The Real Unemployment Rate: In 20% Of American Families, Everyone Is Unemployed
Submitted by Tyler Durden
Party of Communists USA Salutes International Working Women’s Day: March 8, 2015
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Many American households consist of single women with children who receive no child support, so issues of low pay, long hours, chronic under and unemployment and lack of social services, such as child care are especially critical. To this day, women only earn 77 cents for every $1 a man makes. Although children are tomorrow’s wage slaves in a capitalist society, Capitalism does everything possible to make the labor behind childcare and housework invisible in order to get this labor for free. It does the same when it extracts labor from workers when they take care of sick relatives and parents, which should be a burden to the government. Women, rather than being respected and assisted, are heavily penalized in our society. They generally are delegated to what are considered “women’s workâ€: jobs in such fields as domestic work, home healthcare, as cashiers, store clerks, etc. These jobs usually pay little more than minimum wage.
Even when they do work in jobs that are not considered “women’s jobsâ€, they earn less than men for the same work and therefore receive less social security when they retire because they earned less. They are also doubly exploited because, unlike most men, women tend to be the primary caregivers in our society. If they did not work, because they were tending to sick children or parents, they are disqualified from receiving social security. If they did work, they receive less social security, because of the time they may have taken time off working on these unpaid jobs. Women also tend to be discriminated against by the lack of legislation requiring paid sick days in order to take care of sick children or relatives. Women should not be penalized for being mothers or caregivers. Moreover, there should be nothing more dignified in any society than being a caregiver or helping others. This has always been a primordial instinct in man. There is no reason why being a home healthcare aide should be a woman’s job, except that women are paid less than men, so women are hired instead of men for these jobs. There is also no reason why men should not take paternity leave or sick days to take care of children, except that they will be fired later for doing so. There is also no reason why war is glorified rather than taking care of your sick neighbor, except that capitalism profits from war, but not from taking of the elderly or disabled. We need to fight not only for equal pay for equal work; but most importantly for Socialism. Only under Socialism will everyone be entitled to a job, equal pay, and most importantly be respected for taking care of the family as a social function.
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Colombian Government Asks United States to Consider Repatriating Ricardo Palmera / Simon TrinidadAn Opportunity for Peace–Please Take Action!The news that the Colombian government has asked the United States to consider returning Simón Trinidad aka Ricardo Palmera to his home country is a major step forward for the likelihood of securing a lasting accord to end five decades of war. All peace loving persons must urge the US government to do what is necessary so that Trinidad / Palmera can take his place at the negotiating table. Trinidad / Palmera is one of the primary negotiators for the Revolutionary Armed Forces in Colombia (FARC). The FARC have made clear that Trinidad must be consulted before a peace accord can be finalized. Trinidad is held in solitary confinement in the Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, having been extradited to the United States in a process that undermines Colombian sovereignty and that is motivated by political considerations. By repatriating Trinidad, the US government can show a commitment to peace in Colombia that is based on actual deeds and not just words. TWO Actions you can take:1) Call the Colombia Desk of the State Department and urge that the US government repatriate Ricardo Palmera (Simón Trinidad) in accordance with the request of the Colombian government. Calls are more effective than emails, so please take this step if you can! Use the sample email/script below as a guide. THE PHONE NUMBER IS: (202) 647-3142SAMPLE EMAIL TEXT: The United States has the opportunity to take action in a real and meaningful way to help bring peace to Colombia and end more than five decades of war. The Colombian government has requested that the US consider repatriating Ricardo Palmera aka Simon Trinidad to Colombia. Palmera is one of the primary negotiators for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and is currently being held in solitary confinement at the Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado. The FARC have made clear that Palmera’s presence is required for any final peace accord to be achieved. The Colombian government’s request underscores how important is his participation. I urge the White House and State Department to take whatever actions are necessary to repatriate Palmera and assure that a meaningful and durable peace agreement can be reached. I also urge the US to end the tactic of requesting the extraditions of both insurgents and paramilitary members. This practice undermines Colombia’s own sovereignty as well as the peace process and investigations into paramilitary ties to Colombian politicians and government officials. Click HERE to take a stand for peac in Colombia! And if you can, be sure and call the State Department Colombia desk to ask that the US government repatriate Ricardo Palmera to Colombia. The phone number is: (202) 647-3142 Background Information:The imprisonment of Simon Trinidad, aka Ricardo Palmera, in the United States is a very particular obstacle to the negotiations. Trinidad was a university professor and belonged to a Leftist teachers’ organization. All but two of its members were murdered for their activities. One survivor, Imelda Daza Cotes, went into exile in Sweden. The other survivor, Trinidad, joined the FARC in 1987. The CIA seized Trinidad in Ecuador, while he was traveling under terms of “safe passageâ€. Trinidad was on his way to meet an aide to UN chief Kofi Annan so they could discuss terms of a prisoner release by the FARC. Trinidad was extradited from Colombia to