Opinion/Editorial Boston Occupier

​Greece: The Challenge of Syriza and the Radical Left
This post originally appeared on the author’s blog, Lenin’s Tomb. The question of a workers’ government arises in Greece only because it has been raised in a certain form by Syriza, and only because

What Kind of Job Creation Do We Need?
In this presidential election year, when the outcome will likely hinge on the state of the economy,  phrases like “job creation” and “job creators” are quick to roll off the candidates’ tongues.  It’s not

A Plan for Debt
This article is a part of our ‘Debate:’ series, a pair of op-eds published monthly in the Boston Occupier.  This month’s topic was ‘Debt Reform or Revolution?’. Debt, whether originating from student loans, credit

We Could Own the Banks
This article is a part of our ‘Debate:’ series, a pair of op-eds published monthly in the Boston Occupier.  This month’s topic was ‘Debt Reform or Revolution?’. The average US household debt burden has

The Great Inequality, Part 1
This essay is based upon the “Review of the Month” from Monthly Review, March 2012, as is published here as a part of the Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture Series. The Occupy Wall Street uprising

Money in Politics is a Civil Rights Issue
It was not too long ago that in many states individuals had to pay to vote. As recently as the 1950s, if you could not pay a poll tax — an actual tax required

Zinn Series: Michael Staudenmaier on the Sojourner Truth Organization
Founded in Chicago in 1969 from the rubble of the recently crumbled SDS, the Sojourner Truth Organization (STO) brought working-class consciousness to the forefront of New Left discourse, sending radicals back into the factories

Quebec Inches Closer to Martial Law
This article originally appeared on Media Co-Op. On Friday, May 18, the Québec legislature signed a special “emergency law” to “restore order” in the province following three months of student protests in a strike against

The Dangers of Co-option
This article was originally published over at Occupy.com. Occupy Wall Street hoped for a national resurgence Tuesday with its May Day general strike. Equally important, however, to the movement’s future will be the result

Mumia Abu-Jamal: Message to the Movement
The following is an excerpt from a letter written by Mumia Abu-Jamal, an American convict currently serving a life sentence for the 1981 murder of a Philidelphia police officer. For decades, Mumia’s case has