The Left, Labor and Occupy (tags)
Barely half a year after it burst on the scene, the Occupy Wall Street movement is splintering left and right. This was inevitable in a movement that was united only in what it opposed and could never put forward a positive program, whether of reformist "demands" on the capitalist state or of revolutionary action against it. Liberals, who latched onto Occupy hoping it could pressure the Democratic Party in a more populist direction, want to expel "black bloc" anarchists. Reformist social democrats rail against "ultraleftists" in Occupy and cozy up to the labor tops. On the other side, many (but not all) anarchists oppose unions. Some are simply arrogant petty-bourgeois labor haters. Others are grappling with real problems, but with skewed analysis and dead wrong conclusions. Discussion of recent workers' struggles, from Wisconsin to West Coast longshore, underlines that the key question is leadership, but not just replacing one set of bureaucrats with another. Unions have always faced vicious anti-labor laws, but we have the power to defeat them. It is necessary to drive out the pro-capitalist bureaucracy, the labor lieutenants of capital, in order to turn the unions into instruments of revolutionary class struggle.
Wishful Thinking and Deadly Self-Deception (tags)
A response to “Change We Can Believe In. An Open Letter to Barack Obama,” August 18 issue of The Nation magazine, online at thenation.com.
lamamiento a traductores y traductoras (tags)
INVITACIÓN A TRADUCIR AL ESPAÑOL
Mothers For Peace Arrested on Capitol Hill (tags)
The “SWARM on Congress” campaign got off to a rousing start on May 14, 2007, in the nation’s capital. Cindy Sheehan spoke to the crowd at Lafayette Park; along with Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) and activists Kevin Zeese, David Swanson, Debra Sweet, Ann Wright, the Rev. Lennox Yearwood, and others. After parading to Capitol Hill, 33 of the estimated 250 antiwar activists were arrested there for refusing a police order to disperse.
Diverse Political Views Unite in Opposition to Bush Policies and Wars (tags)
Conservative Christian anti-NWO activist and radio talk show host , Alex Jones, Meets with World Can't Wait's Sunsara Taylor to DIscuss Taking Back America from the Bush Regime
Iraq’s Health Ministry Directed to Withhold Mortality Figures to United Nations (tags)
News Item: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki’s office has instructed Iraq’s Health Ministry to stop providing mortality figures to the U.N. in an attempt to keep the number of civilian war dead a secret. This comes in the wake of an American epidemiologist study which indicates that 650,000 more people have died since the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq than would have died without the invasion. I have come into possession of a letter from U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, to the Iraqi Prime Minister on how to deal with this subject. Here is the letter.
Drive Out the Bush Regime (tags)
Thursday's World Can't Wait march united immigrants, nurses, anti-war activists, opponents of torture, truth-seekers, and all those disaffected with the state of the union in a movement that burgeoned even as it walked down Broadway.
USA, ANTI-BUSH/WAR RALLY (tags)
Protesters March and Rally to speak out against President Bush and the war in Iraq, in Los Angeles, California, USA, on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006. This is part of over 230 protests nationwide organized by World Can't Wait-Drive Out the Bush Regime.
The Call to Drive Out the Bush Regime (tags)
The Call that started it all
DRIVE OUT THE BUSH REGIME ! Oct. 5 (tags)
Skip work, school, etc. Call in sick- sick of the Bush regime!!
The Devil and George W. Bush (tags)
A transcript of a conversation between the devil and the President.
Air Force Secretary Suggests Testing Weapons on the American Public (tags)
As if things could not get any scarier in Washington among members of the Bush regime and their plans to “make us safer”, the Associated Press reports that Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne stated Tuesday, September 12, that weapons such as high-power microwave devices should be used on Americans in crowd-control situations before being deployed on the battlefield. Such weapons are being designed to not only disable people, but also to disable tanks and other weapons by “zapping” and destroying their electronic gear.
FULL-PAGE AD IN NEW YORK TIMES CALLS FOR OCTOBER 5 PROTESTS TO DRIVE OUT THE BUSH REGIME (tags)
Today, for the second time this month, World Can’t Wait – Drive Out the Bush Regime published a full-page ad in the New York Times calling for massive protests across the country on OCTOBER 5. The ad reads: 'ENDLESS WARS! TORTURE! KATRINA! THEOCRACY! BRING THIS TO A HALT! We must act now-- The world's future is in our hands."
