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June 2002Lead articleStruggles in the Philippines face U.S. troops, repression May Day 2002 was reborn as an arena of struggle in Manila this year, as the Gloria Arroyo government in the Philippines struggled to assert its legitimacy in the face of economic crisis and mass unrest. During a visit to the Philippines, the author met with human rights, women and labor activists as well as students with a passion for revolutionary philosophy. This took place when the U.S.-led military exercises there were in their fifth month.Editorial Death penalty opponents at crossroads Political support for the death penalty seems to be gradually crumbling in the U.S. Yet the diverse movement against this savage and racist institution will not be lulled by temporary moratoriums on executions. From the Writings of Raya Dunayevskaya: Marxist-Humanist Archives Toward a new concept of organization Raya Dunayevskaya traveled to West Europe in 1959, seeking new international relationships with groups that rejected both poles of state-capitalism, the U.S. and Russia. In preparation for the trip and an international conference in Milan, Italy, she theorized on the new philosophic grounding needed to work out an alternative to the traditional Leninist concept of the vanguard party. Philosophic Dialogue Dialectics and Israel-Palestine conflict Iranian revolutionary view of Israeli war Can dialectical philosophy help us comprehend the mutually destructive, intractable conflict between the state of Israel and the Palestinian movement for self determination? What can it reveal about alternatives to exclusionary nationalism and to Islamic fundamentalism? An appeal to our readers We need your help to continue! What has distinguished N&L and Marxist-Humanism this year has been our refusal to separate the fight against Christian fundamentalism and Bush's wars at home and abroad from the struggle against terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism-and aligning firmly, instead, with the forces fighting both. But we cannot keep News & Letters going without your help. Article Payback time for Black firefighters Black firefighters in Chicago won't sit still until the racist head of the city's Firefighters Union Local 2 is gone, and with him 20 years of blocking an agreement assuring equality in pay and advancement.More... |
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