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A victory for the Cuban 5

September 16, 2005 By Greg Godwin And Walter Tillow

A three-judge appeals panel in Atlanta has granted a new trial to the five Cuban nationals imprisoned in a government frame-up seven years ago. The five — Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González, Gerardo Hernández, Ramon Labañino and...

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Upholding theoretical foundations

May 13, 2005 By Greg Godwin And Walter Tillow

The tradition and theory of Marxist-Leninism has served the Communist Party USA well. CPUSA chair Sam Webb’s comments (PWW 4/16-22) appear to reflect a retreat from the theoretical foundations of communist activism.

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The myth of capitalist efficiency

February 4, 2005 By Greg Godwin

The Great Depression shattered the myth that capitalism—a for-profit market economy—constituted a fail-safe, efficient system of economic organization. Before the Great Crash and the free fall of the world economies (excepting the Soviet Union), orthodoxy insisted...

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What Russians think

May 21, 2004 By Greg Godwin

What has alarmed the dean of anti-Soviet academics, the famous Richard Pipes of Harvard University?

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Feeling exploited? Its the system!

March 26, 2004 By Greg Godwin

From 1961 until his death in 1999, Victor Perlo wrote the “People Before Profits” column in the People’s Weekly World. For Perlo, this column was an opportunity to apply Marxist thought to the economic issues of...

U.S.

Crafty election economicsCraftyelectioneconomics

January 30, 2004 By Greg Godwin

The presidential election season always brings a renewed interest in the economy. Every administration has two economic policies: one reflecting the economic philosophy of that administration and the second calculated to bring on the appearance of...

World

Imperialism behind coup in Georgia Imperialism behind coup in Georgia

December 19, 2003 By Greg Godwin

Since the invasion and occupation of Iraq, it has become fashionable to characterize U.S. foreign policy as imperialist. Apologists have shamelessly embraced the description, while critics are appalled at what they see as a departure from...

U.S.

Zeal for market: But what about justice?

October 17, 2003 By Greg Godwin

In a recent column on “Socialist Market Economy,” Erwin Marquit argues for the merits of market-based economies and against the deficiencies of planned economies. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the European socialist community,...

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