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March-April 2010 News & Letters

The March-April 2010 issue of News & Letters is now available on line.

Lead: Haiti's earthquake reveals living roots of revolution

In Haiti there has been remarkable solidarity and self-organization among people forced to take on the tasks which the government abandoned.

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Editorial: Limits of workers' patience

The frustrations, despair, fear and anger among a growing number of workers keep increasing as unemployment continues to rise despite economists' claims of economic recovery.

From the Writings of Raya Dunayevskaya: Foundations of Marxist-Humanism

After publishing Rosa Luxemburg, Women's Liberation, and Marx's Philosophy of Revolution, Dunayevskaya went on a national tour in the Marx centenary, 1983. In her Aug. 26, 1983, letter excerpted here, she summed up paragraphs she had written during the tour to expand on the book.

Essay: Latin America and Dunayevskaya's thought

Rubén Dri's special introduction to the new Spanish edition of The Power of Negativity by Raya Dunayevskaya.

Woman as Reason: Billboards vs. reproductive justice

The anti-abortion fanatics just keep proving that they are fanatics. Their latest outrage is billboards in Georgia with a picture of a worried looking African-American boy and the words: "Black children are an endangered species."

Workshop Talks: Iranian workers enter the fray

In the past two years, and especially in the last few weeks, Iran has been the scene of widespread labor actions. Workers have formed many underground unions, the very latest is the Provisional Council of Isfahan Steel Factory that employs 20,000 workers.

Obama greenwashes nukes

There was celebration and relief in Vermont on Feb. 24 when the State Senate voted to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant owned by Entergy. Citizens' outrage had overcome a concerted industry campaign of deception, with pro-nuclear propaganda repeated by the media and politicians all the way up to the President.