Remembering Katrina and the Need for Climate Justice (tags)
Nearly one year after Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, the Bush-Cheney Gang has done little, on the issue of global warming, to prevent another devastating disaster. At a rally, on Aug. 26, 2006, at the main headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adm. (NOAA), Mike Tidwell, the author of “The Ravaging Tide,” charged that unless something is done now about the warming of our global atmosphere, more Katrinas are on their way.
Bomb Plots, Elections, Smokescreens, and the Way Forward (tags)
The author argues that an election victory in November will do nothing to halt the Bush regime agenda of global empire. Only by ousting the regime can that be accomplished.
Largest U.S. Legal Group Challenges Bush Practice as Undermining Constitution (tags)
On January 24, 2006, the American Bar Association (ABA) issued a press release stating that, “Presidential signing statements that assert President Bush’s authority to disregard or decline to enforce laws adopted by Congress undermine the rule of law and our constitutional system of separation of powers…” The press release was publicizing a report by a blue-ribbon ABA task force which was created in June 2006 to examine the “changing role of presidential signing statements” under the Bush administration. On August 8, 2006, the ABA’s House of Delegates overwhelmingly approved the report by voting to call on President Bush and future presidents not to issue signing statements that claim the power to bypass laws, and it called on Congress to pass legislation to outlaw the practice.
New photos from Bakersfield anti-theocracy, anti-fascism action! (tags)
New photos and a link to video coverage of the groudbreaking anti-theocracy action in Bakersfield, CA by "The World Can't Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime!"
Attorney General Attacks Free Press and Separation of Powers Doctrine (tags)
On the weekend of May 20, 2006 the Bush regime launched an attack on the separation of powers doctrine and the right of a free press. Significantly, both attacks originated with the actions and words of Attorney General Gonzales, the chief law enforcer (or is that breaker) in the nation. These attacks are part of the continuing effort to expand the imperial presidency or the unitary executive theory under this administration and to eliminate any so-called checks and balances between the branches of government.
Bush Regime Launches Attacks on Congress and Media to Silence Critics (tags)
Attorney General Gonzales is using the Justice Department as a political tool to silence and intimidate Bush regime critics, but his actions may have backfired.
Travis Morales Responds to Bush's Speech on Immigration (tags)
Bush is treating the southern border area as a war zone where the military must be used against starving people who are crossing the border to survive! No, no, no!
Open Letter to the anti-War Movement- WCW (tags)
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Join World Can't Wait! at this weekend's antiwar protests (tags)
A call for people to join the movement to Drive Out the Bush Regime at this weekend's antiwar protests. Featuring a statement from World Can't Wait on the 3rd anniversary of the murderous and utterly illegitamate war in Iraq.
WORLD CANT WAIT - PROTEST HOLLYWOOD, CA (tags)
Photos of the World Cant Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime Protest on 01/31/2006 in Hollywood Ca
Seattle Anti-Imperialist Committee Statement on "World Can't Wait" (tags)
The following is a statement from the Seattle Anti-Imperialist Committee on "World Can't Wait" (WCW), the organizers of tomorrow's "Bush Step Down" protests.
Gore Vidal, Bianca Jagger to speak in Los Angeles (tags)
Speakers for January 31 in Los Angeles
The World Can't Wait--Rev. Meri Ka Ra (tags)
Rev. Meri Ka Ra, KRST Unity Center, speaking ata press conference January 26, for The World Can't Wait -- Drive Out the Bush Regime
Gore Vidal: President Jonah (tags)
Gore Vidal on President Bush and Why people should join World Can't Wait-Drive Out the Bush Regime
Protest: Jan 31, Bush Step Down (tags)
On Tuesday, Jan. 31, as Bush delivers his State of the Union address, throughout the country, we will bring the noise and drown out Bush's lies
Bush Step Down-Massive Protests Jan 31 & Feb 4th (tags)
http://www.worldcantwait.org
The World Can’t Wait--Drive Out the Bush Regime (tags)
Today, The World Can’t Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime organization placed a full page ad in The New York Times calling for George Bush to step down from office, and take his program with him. Similar calls for the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, or Dick Cheney have appeared, but this is the first time an organization has run an ad in a national media outlet calling for the removal of the entire Bush regime and their program from power.
