action
As of January 3, the Israeli bombing and invasion of Gaza has killed over 450 Palestinians – the largest number of people killed by Israel in such a short time in decades. 1,600 more have been wounded, an overwhelming number of whom are civilians – women, children and the elderly. The massing of soldiers and [...]
Our Reply to the IMT
Workers Action
Our Reply To The International Marxist Tendency’s Contribution To The Trade Union Discussion Conducted Within The Workers International League In the fall of 2008, members of the Workers International League (WIL) engaged in a lengthy discussion over trade union tactics in relation to a Portland comrade whose union was in the process of negotiating a [...]
Workers Action Statement of Principles
Workers Action
We believe that nothing short of a socialist revolution, where the working class holds state power through institutions of its own creation, is capable of solving the problems that plague the working class, problems such as unemployment, a falling standard of living, imperialist wars, racial and sexual discrimination, the destruction of the environment, and a [...]
History of Workers Action: Why We Left the WIL
Workers Action
Why We Left the Workers International League Introduction The entire Portland branch and the majority of the San Francisco branch recently submitted our resignations to the Workers International League (WIL). Many of us joined the WIL over two years ago because of our fundamental agreement with the International Marxist Tendency’s (IMT) analysis of the Venezuelan [...]
History of Workers Action: Record of Discussion (full version)
Workers Action
Workers Action Record of Discussion Trade Union Question inside the Workers International League September 7-25, 2008 The entire Portland branch and the majority of the San Francisco branch recently submitted our resignations to the Workers International League (WIL). Many of us joined the WIL over two years ago because of our fundamental agreement with the [...]
History of Workers Action: Trade Union Question Inside the WIL
Workers Action
Record of Discussion Trade Union Question inside the Workers International League September 7 to 25, 2008 The entire Portland branch and the majority of the San Francisco branch recently submitted our resignations to the Workers International League (WIL). Many of us joined the WIL over two years ago because of our fundamental agreement with the International [...]
Discussion of the Cindy Sheehan Flier
Workers Action
List of Documents Text of the San Francisco Branch Cindy Sheehan Flier The Executive Committee’s (EC) Response to the SF Branch Flier The SFWIL’S Response to the EC’s Criticisms of the Cindy Sheehan Flier _________________________________ 1. Cindy Sheehan for Congress Campaign Flier Debate inside the Workers International League CINDY SHEEHAN FOR CONGRESS PEOPLE BEFORE POLITICS Cindy Sheehan [...]
Statement of Principles
Workers Action
We believe that nothing short of a socialist revolution, where the working class holds state power through institutions of its own creation, is capable of solving the problems that plague the working class, problems such as unemployment, a falling standard of living, imperialist wars, racial and sexual discrimination, the destruction of the environment, and a [...]
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On the Impotence of the Progressive Movement
Revealed: how the FBI coordinated the crackdown on Occupy
Bradley Manning is off limits at SF Gay Pride parade, but corporate sleaze is embraced
Cutting Social Security–More than a Bad Idea
The Forgotten Radical History of the March on Washington
Freedom Rider: Obama and the Class War- Hong Kong Dockworkers Strike Attracts Huge Solidarity
Understanding the Venezuelan Presidential Election Outcome
