Fred Goldstein

Journalists rebel in Guangzhou as right wing in China raises its voice

Those in China who advocate bourgeois democracy, deepening capitalist reforms and opening up further to imperialism staged a journalists’ rebellion…

January 14, 2013

Origins of Michigan’s ‘right-to-work’ union-busting law

The passage of the union-busting “right-to-work” law in Michigan is a severe legal setback for the labor movement and for…

December 21, 2012

The importance of theory guiding practice

  Excerpts taken from the Nov. 17 talk by Fred Goldstein, WWP secretariat member and author of “Low-Wage Capitalism” and…

December 7, 2012

Bosses meet global slowdown with mass layoffs

Big business economists breathed a public sigh of relief at the announcement that the U.S. economy grew by an annual…

November 16, 2012

Hurricane Sandy, climate change and capitalist crisis

A crisis arising out of a major natural disaster tends to reveal a society’s strengths and weaknesses, values and priorities,…

November 8, 2012

Global slowdown brings mass layoffs

Big business economists breathed a public sigh of relief at the announcement that the U.S. economy grew by an annual…

November 2, 2012

In guise of exposing corruption, New York Times aims blow at China

Crisis in China, Part 13 The New York Times has committed an act of journalistic aggression against China. On Oct.…

November 2, 2012

More on political meaning of Bo Xilai’s suppression

Part 12: Specter of Mao haunts Beijing In this series of articles, which began in March, it has been our…

October 26, 2012

The crisis in China: Behind the expulsion of Bo Xilai

The leadership of the Communist Party of China has expelled former Politburo member Bo Xilai from the party, removed him…

October 3, 2012

Capitalist electoral politics and class struggle

Adapted from a talk given at the Sept. 7 New York City meeting of Workers World Party. At the moment…

September 17, 2012