The September-October 2015 issue of News & Letters, Vol. 60, #5, is available on the web.
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Lead: Counter-revolution in Middle East shows crisis of humanity
From the signing of a nuclear weapons agreement by the U.S. and Iran, to the ongoing war in Syria including the roles of Turkey and of the Left, this wide-ranging article delves into the Middle East situation with an emphasis on the forces fighting for genuine freedom and a multi-ethnic society.
From the writings of Raya Dunayevskaya: A revolutionary attitude to Archives
To highlight the new online availability of the Raya Dunayevskaya Collection, we present excerpts of her 1985 Marxist-Humanist Perspectives, which take up the development of the Marxist-Humanist concept of Archives out of the category made of the totality of Marx’s Archives as a new beginning for today.
Editorial: Planned Parenthood under siege
Dishonestly edited videos accusing Planned Parenthood of illegally selling aborted fetal organs for profit have now become fodder for politicians who vow to destroy Planned Parenthood, and who mislead and grovel before their Right-wing anti-woman base.
Editorial: Evolving Black Lives Matter movement
One year after the murder of Michael Brown by Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson, the Black Lives Matter movement continues to challenge racist U.S. society. In doing so, it deepens itself in both content and thought.
Voices from the inside out: Racism and the Confederate flag
A Black prisoner looks at the meaning of U.S. racism and the struggle to remove the Confederate flag from the capitol grounds of South Carolina.
Voices from the Inside Out: Racism and the nine murders in South Carolina
A prisoner speaks about the murders in South Carolina, President Obama’s reaction to them, and the needed philosophical direction for those still yearning for freedom.
Greek crisis: austerity, revolt and illusions
Although the Greek masses reject the austerity program imposed on them by the European institutions, Syriza inexorably took a path to capitulation because it is rooted in the search for state power rather than the power of mass self-activity.
Huge explosions in Tianjin, China, heat up ongoing unrest
Workers and residents reacted to the huge explosion of Tianjin in China of a hazardous chemical warehouse that killed and injured hundreds of firefighters, neighbors and factory workers. At the same time, Chinese economic troubles engender revolt.
California prisons’ punitive ‘wellness checks’
Pelican Bay Prison guards use court-ordered “wellness checks” to harass prisoners. They make it impossible for anyone to get any sleep as they rampage through each SHU pod for 10-20 minutes.
Puerto Rico: U.S. exploitation and austerity
Puerto Rico’s debt has become unsustainable. The roots of the financial and human crisis lie within the island’s 117-year history as a U.S. colony.
Occupy: Democracy, revolution and philosophy
“The Democracy Project” presents a close-up view of the activity and the thinking of OWS, and a contemporary treatise on revolutionary organization, yet dismisses philosophy in favor of “anarchist” process.
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Review of Feminism Unfinished
200 at Trans meeting in New York
Women WorldWide
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Letter from Mexico: CNTE teachers’ goal: autonomous learning
Disappearing coalminers
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Philip Zimbardo and Marx’s Humanism
Pages 6-7, Readers’ Views
Debates on Gay Marriage and Queer Liberation
Readers’ Views, Part 1
Readers’ Views, Part 2
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Nate Wilks’ life matters
Sandra Bland speaks for herself
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LGBTQ gains in Africa
Pricey water in Flint
Queer Notes
Hugo “Yogi” Pinell (1945-2015)
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Horrors of Hiroshima linger 70 years later
‘If you ship it we will block it’ stopping the bomb trains
Youth in Action
Stop charter schools!
Handicap This!
Page 12, World in View
Latin America ‘statism’ challenged by movements
Egypt’s new pharaoh
North Korea executions