John Bachtell
LATEST ARTICLES BY John Bachtell
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Politics
Crossroads: Saving humanity and nature requires global unity against extreme right
April 19, 2019The global capitalist system has created unsustainable contradictions and crises which it and the dominant 1% can’t resolve.
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U.S.
Chicago about to elect its first African American woman as mayor
March 28, 2019Since both candidates take similar positions labor and its allies have divided their support.
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Politics
Chicago to elect African-American woman mayor on April 2
February 28, 2019Fresh political winds sweeping across the nation weaken the machine’s grip on the Windy City.
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Opinion
Progressive politics is possible only if it rejects anti-communism
February 13, 2019Trump’s State of the Union address aimed to unite a right-wing base and drive a wedge between Democratic moderates and progressives and the entire anti-extreme right-wing alliance.
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News
CPUSA chair responds to Trump State of the Union speech
February 6, 2019John Bachtell, the national chair of the Communist Party USA, offered his party’s response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in a live video presentation on Feb. 5, 2019.
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Opinion
Save democracy at home and abroad: Oppose Trump’s Venezuela coup
February 4, 2019Trump's coup in Venezuela should dispel any notion he is a “peace president” or an isolationist.
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World
Syria troop withdrawal welcomed, but Trump’s aim unclear
December 21, 2018What happens next—for U.S. imperial policy in the region, for Syria, and for the Kurdish people—is up in the air.
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Environment
Strategy for democratic, green socialism and global transformation
December 19, 2018Capitalism is killing the planet, but we can't for socialism to do something about it.
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