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As I said before: We have the tools and the resources, we just have to use it and apply them to the proper situation. This particular articles written by the SPGB covers everything about the real concept of the birth of the USA, and they can be combined with more modern concepts. Theory and practice is the proper expression, The SPGB index has thousands of articles that can be used for thousands of occasions and events, the question is to use them properly, share the message and distribute the message within the ranks of the working class, As someone wrote: To go deep to the working class, to see the movement from below. That is what the historian Howard Zin did when he wrote his book on the US History, the same is the history book written by Juan Bosh on the history of the Americas and the natives and the western empires
It is really pathetic that more than 75 millions poor workers decided to put a knife on their chests, and let the capitalist class to get richer using their pawns known as representatives, peoples elect them and then they defend the interests of the capitalist class. If situation like this take place in Europe, the workers would be on the streets the same day
https://www.commondreams.org/news/republicans-pass-reconciliation-bill
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I am not going to waste my time.
I already paid my dues.
This organization is not ready for that type of mission or objectives. The SPGB/WSM has the correct theory but It can not propagate it. I am here because I have not found anything better
I have tried and nobody wants to join the SPGB or the WSM, and if they do they will leave immediately, the party will abandon them, the party does not know how to keep their members
At the present time workers are only preoccupied on reformism, to worship leaders, nationalism, putting politicians in jails, worshipping commandants, heroes, and bullshits.
DSA is getting a lot of young peoples because it is like a social club, it does not have any social or marxist substance, just look at the requirements for membership
I have had Blogs, forums,( yahoo, groups IO, google ) Facebook, twitter, mastodon, WordPress, chats etc etc, and nothing happened, struggling every days with stupid memes and pornography, erasing irrelevant publications, receiving threats from right wingers, spams
Just look at Argentina, a country with so many working class organizations, and they elected a guy like Milei, and Brasil is the same case, they elected a reactionary right winger, in Chile workers are going to elect the pro Pinochet, and the left became a disaster, in Uruguay there are groups who are supporting Milei.
The old working class fervor of the 60 is gone, this is a changed world, as the peasants say: Tenemos que arar con estos bueyes (we have to plow with these oxen ) We have to use what we have until workers decide to establish a new society
In the USA workers blinded by nationalism they voted against their own interests, they do not care if they lose their medical coverage, or others workers and children die, the class struggle is gone
In my personal server I have more than 300 new translations I have not published them, I am retiring to my finquita
We are getting old and we are not getting new blood, it was the same case of the SLP, most of their members were senior, elderly and old peoples and it dies, and they had two branches in Latin America
Just look at the WSM websites on the Internet, nothing of substance, memes, stupidity from Tik Tok.
As someone that I knew said: We are going to experiment a huge ideological retrogression
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/7/1/why-is-the-us-dollar-falling-by-record-levels-in-2025
The US dollar is falling by record level in 2025
It is the same thing, it is using the translations from the World Socialist Movement. I am talking about something else.
All those translations were posted by Matt and Alan. Matt was publishing the Socialist Standard and other articles on five Spanish Discussion forums which had a lot of activities thru Yahoo group.
He has been one of the best moderator and internet technician.
Before 1987 the SPGB/WSM was unknown in Latin America It is a very old issue.
I do not want to go into details in a public forum.
The other group that I was referring to, it is from Jamaica, they did not have the resources and manpower to continue.
The SPC had one member in the Dominican Republic and SPGB had one member in Spain.
The ICC is from France and they have a lot of members in Latin America.
https://es.internationalism.org
The WSWS ( France/USA ) has members all over Latin America and they have a daily newspaper published in three languages
https://www.laizquierdadiario.com
The things is not to have a good theory, the main problem is go get the message across and to get out of the box, like I said before, the issue is to be able to hit the candies of the Piñata. The main topic of this forum is Russia, Eurocentrism.
Check the statistic of Manhattan, Queens and Bronx, just check all the working class organizations that they have just in Manhattan
Right now they are killing thousands of donkeys, camels, wild pigs, carps fish, for industrial production to produce profits, and in order to eliminate one species and to keep another one to produce profits.
Market system is controlling everything and peoples are mentally living in the clouds, and a bunch of peoples are negating the climate disaster and ecological disaster singing the lyrics of the capitalist class, similar to the anti vaccines fanatics
In the Caribbean wild pigeons have been completely eliminated, they do not fly from the continents into the island to lay their eggs any more, their presence produced certain ecological and agricultural benefits.
