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Below are some highly recommended links:
Marxism Around the World
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La Riposte
Website and magazine of the French Marxists! Great source of news and info on the French and International struggle for socialism.
- El Militante
Web site of El Militante, voice of the Marxist socialism and youth in Spain. This is the
paper of the current which defends marxist ideas within the labour movement organisations
in Spain. In Spanish.
- Fundacion de Estudios Socialistas Federico Engels
New web page of the Spanish Socialist Studies Foundation Frederich Engels, the Spanish
publisher of Alan Woods and Ted Grant's works, of the marxist journal Marxismo Hoy and
reprints of Marxist classics like the Communist Manifesto, State and Revolution, etc. If
you read Spanish and want to know more about the Spanish Civil War, the struggle against
Franco's dictatorship, etc. this site is a must. (In Spanish).
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Marxist Works Online
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The Labor Movement
- Michael Moore
The creator of Roger and Me, the Big One, TV Nation, and the Awful Truth has his own
excellent website!
- YCL USA
Website of the youth section of the Communist Party USA.
- Labor Party
Official website of the American Labor Party.
- Labor Party Press
Excellent articles on American politics, the labor movement, healthcare, etc.
Updated every other month.
- Labournet
Lots of information on the labour movement world wide, including links to the Korean
general strike Web page, a labour movement photo site, the Liverpool dockers lock out web
site, the Hillingdon strike site, current disputes, international labour links, and much
more. Labornet is its US based partner, with a lot
of US union sites and a very useful links page. Both are part of the Association for
Progressive Communications.
- The Cyber Picket Line
World Trade Union Directory as well as a fantastic resource for labor stikes
worldwide.
- 4Union.com
A union resource site. Information on strikes, Labor unions, statistics, and sweatshop
awareness.
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Trade Unions
- Union Resource Network
An outstanding source of news, statistics, Union links, and web based e-mail. This site is
basically concerned with unions in the U.S. If you are looking for a labor union in the
U.S. this is a great place to start.
- United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
A democratic national union representing some 35,000 workers in a wide variety of manufacturing, public sector and private non-profit sector jobs. UE is an independent union (not affiliated with the AFL-CIO) proud of its democratic structure and progressive policies.
- AFL-CIO
Although we may not agree with their policies, this site is nevertheless a good resource
for workers everywhere.
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Unionize!
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Office Depot Workers Organize!
Office Depot management is making every effort to stop the workers from unionizing! Find out more about the workers' struggle! Also lots of good basic info on unions.
- IBM workers are forming a union!
This is a great development, and an important step forward in the organization of
information technology and other unorganized workers into unions which alone can
concentrate the resources and pwoer to fight against the attacks of the bosses. The
headline of the website reads: "Welcome to the Revolution" - we couldn't
agree more - check out their site at: http://www.ibmunion.com/
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Lowes Home Improvement Unionization!
Lowes workers are paid sub standard wages. This company is one of the fastest growing companies in the world and they should pay their employees a living wage! This website is a great place for current and former workers of Lowes to get together in solidarity to improve the wages and working conditions through unionization.
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Activism
- Campus Activism
Your one-stop to find out what is going on on campuses in your area!
- Protest.Net
Protest.Net lists progressive & leftist protests, meetings, and conferences worldwide.
It's goal is to help resolve logistical problems that activists face in organizing events
with limited resources and access to mass media.
- Clean Clothes Campaign
The Clean Clothes Campaign (or the "CCC" as it is popularly called) aims to improve working conditions in the garment and sportswear industry. Campaigners are regularly in touch with organizations in a variety of countries, including those where garments are produced, and in this way work together as a network to draw attention to labour rights issues in the garment industry.
- Students Against Sweatshops
This is an group that is helping students orgainze against sweatshop activity. Learn all about how to organize your student/faculty/community group to pass a resolution stating your support for this campaign.
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Cyber Socialist Groups
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Magazines, Newsletters, and Journals
- Socialist Appeal
Socialist Appeal supporters are at the forefront of the fight to commit the Labour government to introduce bold socialist measures. We are campaigning for socialism as the only solution for working people. Why not join us in this fight?
- Z Magazine
Z Magazine is a monthly print periodical. This facility allows you to browse or search over 800 archived articles by contents, author, topic, and, more recently, issue table of contents. A great resource for a huge variety of worker related issues.
- Flippant Truth
"The Flippant Truth is a site created by a high school student. Maintained by the same student but contributed to by many, the Flippant Truth is dedicated to bringing you the latest satires and critiques of America's most recent screw-ups. Although it is becoming increasingly tough to locate the truth of American news, what with corporations dominating all the news channels -- Who let AOL/Time- Warner buy CNN? -- but we do the best we can to make fun of the government."
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Online Message Boards and
Listservs
- Commie Love
A high traffic cyber club @ Yahoo. This message board is very high traffic and open to
communists of nearly all shades. Consequently, this makes for very interesting and
sometimes fiery debate.
- Communist
Another Yahoo communist club/message board. Not as active as Commie Love, but it can be
interesting at times.
- Mcspotlight Debating Room
(Capitalism)
Leftists worldwide converge on this message board. One will find leftists of all shades on
this very active and fast paced message board. Enter with caution! :)
- Cyber Communist Message
Board
The official message board of the Cyber Communist Party. This board dies off from time to
time but it can be an education message board.
- The Marxism Mailing List
"The Marxism list is a moderated forum for activists and scholars worldwide who seek
to promote a non-sectarian and non-dogmatic version of revolutionary socialism." An
email discussion list.
- Cyber Communist Party E-Mail List
This E-Mail discussion list can be very active at times and has some very educated and
experienced Marxists. A good listserv for newbies and experienced Marxists alike. An email
discussion list.
- The Marxist E-Mail List
Much like the CCP mailing list, this E-Mail discussion list can be very active at times
and has some very educated and experienced Marxists. A good listserv for newbies and
experienced Marxists alike. An email discussion list.
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