1917 #4

Class Struggle on the Waterfront

Class Struggle on the Waterfront

Communist Tactics in the Trade Unions On July 19 we interviewed Howard Keylor, a long-time trade-union militant on the waterfront in San Francisco. Brother Keylor is on the Executive Board of International Longshoremen’s and...

Hands off the Teamsters!

Hands off the Teamsters!

Labor Must Clean its Own House On 10 June the U.S. Justice Department announced that it is preparing a lawsuit against the 1.7 million member International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) under the infamous Racketeer...

Militant Longshoreman Program

Militant Longshoreman Program

1. DEFEND OUR JOBS AND LIVELIHOOD—Six hour shift, no extensions, at eight hours pay. Manning scales on all ship operations, one man—one job. Weekly PGP. Full no-cap C.O.L.A. on wages. Joint maritime union action...

Free Moses Mayekiso!

Free Moses Mayekiso!

Over 40 protesters rallied at Union Square, San Francisco, on 24 August demanding: ‘‘Free Moses Mayekiso’’ and ‘‘Free All Anti-Apartheid Prisoners in South Africa.’’ The demonstration marked the opening day of the trial of...

For International Labor Solidarity

For International Labor Solidarity

U.S. Union Militant Tours Britain During the week of July 4-12, Bolshevik Tendency (BT) supporter Howard Keylor was sponsored by the Cambridge Area Trades Union Council to tour Britain and speak about his experiences...

Solidarity: Anatomy of a Sellout

Solidarity: Anatomy of a Sellout

The Crises of Leadership in B.C., 1983 Review of Bryan D. Palmer’s Solidarity: The Rise & Fall Of An Opposition In British Columbia by Chris Knox In class-divided society history based on allegedly ‘‘non-class’’...

Workers States and Markets

Workers States and Markets

In the 1920’s Evgeny Preobrazhensky, the Left Opposition’s leading economist, engaged in a polemic with Nikolai Bukharin, over the course of Soviet economic development. Bukharin proposed to proceed toward socialism, if only at a...

Moreno: Any Way the Wind Blows

Moreno: Any Way the Wind Blows

Letter to the Editor 25 May 1987 San Francisco To the editor: I enjoyed the excellent analysis of the impasse of the Nicaraguan revolution and the role of the organizations to the left of...

If the Shoe Fits…

If the Shoe Fits…

The January 1972 issue of Workers Vanguard made the following apt comment on corruption in the Black Panther Party: ‘‘Hero worship is one of the ways bourgeois ideology enters the revolutionary movement and destroys...

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

In Robertson They Trust… All Others Pay Cash Over the last several years Spartacist League lider maximo James Robertson has acquired a substantial material stake in his control of the finances of his group....