Bats are being killed and they are beneficial for agriculture.
There is a shortage of bees and they are beneficial for the plants and they produce honey bees.
The nationalist wall built between Mexico and the USA is producing ecological disaster, animal must cross both sides of the border and a bunch of nationalists do not care about it, their piece of fabric known as flag is more important than the earth
Herons are being killed and they are beneficial for other animals , specially cows and horses
Seagulls are being killed and they have ecological benefits over the earth and the seas
Sea corral are dying and they have been removed in order to bring big tourists ships to the ports and that is producing an ecological disaster and they were used by other animals to lay their eggs and to reproduce themselves.
We are just a bunch of ignorants pretending to be civilized . The Indians who were called savages knew more than anybody about the earth, the animals, the forests and human beings, they only took what they needed from the earth, the loved the earth, agriculture and animals, as soon as the settlers colonizer arrived they destroyed everything including human beings
This is the opinion of a rightwing website about the new bill passed by the US Congress. This happens when the working class does not have any class consciousness, when the working class become tailgate of their own exploiters and oppressors, and when the working class does not know anything about the class struggle.
The only solution for the working class is socialism and nothing else.
These so called state ministers do not have the balls and the courage to stand up and reject it , they are elected by the working class, but they work for the capitalist class. Millions of poor peoples are going to die, and millions of peoples are going to become poorer, and many workers and retiree are going to get desperate and are going to kill themselves, this is suicidal.
More than 4 trillions dollars have been eliminated . This is going to create a working class revolt within the same workers that are supporting Trump and the MAGA movement
What about reading/dictating and recording the articles of the Socialist Standard ? The WSWS is recording daily all their articles in an Apple Podcast, they can be heard while you are driving your car, or in front of your computer screen, iPad, tablet, or smartphone
There is a website of the WSM in New York, and I do not see any publications in different languages, specially in the Spanish language, and there are millions of Spanish speaking workers in New York, specially in Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx, and thousands of them have been, or are members of working class organizations. Some of them were full time activists
The WSPUS website should also publish articles in different languages, and their internal discussion forum should be open to the public
As the peasants always say: It is not the same thing to call the devil, than seeing the devil coming toward you ( No es lo mismo llamar el diablo que verlo venir ) We do have a presence in the internet, but we are not using it properly, I repeat again: We are not hitting the candies of the Piñata.
That is a website for English speaking or white peoples only. although there are Jamaicans in New York who speak English, but they are a minority, and some of them were influenced by the reformist movement of Maurice Bishop, and there was a group that was also influenced by the Socialist Party and their publications are hidden in the WSM website.
I published all of them at several Diaspora discussion forum under Yahoo groups, nobody knew that there was a group in Latin America that was not influenced by Fidel Castro, Maurice Bishop, and Ernesto Guevara, and it has been the only group with real socialist foundations in Latin America.
This is only a fight between sectors of the capitalist class, and US workers are in the middle of the punches of two capitalists boxers, it is not their fight, the fight of the working class, is the class struggles.
Wars are also financed by the capitalist class.
The new US budget bill is just another permanent bailout for the capitalist class, and all bailout are financed by the capitalist state too, workers do not pay for bailout, the state will come to their rescue, the capitalist state belongs to the capitalist class
The working class does not even own the cemeteries, they are real estate business owned by the capitalist class.
Many workers do not want to understand that we are just wage SLAVES, living from paycheck to paycheck, if we miss one , we go in bankruptcy, but we have too many false illusions in our minds.
