Why Are Things As They Are?

We say Fight Back! The Biggest Student Movement in N. America is in Quebec, but if students only fight for students, teachers for teachers, etc., the Iron Heel wins every time. But, why Quebec? Right now, Quebec’s young scholars shell out just over $2,000 a year for a university degree, not including their living costs. [...]

We Say Fightback! Chicago’s Coppers plan for Nato Fascism Chicago police are planning a range of tactics — some old, some new — to control protests outside the NATO summit scheduled for May 20 and 21. A look at some crowd-control techniques and the department’s position on them:   http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/chicago-police-to-deploy-range-of-protest-tactics-at-upcoming-summit-of-nato-leaders/2012/05/11/gIQA3BblIU_story.html Congratulations to Ravi Kumar for [...]

We Say Fightback! Happy Birthday Karl Marx! May 5. “In every stockjobbing swindle every one knows that some time or other the crash must come, but every one hopes that it may fall on the head of his neighbor, after he himself has caught the shower of gold and placed it in safety.” (From “Capital: [...]