The Latest from Black Rose/Rosa Negra
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Marriage or Bust? A Conversation on Marriage Equality
Love, the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the defier of all laws, of all conventions; love, the freest, the most powerful molder of human destiny; how can such an all-compelling force be synonymous with that poor little State- and Church-begotten weed, marriage? -Emma…
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They Will Not Pass: Behind the Barricades of Greek Anti-Fascism Part 1
Rochester Red & Black and The New Significance host an event of Greek Anti-Fascist Action! Taped March 7, 2013 at University of Rochester As has been well documented in the media, the nation of Greece is in the throes of an economic meltdown. Austerity measures aimed at paying off an astronomical debt load have plunged…
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Democratic Centralism in Practice and Idea: A critical evaluation
-S. Nappalos The terrain is changing beneath our feet. Since the collapse of the majority of the “official Communist” regimes, the world has witnessed both events and ideas that have undermined the former dominant thinking within the left. The Zapatistas, Argentina in 2001, South Korean workers movements, Oaxaca in 2006, the struggles around anti-globalization, and…
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Solidarity with the striking workers of Sisters’ Camelot
Wild Rose Collective of eastern Iowa joins others in declaring our solidarity with the striking canvass workers of Sisters’ Camelot in Minneapolis. As many of us have been workers in non-profit organizations, we know well that wage labor under some other name than profit enterprise is wage labor nonetheless. Further, the socially positive mission and…
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Take Back the Land: Leonard Spears Confronting Wells Fargo
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmW5WvmBEXo] Eviction defense is not just marked by an alliance on the eviction blockace, but instead a complete strategy of escalation. We begin with the identification of demands, a choice on how we want to approach things. With Leonard Spears, a person who was trying to resist an unjust foreclosure with the help…
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From Theory to Practice, Taking a Critical Look at Leninism
A Review of A Look At Leninism by Ron Taber. 104 pp. New York , New York : Aspect Foundation, 1988. Download a pamphlet PDF version of this article. By Adam Weaver Where can those looking for a critical understanding of Lenin turn? How can we better understand how the Russian Revolution begin as the…