We are the only living being that exists over the earth who must pay for everything in other to survive
Banks, capitalists, bankers, financial school, capitalist governments, banking schools, shark loans lenders, pawn shops, all contradict the false conceptions of the money crankers. Their conceptions have been debunked several times, they can write thousands of books, and they are all wrongs. Several of them call themselves Marxists and Karl Marx has contradicted them too. They should rest their case and quit
Now, it is Ellons Musk vs Trump, Republican Party and Democratic Party
Ellon Musk wrote on Twitter: If the big beautiful is passed by the Congress, he is going to funds new political candidates and primary the senator that pass the bill, to defeat the republican, and he will form a new political party ( The America’s Party ) to eliminate the Republican=Democrat single political party domination. It sounds like the Night of the long knives
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Here are 21 myths debunked about immigration, from Aviva Chomsky’s book “They Take Our Jobs! And 20 Other Myths about Immigration,” each followed by a summary of her counter-argument.Myth 1: Immigrants take American jobs
Immigrants often fill jobs that complement those of native-born workers or address labor shortages, and their presence often stimulates economic growth and job creation.Myth 2: Immigrants compete with low-skilled workers and drive down wages
Wages are shaped more by employer practices and broader economic forces than by immigration. Immigrants do not have a significant downward effect on overall wages and can help create new jobs.Myth 3: Unions oppose immigration because it harms the working class
While some unions historically opposed immigration, often due to racism and exclusion, many unions today support immigrant rights, recognizing that solidarity among all workers is more beneficial.Myth 4: Immigrants don’t pay taxes
Immigrants, regardless of status, pay billions in local, state, and federal taxes, including sales, property, and income taxes.Myth 5: Immigrants are a drain on the economy
Immigrants contribute more to the economy than they receive in services. They are consumers, workers, and entrepreneurs who help drive economic growth.Myth 6: Immigrants send most of what they earn out of the country in the form of remittances
Most money earned by immigrants is spent in the U.S. on housing, food, and other goods and services, benefiting the domestic economy, even though some earnings are sent abroad.Myth 7: The rules apply to everyone, so new immigrants need to follow them just as immigrants in the past did
Earlier immigrants often faced fewer restrictions, and today’s laws are far more exclusionary and difficult to navigate, especially for people from certain countries or backgrounds.Myth 8: The country is being overrun by illegal immigrants
The proportion of immigrants in the U.S. population is not unprecedented, and claims of being “overrun” are exaggerated and not supported by demographic data.Myth 9: The United States has a generous refugee policy
U.S. refugee and asylum policies are selective and often driven by political interests rather than humanitarian concerns, with many refugees excluded based on shifting criteria.Myth 10: The United States is a melting pot that has always welcomed immigrants from all over the world
The U.S. has a long history of exclusionary and racist immigration policies, welcoming some groups while barring or discriminating against others based on race, nationality, and class.Myth 11: Since we are all the descendants of immigrants here, we all start on equal footing
Historical and ongoing inequalities mean that not everyone starts on equal footing. Race, class, and legal status have always shaped opportunities and access in the U.S.Myth 12: Today’s immigrants threaten the national culture because they are not assimilating
Immigrants have always contributed to and changed American culture. Assimilation is a complex, generational process, and fears about cultural change are not new.Myth 13: Today’s immigrants are not learning English, and bilingual education just adds to the problem
Most immigrants want to learn English and do so over time, just as previous generations did. Bilingual education supports learning and integration rather than hindering it.Myth 14: Immigrants only come here because they want to enjoy our higher standard of living
U.S. foreign, economic, and military policies have shaped global migration patterns, often creating the very conditions that drive people to migrate.Myth 15: The American public opposes immigration, and the debate in Congress reflects that
Public opinion on immigration is diverse and complex. Political debates often misrepresent or oversimplify public attitudes for partisan purposes.Myth 16: The overwhelming victory of Proposition 187 in California shows that the public opposes immigration
Ballot initiatives like Proposition 187 reflect specific political contexts and can be influenced by fear-mongering and misinformation, not necessarily broad, sustained public opposition.Myth 17: Immigration is a problem
Framing immigration as a “problem” ignores its benefits and the structural factors that drive migration. Immigration is a normal and often positive part of global society.Myth 18: Countries need to control who goes in and out
Borders and migration controls are relatively recent inventions and are often enforced selectively. The idea of total control is both unrealistic and historically inconsistent.Myth 19: We need to protect our borders to prevent criminals and terrorists from entering the country
Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than native-born citizens. Fears about crime and terrorism are often exaggerated and used to justify harsh policies.Myth 20: If people break our laws by immigrating illegally, they are criminals and should be deported
Immigration violations are civil, not criminal, offenses. The moral and legal complexities of migration are often ignored in simplistic calls for deportation.Myth 21: The problems this book raises are so huge that there’s nothing we can do about them
Change is possible. Understanding the real causes and effects of immigration can lead to better, more humane policies. Fatalism only serves to maintain the status quo.
