Fuck Yeah Marxism-Leninism

A Communist should have largeness of mind and he should be staunch and active, looking upon the interests of the revolution as his very life and subordinating his personal interests to those of the revolution; always and everywhere he should adhere to principle and wage a tireless struggle against all incorrect ideas and actions, so as to consolidate the collective life of the Party and strengthen the ties between the Party and the masses; he should be more concerned about the Party and the masses than about any private person, and more concerned about others than about himself. Only thus can he be considered a Communist.
--Mao Zedong

Posts tagged solidarity.

Girl Expelled For Science Experiment Has Criminal Charges Dropped, Is Now Going To Space Camp

That turned out unexpectedly well.

We previously reported on the story of Florida high school student Kiera Wilmot. She was expelled from school and was meant to be brought up on criminal charges after producing a chemical reaction on school property. Wilmot was an exemplary student with no behavioral issues, and although no one was injured in the experiment, under the school’s code of conduct she was expelled and set to be charged with possession and discharge of a weapon and discharging a destructive device, a felony.

The event brought up serious issues of race as they pertain to the district and its police department and spurred a flurry of defense for 16-year-old Wilmot online, which included a petition to get the serious charges against her dropped. And we can now report they have been.

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Fidel, Hugo Chavez and Raul Castro

Fidel, Hugo Chavez and Raul Castro

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Cuba Celebrates Int'l Day against Homophobia

Havana, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is celebrating the International Day against Homophobia today with events around the country, where the sixth annual symposium against that discriminatory conduct is part of the activities scheduled for the month of May.

Mariela Castro, director of the National Sexual Education Center, stressed that there is political willingness in Cuba to defend the sexual rights of all citizens.

“We are working to change consciousness and legitimize those rights. Laws do not guarantee human rights on their own; they must be backed by political will, but above all by a transformation in social consciousness,” she said.

Community panels, marches, theatrical plays, and cultural galas celebrating respect for diversity are platforms that help bring people closer to that reality, which touches everyone, whether in the neighborhood or within their own family.

It was on this date that the General Assembly of the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and other Health Problems.

Cuba Celebrates Int'l Day against Homophobia

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Today in history: May 17, 2011 - Los Angeles County SWAT team and the FBI raid the home of long-time Chicano movement leader Carlos Montes as part of FBI-directed repression against anti-war and international solidarity activists. They crashed his door down at 5:00 a.m., with automatic assault rifles drawn, almost killing him. After arresting him, an FBI agent tried to question Montes about his political affiliations.
Facing 6 serious felonies with a possible prison time of up to 18 years, a national campaign was launched to drop the charges against Carlos Montes. The campaign resulted in victory — Carlos didn’t go to prison and has continued his work fighting for immigrant rights, education rights, Chicano liberation, and an end to political repression and U.S. wars and occupations. Stay up with the ongoing fight to stop FBI repression against 23 other anti-war activists by liking the Committee to Stop FBI Repression.
Read more here
Via Freedom Road Socialist Organization (Fight Back!)

Today in history: May 17, 2011 - Los Angeles County SWAT team and the FBI raid the home of long-time Chicano movement leader Carlos Montes as part of FBI-directed repression against anti-war and international solidarity activists. They crashed his door down at 5:00 a.m., with automatic assault rifles drawn, almost killing him. After arresting him, an FBI agent tried to question Montes about his political affiliations.

Facing 6 serious felonies with a possible prison time of up to 18 years, a national campaign was launched to drop the charges against Carlos Montes. The campaign resulted in victory — Carlos didn’t go to prison and has continued his work fighting for immigrant rights, education rights, Chicano liberation, and an end to political repression and U.S. wars and occupations. Stay up with the ongoing fight to stop FBI repression against 23 other anti-war activists by liking the Committee to Stop FBI Repression.

Via Freedom Road Socialist Organization (Fight Back!)

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“Between the landowner and the Indigenous, I prefer the Indigenous.” - Hugo Chavez
Sabino lives! The struggle continues
Billboard in honor of Venezuelan Indigenous leader Sabino Romero

“Between the landowner and the Indigenous, I prefer the Indigenous.” - Hugo Chavez

Sabino lives! The struggle continues

Billboard in honor of Venezuelan Indigenous leader Sabino Romero

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Brooklyn, NY: “No contract, no work, no peace!” Legal Service workers’ strike, May 17, 2013.
Here’s the wonderful Legal Service Staff Association (LSSA) crew I picketed with this morning. They were outside Legal Services NYC at 1360 Fulton Street in Brooklyn. It’s a small shop of a dozen people working in the heart of the communities they serve. If you’d like to support them, they are picketing this afternoon from 4:30 to 6 pm and Monday from 8:30 to 10 am.
Photo and report by redguard

Brooklyn, NY: “No contract, no work, no peace!” Legal Service workers’ strike, May 17, 2013.