Drop the Charges and Stop the Harassment Against the HamptonUniversity Students Again (tags)
UPDATE: Students' expulsion hearing is Friday, December 2nd. Call the Dean of Students to Demand that Charges Be Dropped! See below for numbers. Also, email youth_students@worldcantwait.org to add your name to this statement and forward it broadly, especially to academics. Ask them to call the Dean of Students and add their signatures!
N2 Video: Drive out the Bush Regim (tags)
1: 45 mn Quicktime Video (3.74 MB) of the march, Drive Out the Bush Regime/The World Can't Wait in Westwood, California on November 2nd, 2005
N2 Drive Out the Bush Regime (tags)
November 2nd, photos of Drive the Bush Regim Out/ The World Can't Wait, Rally and March In Westwood.
Nov. 2 "Drive Out the Bush Regime" Gets Major Endorsements (tags)
Howard Zinn, Code Pink, Mumia Abu-Jamal are among those endorsing day of walk outs and mobilizations Nov 2, anniversary of Bush's "re"-election, to drive his regime out of office. Local actions are along Wilshire Bl - noon to 8 pm.
Revolution Interview with Cindy Sheehan (tags)
Travis Morales, who has been part of the World Can't Wait encampment in front of the White House, had an opportunity to interview antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan. This summer Sheehan had caught the attention of millions by setting up camp outside Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas and demanding that Bush say what “noble cause” had sent her son as a soldier to Iraq, wher he was killed. When Travis caught up with Cindy, she had already been arrested twice that week protesting at the White House fence.
Two World Can't Wait! LA Organizers Ambush Horowitz at Reactionary "Liberty Film Fest (tags)
Two Los Angeles organizers for The World Can't Wait! Drive Out the Bush Regime! took the stage against fascist David Horowitz at last Friday's reactionary "Liberty Film Festival" in West Hollywood, were jumped by right-wing thugs!!!
World Can't Wait White House Encampment and Countdown to Nov. 2nd (tags)
The World Can’t Wait, Drive Out the Bush Regime! says,“Your government, on the basis of outrageous lies, is waging a murderous and utterly illegitimate war in Iraq, with other countries in their sights.” oin us! We are here from 10 am- 7 pm EVERY DAY. And at NOON each day, we cross the street, on the sidewalk in front of the White House, and directly serve notice about the number of the days til the beginning of the end of the Bush Regime.
"President Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People..." (tags)
Damn Right! And That's Not The Half Of It
World Can't Wait, Drive Out The Bush Regime - Nov 2nd (tags)
We believe that as people living in the United States it is our responsibility to resist the injustices done by our government in our names. Let’s unite to drive out the Bush Regime! We are ogranizing actions in Los Angeles as part of the resistance called for by The World Can't Wait & Not in Our Name.
A Message to the Anti-war Demonstrators (tags)
2005, posted at revcom.usGuantanamo. . . “shock and awe”. . . “collateral damage”. . . Fallujah. . . Abu Ghraib. Behind the words stand the cities reduced to rubble, the bodies in the streets, the hooded prisoners, the kicked-down doors, and the children—crying in terror or silently watching the humiliation of their parents. All justified by outrageous lies.
The horror grinds on, every day.
Iraq cannot wait.
Iraq cannot wait for “pendulum swings.” Iraq cannot wait for possible resolutions to set “reasonable” deadlines for hypothetical timetables. Iraq cannot wait for the 2006 U.S. elections—especially (but not only) when the major Democrats all oppose withdrawal from Iraq, and some even support more troops being sent.
Nor will Bush be swayed simply by public opinion turning against him, or the war. Bush himself seems to believe he’s on a “mission from God” and the pack of neo-conservatives, Christian fascists and kluckers who surround him have demonstrated their intent to hold on to power. What do the 2000 elections tell us, after all, if not that?
Iraq—and the world—cannot wait. We cannot tolerate three more years of slaughter and lies and madness.