Cesar Chavez Day

Today is Cesar Chavez Day. Cesar Chavez was an advocate of farm worker labor unions. In 1962 Chavez co-founded the National Farm Workers Association of America. Chavez helped unionize farm workers and fight for latino civil rights. His work should not be forgotten.

140th Anniversary Of The Paris Commune

March 18 was the 140th anniversary of the Paris Commune. The Paris Commune was the first worker's state the world has ever seen. The Paris Commune was formed by anarchists, marxists, and socialists workers after France lost the Franco-Prussian War. The war had caused death, food shortages, and a huge gap between the poor and the rich. During the war thousands of civilians were members of the National Guard, which was a militia to protect Paris during the sieges by the Prussians. Many of the leaders in the National Guard were radical socialists. The Central Committee was formed in the National Guard to defend against the monarchist majority of the French National Assembly. On March 18, 1871 the National Guard started to revolt in Paris, they were joined by regular French army units. In response the French president ordered all military and government to abandon Paris and head to Versailles. The Central Committee was now the only government in Paris. Communal elections were held on March 26 and elected the communal council. Some of the decrees implemented by the commune included separation of church and state, the right for employees to takeover and run an enterprise, pawn shops returning workers pawned tools during the war for free, and a maximum wage of 6,000 francs. On May 21, 1871 the French army invaded the Paris Commune. During the siege of the Paris Commune by the French army tens of thousands of workers and civilians were executed On May 28, 1871 the French army captured Paris, and the Paris Commune was ended.  You might be wondering why dose this matter? The Paris commune matters because it was the first time the working class took control of a government. The Paris Commune would be praised by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, and Mao. The Paris Commune helped inspire revolutionary socialists like Lenin and Mao to create the Soviet Union and People's Republic of China. Most will agree that the Paris Commune was the first example of the dictatorship of the proletariat. To this day the Paris Commune is an example of what the working class can accomplish when it unites to create a better world.

Ousted Dictators Should Go On Trial

Ousted dictators Ben Ali and Mubarak must stand trail for their crimes against their own people while in office. Ben Ali and Mubarak that undemocratically and brutally ruled Tunisia and Egypt where the first two leaders to be overthrown in the 2010-2011 North African/Middle East protests.  Unfortunately Mubarak's location is unknown, but it is known that Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Arabian government should hand Ben Ali over to the Tunisian government so he can stand trial for his crimes as president of Tunisia. Mubarak is rumored to have fled to Sharm el-Sheikh in the Sinai Peninsula with his family. Hopefully the government of Egypt will be able to find Mubarak. Hopefully the revolutions will spread to Saudi Arabia, Morocco and other totalitarian monarchies in North Africa/Middle East. Long live the revolutions and the workers of the world!

Comrade Chavez Supports Bashar al-Assad

The Middle East and North African protests have spread to Syria, and  Comrade Hugo Chavez has expressed support for Bashar al-Assad and his government against the violent protesters. In Syria their has been violence between authorities and violent protesters trying to overthrow the Ba'athist government. Chavez has claimed "Now some supposed political protests movements have begun (in Syria), a few deaths ... and now they are accusing the president of killing his people and later the Yankees will come to bomb the people to save them". The USA imperialist are obviously coming up with lies to overthrow anti-imperialist and socialist leaders such as Muammar al-Gaddafi and Bashar al-Assad. Chavez has stated that Bashar al-Assad is a "humanist" and "a man of great human sensitivity". Hopefully the progressive and socialist country of Syria will not have to suffer imperialist attacks like Libya unfortunately has.

Imperialist Attack Against The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya!

For my first post in Daily Marxism I would like to talk about the attack against the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Obviously this imperialist attack is only happening so the USA and it's allies can have accesses to the oil reserves in Libya (the largest in Africa and the 9th largest in the world).  The USA and NATO are fast to intervene in the Libyan conflict, which is against Gaddafi an anti-imperialist leader, but where was the USA and NATO during the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt? They were hiding hoping their puppets Mubarak and Ben Ali would still be in power when all of this passed. All progressive forces must oppose this imperialist strike against a socialist nation and leader! Even though Gaddafi used unnecessary force against peaceful protesters we must remember he's now fighting against a rebel army. We can not support the monarchist rebels, who will make Libya and it's oil a pawn for the western imperialists. Even though Gaddafi's actions may seem eccentric at times we must remember that Gaddafi nationalized many companies in Libya and put them under worker control. The Green Book is a great resource for knowledge on the political and economic theories of Libya. We can not let Libya turn into another Iraq. Do not support the imperialist attacks on Libya.
Green Book online English translation