Video of Clashes in Silwan, East Jerusalem

23 September, 2010 — AIC

The streets of Silwan were on fire Wednesday (22 September), as residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood expressed their anger in light of the shooting death of a member of their community. 30-year-old Palestinian man Samir Solhan was shot and killed by an Israeli settler guard at approximately 4:30 a.m. Wednesday. Silwan residents clashed with Israeli riot police and soldiers all morning while police helicopters circled overhead.

Black Agenda Report 22 September, 2010: The Beloved Black Spy / Color of Change vs. Black Caucus

22 September, 2010 — BAR

Freedom Rider: Ernest Withers the Informant

by BAR editor and senior Margaret Kimberley
The trusted “movement” photographer was a spy for J. Edgar Hoover. Ernest Withers apparently cashed in on his close relationship with unsuspecting Black Sixties activists, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Withers is dead, but not forgiven. “The revelation of Withers’ activity should be a reminder of the extent to which the state dedicated itself to destroying any organized effort at black empowerment.”

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Report on the political and economic situation in Cuba By Gloria La Riva

21 September, 2010 — PSLweb.org

PSL Central Committee memorandum on Cuba’s internal economic situation and the strategy of U.S. imperialism

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The following is a report submitted by Gloria La Riva for discussion at the May 2010 meeting of the Central Committee of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. In light of recent economic developments in Cuba, and the heightening of U.S. aggression against the island nation, the PSL is publishing this report. Our hope is to provide context and background, and to aid revolutionaries living outside of Cuba in examining the challenges faced by the Communist Party of Cuba and the country’s people.

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A Marxist analysis of Cuba’s new economic reforms By Brian Becker

21 September, 2010 — PSLweb.org

PSL’s view of Cuba’s plan to eliminate 500,000 state-sector jobs

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It is more important than ever for communists, in general, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, specifically, to state our position on the Cuban Revolution.

The capitalist media, the government, legions of academics and think tank policy ‘experts’ are busy at work defining the current stage of the Cuban Revolution, and assessing major political and economic pronouncements made by Cuba and its individual leaders in recent weeks.

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