This article was acquired from Green Left Weekly.
Capitalism, agribusiness and the food sovereignty alternative
Ian Angus
21 June 2008
Below is part two of a special feature on the global food crisis. Green Left Weekly published the first part in #750. Both parts are reprinted from http://socialistvoice.ca. The author edits http://climateandcapitalism.com.
“Nowhere in the world, in no act of [...]

Political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal examines the Obama candidacy from a Black nationalist perspective. (the “ours” in his title refers to African American people. Posting a point of view does not imply Kasama’s endorsement of those views. (Thanks to Iris for suggesting this post.)

by Mumia Abu-Jamal
With the attainment of the required delegates to claim the [...]

By Mike Ely
I’d like to share some experiences around the collision between revolutionary communist work and fundamentalist religion in the coalfields during the high-tide of wildcat strikes there in the 1970s. Some earlier discussion of communist work in the mines is in other posts on this site.
I was working in a large mostly Black mine [...]

The following article appeared in the Washington Post exposing large-scale involuntary drugging and other outrageous mistreatment of immigrants being deported.
Some Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation: Immigrants Sedated Without Medical Reason
by Amy Goldstein and Dana Priest | Washington Post Staff Writers
The U.S. government has injected hundreds of foreigners it has deported with dangerous psychotropic drugs against [...]

INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE OF MAY DAY EVENTS
Across the day, Kasama will be covering May Day events around the country and world, with reports, photos, and videos from across the globe in celebration of the holiday that celebrates the struggle for the emancipation of humanity. Watch this site across the day for exciting coverage of International Workers [...]

“Sin ninguna duda, la nacionalización de Sidor anunciada por el Vicepresidente es el resultado de la lucha y la movilización tenaz que los trabajadores han venido desarrollando desde hace más de año y medio".

At least 100,000 Serbs have gathered in central Belgrade in a protest against Kosovo's declaration of independence, raising fears of street violence. The state railway company made free trains available to bring protesters to Thursday's rally, which was organised after Kosovo unilaterally decided to secede from Belgrade on Sunday. As the demonstration became more violent, rioters broke into the US embassy and set fire to the facade.

300 troquer@s based in South Gate and Mira Loma went on strike against HUDD et al.
These workers were mostly young latino migrants with a very visible participation of women truck drivers. Most of them had been in the harbor about 5 years with maybe as few as 10% going back to the CWA days of 1996 and only a handful that were present during the 1980s.

Los resultados políticos a 30 meses de gestión gubernamental (enero 2006 – agosto 2007) muestran una aceptación y crecimiento electoral jamás visto hasta ahora en nuestra historia