The burden of the capitalist crisis is being passed on to the working class and the youth through a near-universal assault on our quality of life. Millions of jobs have disappeared forever and unemployment is especially high among young workers. Both the federal government and almost all the states have been slashing their education budgets, further exacerbating the pressure on the youth. Access to education is increasingly difficult for the average working class family. Those who can go to school face fee increases and cut-backs in all areas: lost programs and courses, redundancies in school staff and faculty, increased class sizes, cuts in student transportation and other services.

With these simple words, the great revolutionary martyr Malcolm X summed up a profound truth about the world we live in. Capitalism is a system based on inequality, exploitation, oppression, and discrimination. The working class makes up the vast majority, and it is we who create the wealth of society through our labor. But it is the small handful of capitalists that keep most of that wealth and enjoy all the benefits. How is it possible for a tiny minority to dominate the majority?

The Workers International League bases itself on the ideas of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Trotsky, and on the further development of these ideas by the International Marxist Tendency. We fight for international socialism, in which the world working class has democratic control over the means of production, distribution, and exchange. A workers’ government in the US would take over the vast wealth now owned by just a handful of individuals and democratically use it in the interests of everyone. Our program, in leaflet form, is available for download here. Distribute widely to help build the forces of Marxism in the United States.

There are important signs of the reawakening of the US working class and a surge in the class struggle in the years ahead. Once the working class moves, no force on earth can stop us from changing society—provided we are armed with the necessary leadership, methods, and perspectives. We invite you to learn more about the International Marxist Tendency and the struggle for a labor party and for socialism.

Leaflets for the ongoing struggle of SEIU 1199 nursing home workers to defend their pensions, wages, and other benefits. For more information please e mail Sam Swartz at: DelegateSam1199@gmail.com

Capitalism has long been in a period of deep decline, which is reflected everywhere in our world. Perhaps most dangerously, the catastrophe of class society finds its mirror reflection in the disaster of climate change and other forms of environmental destruction. If we do not wrest control of our futures from the capitalists, they will drive humanity off a cliff into the wreckage of our biosphere.

The LGBTQ movement has fought and won many gains in the past few years, but the battle is not over. The Supreme Court decision against DOMA has raised the hopes of many people who have waited so long to be able to have their relationship with their partner recognized, to be afforded this basic democratic right, which is taken for granted by most people. This was a hard fought gain. It was the blood, sweat, and tears of the LGBTQ movement and its allies which achieved this victory; not a gift granted by the benevolence of the Supreme Court Justices or the Obama administration.

Available as a half page leaflet here.

Fast food, service, and retail workers know first-hand how awful conditions and wages are in this industry. We generate billions in profits for shareholders and Wall Street speculators, while we are often unable to pay the rent, even if we work full time. The CEOs of our companies get fat paychecks and bonuses, while we have to choose between food and health care for our children, and often need to take on second or even third jobs. Ultimately, since capitalism is the root cause of the wealth inequality, discrimination, stress, and strain we all suffer, we must also fight for socialism.

A leaflet for use at fast food workers’ rallies can be downloaded here.

Racism is deeply institutionalized in this country’s misnamed “justice” system. Sure, there is plenty of justice to be had—as long as you have enough money to buy it. The acquittal of George Zimmerman in the murder of Trayvon Martin is just the latest in a long list of examples of how this system functions and in whose interest it functions. The United States is a bourgeois democracy. By definition, this means that there is democracy and justice for the bourgeois—for the rich. But for the workers and the poor, justice is all-too-often an empty word. And if you are also black or Latino, the injustice is compounded even further. Americans are increasingly aware that this is a system in which the color of your skin determines your right to a trial or the ease with which you can claim immunity.

New leaftlet for use in the nationwide protests against Monsanto, GMO foods, and corporate agriculture. Genetic engineering has come upon the world rapidly, accompanied by the usual claims by the mega agricultural corporations that this is a way of feeding the poor of the earth and making the word a better place. However, these claims need to examined in the light of what has actually been done to date, and what is planned for the future. The reality is that the health of their profit margins is far more important to them than the health of society and the environment. Furthermore, in their pursuit to control the world’s agriculture, they throw the norms of safe science out the window. 

Un nuevo volante sobre el tema de la inmigración. "La única solución consiste en una política de independencia de clase. Los sindicatos tienen que romper definitivamente con las grandes empresas y sus partidos políticos. Basándonos en el poder...