4-26-07, 1:30 pm
In this issue...
The 2006 congressional elections changed the political landscape in the US, providing new openings for labor to go on the offensive, writes Communist Party Labor Commission Chair Scott Marshall. Communist Party National Chair Sam Webb tackles the nature and role of the Communist Party: what the party of socialism is all about. PA labor editor Ben Sears reviews A Country That Works, by Andrew Stern of SEIU. Is it a new vision for labor or class collaboration? Anna Bates examines the effects of merging private religious control over public hospitals. Who gets hurt when private meets public? In an interview, journalist David Bacon talks about his latest book, Communities without Borders and the immigration issue: why immigrant workers and native-born workers need to work together. Rémy Herrera writes on the history of one of the most famous photos in the world – that of Che Guevara by Korda. Joel Wendland gives an account of the history of the Ford Hunger March and the drive to organize Ford in the 1930’s as seen through the life of Dave Moore.
Please also find book reviews, poetry, commentary and more.
PA Editors
Features: Cover story:
34 Class, Race and Women’s Equality – a Strategic View How class, race and gender affect us in the 21st century. By Sam Webb
14 Barcelona and Forgotten Memory Have the people of Spain forgotten the civil war? By Luis Tijerina
18 Church-dictated Health Care Policy? Who gets hurt when private religious organizations control public hospitals? By Anna Bates
20 Community Creation and Capitalist Globalization: PA talks to David Bacon Why immigration policy needs to change.
24 Labor’s New Footing: Trade Unions Map the Road Ahead After the 2006 elections, it’s time for labor to go on the offensive. By Scott Marshall
28 Which Side Are You On? Is Andy Stern's new book Innovative thinking or class collaboration? By Ben Sears
30 75th anniversary of the hunger march: brother D ave M oore’s story How working people fought for unity and won a union at Ford. By Joel Wendland
38 Secrets and Paradoxes of Che Che has become an iconic image and capitalist commodity. By Rémy Herrera
44 Nuevos pasos de los trabajadores hacia el porvenir Por Scott Marshall
Departments:
04 Letters
05 Marxist IQ
06 Commentary
Guns ‘ r’ Us: The Tragedy of Child Soldiers By Nooshin Shabani
Labor’s Power: It’s Not Just the Numbers By Mike Tolochko
07 That’s Illogical By Owen Williamson
09 Nobody Asked Me, But... By Don Sloan
10 Book Reviews
Strange Liberators: Militarism, Mayhem and the Pursuit of Profit Reviewed by Norman Markowitz
The Chávez Code: Cracking US Intervention in Venezuela Reviewed by Gerald Horne
12 Poetry
Crossing Indiana: Fields and Endless Fences By Eric Paul Shaffer
Rosa Parks By Dan Brook
41 Fiction dr By Greg King
