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Author Archives: Richard Moser
Moral Crusade or Class Interest? Does the US Working Class Have a Material Interest in Ukraine?
Also in Counterpunch. Moral crusade or working-class interest? Which should guide our actions on Ukraine and the escalating conflict with China? How do we work through the dilemmas of peace activism given the contradictory mess that is the War in Ukraine? Start … Continue reading
Posted in American Culture, American Exceptionalism, austerity, Capitalism, Climate Change, Corporate Power, Empire, History, Labor Movement, Military, police state, War, War creates Climate Change, White Privilege, Working Class
Tagged anti-imperialism, Climate Change, Cold War, Corporate Power, Democratic Party, Labor Movement, War
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I Ain’t Marching Anymore
This essay also appears in CounterPunch. Chris Lombardi’s book, I Ain’t Marching Anymore: Dissenters, Deserters, and Objectors to America’s Wars, couldn’t be more on time. As the US ramps up its proxy war in Ukraine and paves the way for even wider … Continue reading
Posted in American Culture, American Exceptionalism, Climate Change, Corporate Power, History, Military, Movement Culture, Organizing Strategy, revolutionary strategy, unions, War, War creates Climate Change, Working Class
Tagged Democratic Party, Movement Strategy, New Cold War, organizing strategy, War
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Basic Training For Organizers
As a labor organizer, I had thousands of conversations with the “unorganized.” But, much of my work was “organizing the organizer” — preparing members and activists to talk to their co-workers. I use the method in the video as a … Continue reading
Jackson Lears on the War in Ukraine
Eminent US historian Jackson Lears weighs in on Ukraine. This essay first appeared in the London Review of Books. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a catastrophic violation of international law. The US and its Nato allies must do everything possible to bring … Continue reading
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Tagged Cold War, History, New Cold War, War
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Stand With The Peace Movement
These are challenging times for the US peace movement. We are struggling to find our bearings. The people of the US have been subject to a level of propaganda and censorship unprecedented in recent history. How can we respond? There are … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-imperialism, Cold War, Corporate Power, Democratic Party, Green Party, Movement Strategy, New Cold War, peace, unions, War
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“Favor and Affection:” From Glynn County, Georgia to Kenosha, Wisconsin, Police/Vigilante Collusion Is A Far Bigger Story Than The Verdicts.
“Favor and Affection” In late November, Jackie Johnson, the District Attorney in the Arbery murder case, was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice for showing “favor and affection” toward the murderers. No wonder it took over 70 days for … Continue reading
Workers Are Walking Out
Workers Are Walking Out After decades of retreat, it might just be that workers are coming into their own as a force for social change. Forty years of punishing austerity and a two-tiered labor system pitting new, temporary, or part-time workers against … Continue reading
Posted in austerity, Capitalism, Corporate Power, Labor Movement, organizing, Organizing Strategy, revolutionary strategy, Socialism, union organzing, unions, White Privilege, Working Class
Tagged Corporate Power, Democratic Party, Labor Movement, Movement Strategy, organizing strategy, unions
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How They Stole $50 Trillion. How We Take It Back.
Between the mid-1930s and mid-1970s worker organizing and unrest created a degree of economic democracy not achieved since. It was quite an accomplishment. After several decades of increased standards of living for most US workers, corporate actors organized a counter-attack … Continue reading
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Tagged austerity, class analysis, class struggle, History, organzing, unions
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What is Austerity? That is the 50 Trillion Dollar Question.
The modern system of austerity took shape in the mid-1970s and we are still in its grip. Austerity is meant to trap us in a destructive double-bind; the race to the bottom for millions of people is also the race to … Continue reading
Cold War Liberalism and The Labor Movement: The Epic Fail
Cold War Liberalism During the Cold War, Labor unions violated the basic principle of solidarity by joining forces with Imperial elites to weaken militant trade unionism abroad — usually under the mantle of anti-communism. By undermining unions, AFL-CIO foreign policy helped corporations … Continue reading
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Be Freedom 