The Three P’s: Power, Profit and Privilege

Posted on April 3, 2009, filed Under Worker Struggle. Leave a Comment

Leaflet to be distributed at NYC April 4th anti-war, anti-economic crisis march/rally

No, it’s not a 50’s singing group. It’s the real reason our economy and society is in the mess that it’s in. We can blame the banks, Wall Street, corporate greed, the Democrats or the Republicans, but while they all had their share of creating the disaster they are really a symptom not the disease itself. There is an underlying problem that got us here as it has gotten us into similar situations over many, many years.

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The anarchist origins of May Day

Posted on December 29, 2008, filed Under Rebel Legacies. Comments Off

TODAY IT IS just another bank holiday in the UK and is not even recognized in the United States. Not many people know why May Day became International Workers Day and why we should still celebrate it. One more piece of our history which has been hidden from us. Read more

The Barcelona Mass Rent Strike of 1931

Posted on September 2, 2005, filed Under Housing & Urban Issues. Leave a Comment

by Tom Wetzel

This is the story of one of the major rent strikes of the 20th century.

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The Capitalist City or the Self-managed City

Posted on July 19, 2004, filed Under Housing & Urban Issues. Leave a Comment

by Tom Wetzel

from Globalize Liberation: How to Uproot the System and Build a Better World, edited by David Solnit (City Lights Press, 2004).

Patterns of capital flows have a visible effect on working class communities in the United States. Some communities see closed plants, abandoned stores, boarded-up dwellings, scarce jobs. Such are signs of disinvestment. Capital has moved to some other site in the global production line.

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What is gentrification?

Posted on January 7, 2004, filed Under Housing & Urban Issues. Leave a Comment

© 2004 Tom Wetzel

The patterns of capital flows have a
visible effect on working class communities
in the United States. Some communities see
de-industrialization, abandoned stores,
boarded-up dwellings, scarce jobs. Such are
signs of disinvestment. Capital has moved
elsewhere.

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