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• Big Bill Haywood: A Giant in the Struggles of the Working Class
  2 October 2012, by Robert Paris

  Big Bill Haywood: A Giant in the Struggles of the Working Class
  Big Bill Haywood was one of the most important and colorful leaders of the U.S. working class. He was a leader of some of the most important labor battles from the 1890′s until the 1920s.
  He was born in 1869 in the Mormon frontier settlement of Salt Lake City, Utah. His father died when he was three. At age seven, he blinded himself in one eye in an accident with a sling shot. At age nine, he was already working in the mines (…)

• Tragedies of a Terrorizing System
  3 May 2013, by Robert Paris

  Tragedies of a Terrorizing System
  Anytime our loved ones are killed and taken from us it is a tragedy. And the bombings at the Boston Marathon are no different. Three people died, over 170 were injured and maimed, and hundreds of thousands were traumatized for life. From the FBI, the police, and the National Guard, the city of Boston was put under a state of military siege, told to stay locked in their homes as a sweeping manhunt for two people unfolded outside.
  Meanwhile, we’ve been (…)

• Face aux réactions violentes contre la police raciste de Minneapolis, Trump lance une guerre civile - Protests and demonstrations have erupted throughout the US in an explosive reaction to the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota
  30 mai 2020, par Robert Paris

  Des policiers tuent sciemment George Floyd
  Trump appelle à tirer sur les manifestants qui protestent contre l’assassinat d’un noir par un policier de Minneapolis. L’armée et la garde nationale interviennent violemment pour sauver la police raciste de Minneapolis
  Lire ici sur la police raciste des USA
  La version en français suit le texte in english
  Trump threatens to mobilize the military to shoot protesters
  Mass anger erupts throughout the US in protests against police murder of (…)

• Theranos Conviction Shows that Lying and Fraud are Part of the System
  17 November 2022, by Robert Paris

  Elizabeth Holmes, CEO of Theranos, being recognized for her talents within the capitalist system.
  Theranos Conviction Shows that Lying and Fraud are Part of the System
  Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and CEO of Theranos, a health technology company, was convicted of conspiracy to defraud investors and wire fraud. While we can all be happy that Holmes was caught in the act and has fallen from her perch of wealth and power, we should not lose sight of the larger lessons – that Holmes and her (…)

• The Treason by the Unions of US National Railroad Strike
  22 septembre 2022, par Robert Paris

  The Treason by the Unions of US National Railroad Strike
  U.S. rail strike averted, but labor deal faces tough union votes and discontent of workers
  https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-reaches-tentative-agreement-with-rail-workers-strike-2022-09-15/
  Biden scores deal on rail strike, but worker discontent emerges
  https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/09/15/rail-strike-deal-agreement-biden/
  A National Railroad Strike has been Called off … for now, but…
  On Thursday, Sep. 14, (…)

• May Day – Made in the USA, Exported to the World
  27 September 2012, by Robert Paris

  May Day – Made in the USA, Exported to the World
  One of the most important working-class holidays, May Day (International Workers Day), originated in the United States in the 1880s with the struggle for the eight-hour day.
  The expansion of capitalism in 19th century America brought new layers of the working class into existence. Many were imbued with a strong class hatred for their oppressors. The workers’ movement spread from large urban centers to small towns, building new (…)

• The Right of Self-Determination and the Negro in the United States of North Americas
  29 December 2021, by Robert Paris

  C.L.R. James
  The Right of Self-Determination and the Negro in the United States of North Americas
  (July 1939)
  Source: SWP New York Convention Resolutions, 11 July 1939. Proofreading: Einde O’Callaghan (March 2016).
  In 1930 Negroes in America constituted nearly twelve million, or 10 percent of the American population. Of these, two-thirds were still in the South, despite the war and postwar emigration to the North. In the cities of the North and East, the Negroes form only a small (…)

• 1971: The Attica Prison Revolt
  1 March 2014, by Robert Paris

  1971: The Attica Prison Revolt
  The Civil Rights and Black Power movements of the 1960’s and 70’s generated a revolutionary spirit of revolt reaching all segments of society, including the prison population. In September, 1971, prisoners in Attica Correctional Facility in New York organized a revolt that lasted for five days.
  Conditions in Attica were horrendous. The facility was built to contain 1,200 inmates but was crammed with 2,225. Prisoners were denied basic sanitation, had only (…)

• Les principales leçons de la Révolution américaine
  17 décembre 2025, par Robert Paris, Tiekoura Levi Hamed

  Les principales leçons de la Révolution américaine
  0°) Les Etats-Unis sont le produit de deux révolutions : celle de l’Indépendance (1775-1783) et celle de la Sécession (1861-1865) ou révolution anti-esclavagiste et démocratique. Le 4 juillet 1776, les délégués des treize colonies anglaises d’Amérique du Nord proclamèrent l’indépendance, au Congrès de Philadelphie. Ils créèrent une république indépendante, après avoir fait sécession de l’Angleterre. Même si la proclamation des droits de (…)

• 215 morts à Jackson dans le Mississipi (USA), un crime caché
  18 avril, par Robert Paris

  215 morts à Jackson dans le Mississipi (USA), un crime caché
  Une situation horrible se déroule à Jackson, dans le Mississippi, où 215 corps ont été récemment découverts dans des tombes anonymes derrière une prison d’État. Les familles des personnes enterrées, dans ce que l’on appelle le « champ des pauvres » derrière la ferme pénale du comté de Hinds, n’ont jamais été informées du décès de leurs proches, et encore moins n’ont pas eu la possibilité de récupérer leurs corps et de leur (…)