No Libyans allowed at ANSWER Libya Forum

Clay Claiborne, who I know from the anti-war days in L.A., details the pinheaded ANSWER Coalition and their physically blocking Libyans from entering their Libya forum. Yes, you read that right.

Because, you see, for PSL (the Marxist party that controls ANSWER), it always about them and nothing else. Further, if the US ever [...]

Guide to Marxism 2010

Harry’s Place gets seriously snarky about the upcoming Marxism 2010 conference in London sponsored by the Socialist Workers Party UK (who AFAIK aren’t speaking to the US Socialist Workers Party, which certainly demonstrates one of the points Harry’s Place is making)

If you’re planning on going to Marxism 2010, and trying to decide which meetings [...]

Deepwater lesson: Expropriate the expropriators

MRzine hopes the Gulf oil spill can be a way for the socialist left to get some points across. And in the process shows how the left continues to isolate itself.

Amidst mass capital-imposed structural unemployment and ever-escalating environmental collapse, the ongoing epic British Petroleum-Deepwater Horizon spill — more than 40 million gallons and counting [...]

The Worst of Left Forum 2010

Joseph Proudhon

I spent the past weekend filming and tabling at Left Forum in NYC. It was one of the largest Left Forum’s ever with over 700 speakers and a wide range of panels.

As with any event like this the tough part is deciding on which panels to attend. Many friends and comrades [...]

Anti-imperialism: Yet another statist ideology

Anti-statism refers to opposition to state intervention into personal, social or economic affairs. — Wikipedia.

Anarchy Magazine on anti-imperialism.

Anti-Imperialism remains attractive to Leftists precisely because it mandates that anti-imps support whatever Popular Front-type formation happens to be in an antagonistic relationship toward a chosen imperial state; thus it requires little in the way [...]