Here’s the wonderful Legal Service Staff Association (LSSA) crew I picketed with this morning. They were outside Legal Services NYC at 1360 Fulton Street in Brooklyn. It’s a small shop of a dozen people working in the heart of the communities they serve. If you’d like to support them, they are picketing this afternoon from 4:30 to 6 pm and Monday from 8:30 to 10 am.

Photo and report by redguard

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Today in history: May 16, 1934 - The Minneapolis General Strike of 1934 begins. It grew out of a strike by Teamsters against most of the trucking companies operating in Minneapolis, a major distribution center for the Upper Midwest. The strike began on May 16 in the Market District (the modern day Warehouse District) and the conflict lasted periodically throughout the summer. The strike paved the way for the organization of over-the-road drivers and the growth of the Teamsters union, as well as making Minneapolis a union town. The 1934 Minneapolis strike along with the 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike and the 1934 Toledo Auto-Lite Strike were key catalysts for the rise of industrial unionism in the 1930s.
(image: open battle between striking teamsters and the police in the streets of Minneapolis)
Via Freedom Road Socialist Organization (Fight Back!)
“Teamster Rebellion” by Farrell Dobbs should be required reading for every communist. Unfortunately the U.S. SWP hoards its copyrights worse than the RIAA so it can’t be found online. But definitely worth looking for a used copy.

Today in history: May 16, 1934 - The Minneapolis General Strike of 1934 begins. It grew out of a strike by Teamsters against most of the trucking companies operating in Minneapolis, a major distribution center for the Upper Midwest. The strike began on May 16 in the Market District (the modern day Warehouse District) and the conflict lasted periodically throughout the summer. The strike paved the way for the organization of over-the-road drivers and the growth of the Teamsters union, as well as making Minneapolis a union town. The 1934 Minneapolis strike along with the 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike and the 1934 Toledo Auto-Lite Strike were key catalysts for the rise of industrial unionism in the 1930s.

(image: open battle between striking teamsters and the police in the streets of Minneapolis)

Via Freedom Road Socialist Organization (Fight Back!)

“Teamster Rebellion” by Farrell Dobbs should be required reading for every communist. Unfortunately the U.S. SWP hoards its copyrights worse than the RIAA so it can’t be found online. But definitely worth looking for a used copy.

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LIKE & SHARE to show your support for our sisters and brothers at Legal Services Staff Association, NOLSW/UAW Local 2320 that went on strike after working almost a year without a contract. Watch a great video of the workers explaining why they are striking here, http://www.bit.ly/104t5Z4.For more information on the strike and list of picket locations please visit the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO page at http://www.bit.ly/10u5l3t.

LIKE & SHARE to show your support for our sisters and brothers at Legal Services Staff Association, NOLSW/UAW Local 2320 that went on strike after working almost a year without a contract.

Watch a great video of the workers explaining why they are striking here, http://www.bit.ly/104t5Z4.

For more information on the strike and list of picket locations please visit the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO page at http://www.bit.ly/10u5l3t.

New York City: More than 200 striking members of the Legal Services Staff Association (LSSA) and supporters picket outside the main office of Legal Services NYC, May 16, 2013.

Members of the Legal Services Staff Association (LSSA), the union representing over 200 attorneys, paralegals, secretaries, process servers, and other professionals employed with Legal Services NYC (LSNYC), today rejected management’s contract proposal which demanded unprecedented cuts to health care and retirement benefits. Employees at LSNYC, the nation’s largest provider of low-income civil legal services, are on strike for the first time in nearly 20 years.

Read more here about the issues behind the strike.

Photos by redguard

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New York City: More than 200 striking members of the Legal Services Staff Association (LSSA) and supporters picket outside the main office of Legal Services NYC, May 16, 2013.

Members of the Legal Services Staff Association (LSSA), the union representing over 200 attorneys, paralegals, secretaries, process servers, and other professionals employed with Legal Services NYC (LSNYC), today rejected management’s contract proposal which demanded unprecedented cuts to health care and retirement benefits. Employees at LSNYC, the nation’s largest provider of low-income civil legal services, are on strike for the first time in nearly 20 years.

Read more here about the issues behind the strike.

Photos by redguard

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