DETROIT CHAPTER, LABOR COMMITTEE
A round up of comrades who are challenging the ruling class and
working to create a new society that meets the needs of all people!
If you would like to make a submission to the list, CONTACT US.
NEWS / PROPAGANDA
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Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.
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Dissent Magazine
Dissent is a quarterly magazine of politics and ideas. Founded by Irving Howe and Lewis Coser in 1954, it quickly established itself as one of America’s leading intellectual journals and a mainstay of the democratic left.
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The Grayzone
The Grayzone is an independent news website dedicated to original investigative journalism and analysis on politics and empire.
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Information Clearing House
Not For Profit - For Global Justice - Since 2001
A source of news and information for those brave enough to face the facts.
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Marxist Internet Archive
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Marxism-Leninism Today
Marxism-Leninism Today is an electronic journal containing articles and commentaries on the theory and practice of Marxism-Leninism contemporary dialectical and historical materialism. Its goal is to be a resource where Marxist-Leninists can discuss and apply their science to all fields of study. It will contain articles that are of particular interest to Marxist scholars, both Communist and non-Communist. “Communist Forum,” will present programmatic materials from or about Communist political organizations from different countries. New material will be added devoted to individual topics such as philosophy, religion, African American history, labor history, trade union strategy, Marxist historiography, and so forth. Book reviews will be regular features.
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Naked Capitalism
Fearless commentary on finance, economics, politics and power.
People's Tribune
The People’s Tribune is devoted to the understanding that an economic system that doesn’t feed, clothe, house, or care for its people must be and will be replaced with a system that meets the needs of the people. To that end, this paper is a tribune of the people. It is the voice of millions of everyday people who are fighting to survive in an America in crisis. It helps build connections among these fighters and the awareness that together we can create a whole new society and world.
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Portside
Material of Interest to People on the Left.
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Rally, Comrades!
Examining, analyzing and drawing political conclusions about the most critical issues facing the revolutionary movement in the U.S. today.
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TomDispatch
A regular antidote to the mainstream media
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VOICE OF DETROIT
The city's independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought. The Voice of Detroit (VOD), founded in August, 2010, presents in-depth news stories on the people’s struggles, here in Detroit, nationally and world-wide. VOD also features commentary and announcements by progressive organizations of upcoming events. It is based in Detroit, Michigan.
PODCASTS / VIDEO
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Red Library
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Red Menace, podcast
Red Menace is a podcast that explains and analyzes revolutionary theory and then applies its lessons to our contemporary conditions. Hosted by Alyson Escalante and Breht O'Shea.
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Revolutionary Left Radio, podcast
Revolutionary Left Radio: Communist Philosophy, Proletarian History, Critical Theory, & Revolutionary Politics.
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Rumble with Michael Moore, podcast
Academy Award-winning filmmaker and political provocateur Michael Moore offers his subversive and humorous take on the issues of the day and talks to a wide range of people from comedians and politicians to the people who’ve tried to kill him. Plus various mischief with Mike’s friends, family and the neighbors who don’t work for the NSA.
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The Socialist Program
News and views about the world for those who want to change it. Socialist commentary and education episodes every week: Tues: In the News | Wed: Capitalism in Crisis | Thurs: The Real Story
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What's Been Done and What's Been Won
Bob Ostertag is a lifelong musician, writer and filmmaker. Maureen Taylor is a lifelong soldier for the poor in Detroit, Michigan. Together, they bring you discussions of politics, environment, and culture, drawing on the social networks of an internationally touring musician and writer, with the perspective and wisdom that can only come from a life lived among those with the least.
GROUPS / ORGANIZATIONS
International Marxist Tendency
In Defence of Marxism – launched in 1998 – has become one of the world's foremost sources of Marxist theory, analysis on current events and the history of the revolutionary workers’ movement.
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Labor Campaign for Single-Payer Health Care
The primary purpose of the Labor Campaign for Single-Payer Health Care is to increase and coordinate grassroots labor support for a Single-Payer Medicare-for-All healthcare system in America because we believe that health care is a fundamental human right and that the labor movement must take the lead in the fight for healthcare justice.
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The League of Revolutionaries for a New America
The Program; of the League defines a problem The League of Revolutionaries for a New America is made up of people from all walks of life. We are tied together by a common aim – the end of exploitation, the public ownership of the means of production, and the distribution of the products of society according to need.
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LRNA, Youth Committee
The Youth Committee is a collective of young revolutionaries dedicated to connecting comrades across borders and generations. We are educators and students of society, and our central goal is to make communism accessible.
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Michigan Welfare Rights Organization
A union for public assistance recipients and low income people.
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Movement For A People's Party
Our vision is a major new progressive populist party that will deliver what regular people take for granted in so many other countries: single-payer health care, free public college, money out of politics, an infrastructure jobs program, a $15 minimum wage, financial regulations, and more.
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Poor People's Campaign
A National Call for Moral Revival. From Alaska to Arkansas, the Bronx to the border, people are coming together to confront the interlocking evils of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, militarism and the war economy, and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism.
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The Red Nation
The Red Nation is dedicated to the liberation of Native peoples from capitalism and colonialism. We center Native political agendas and struggles through direct action, advocacy, mobilization, and education.
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Roots Action
Action for a Progressive Future (the organization that runs RootsAction) is a nonprofit, progressive, public policy advocacy group.
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Socialist Revolution
The capitalist system is at the root of the poverty, instability, racism, violence, and humiliation we face everyday. To solve these problems, we fight for the election of a workers’ government based on our program. Join us in the struggle for the socialist revolution!
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