the US on Dec. 31, 2004 to face terrorism, hostage-taking and drug charges. The terrorism and hostage-taking charges stemmed from a Feb. 13, 2003 incident in which three US mercenaries were taken prisoner after their plane crashed inside FARC-controlled territory. Trinidad himself had nothing to do with this and was charged entirely on the basis of his membership in the FARC. In fact, the prosecutor at one point identified 20,000 FARC members as co-conspirators, later reducing it to 50 FARC officers. Trinidad was convicted on one count of hostage-taking and sentenced to 60 years. Prosecutors were unable to get convictions on the other counts. According to journalist Hernán Camacho, writing for the Colombian newspaper Voz, “Simón Trinidad was chosen as an envoy and negotiator of this guerrilla army in the peace dialogues in Havana, Cuba because of his profound knowledge of the regional and national economy, his political capacity and boldness, in addition to his experience as a negotiator in the Caguán peace process [1999 – 2002]. Today Simón Trinidad passes his hours in the federal prison of Florence, Colorado (United States), with only one hour of sunlight per day. He is a political prisoner held in unjust captivity.†For more information:Could Ricardo Palmera be Released to Participate in Colombia’s Peace Negotiations? ÂSend an email in support of peace in Colombia! |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Rahm Emanuel |
Jesús GarcÃa |
Undecided |
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Ogden & Fry | February 28, 2015 | 1058 | ± 3.07% | 42.7% | 38.7% |
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A Chicago polling firm is calling the city’s runoff campaign between Mayor Rahm Emanuel and challenger Jesus “Chuy†Garcia a “dead heat.â€
New numbers from Ogden & Fry show Garcia, a member of the Cook County board of commissioners, within reach of the one-term Emanuel. And the firm warned that the Hispanic population under-polls, meaning that population is underrepresented in the data.
“They’re likely dead even,†pollster Tom Swiss said Sunday night.
Ogden & Fry conducted two one-question polls for The Illinois Observer on Wednesday and Saturday. Emanuel had 42.7 percent support in the earlier poll of 1,058 likely voters one day after voters denied Emanuel a second term outright. Garcia had 38.7 percent support in that poll. The margin of error was +/- 3.07 percent.
In the Saturday poll of 979 likely voters, Emanuel had 42.9 percent support to Garcia’s 38.5 percent. The margin of error was +/- 3.2 percent.
Both polls show 18.6 percent of respondents were undecided.
Garcia campaign manager Andrew Sharp said in a statement that the challenger’s camp was not surprised by the results.
“We continue to believe that as the city learns more about Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia’s agenda for change, his support will continue to grow. We have seen a lot of polls over the last few months and we saw the results of the election last Tuesday. One fact remains constant — a majority of Chicagoans do not want four more years under Mayor Emanuel.â€
Steve Mayberry, Emanuel’s campaign manager, said in an email: “Chicago voters face a clear choice between Rahm, who has a clear record and plan to create good jobs, and Chuy Garcia, who has failed to get much of anything done in nearly 20 years on the big issues facing the city, but who is all of a sudden making pie-in-the-sky promises and writing checks Chicago can’t cash.â€
Connecting the dots
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As government officials pour over former Secretary of State Clinton’s private emails, some of us may want to look at the bigger picture. Certainly, Ms. Clinton’s judgment (or lack thereof) in conducting the business of the US government on her private email channels may send a chill down many people’s spines. However, this may just be the tip of the iceberg.
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Although Ms. Clinton has not formally announced her candidacy for the Democratic Party nomination for president in the 2016 elections, most pundits maintain that she is the clear frontrunner just as they say Jeb Bush is the front runner for the GOP.
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There has been a lot of controversy over the attack on Benghazi and Ms. Clinton went on record accepting the blame for what happened.
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Let us put the attack on Benghazi into perspective. It occurred on September 11, 2012 and it was a horrible tragedy. However, it is important to remember that just one year prior, in 2011, the US engaged in a vicious attack on Libya with the aim of destabilizing the government there. At the urging of the Secretary of State, Ms. Clinton, NATO embarked on a US-led massive bombing campaign against Libya. Up until that time, Libya had one of the best infrastructures in that part of the world. The US and NATO were hugely successful in smashing that nation and deposing its leader.
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Many people in the US were surprised at what happened next. However, what happened next was not surprising.
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Whenever you suddenly destroy a nation, as George W. Bush destroyed Iraq, that nation will always descend into chaos and anarchy. If you destroy the infrastructure and government of a sovereign nation, you must expect there will be blowback.
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Many buffoons on the right bray about the breach of security at Benghazi which resulted in the unnecessary deaths of US officials and personnel. However, it was not just the breach of security which led to the tragedy. It was the imperialist policy of the US government which sought to bring about “regime change†that resulted in the attack on Benghazi.
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The anarchy and chaos created by the 2011 attack on Libya produced fertile grounds for right-wing terrorist organizations like ISIS/ISIL which led to the 2012 attack on Benghazi.
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Just as George W. Bush has blood on his hands, Hillary Clinton has blood on her hands.
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Voters should consider these facts when they read mainstream media reports that a Bush-Clinton race for the presidency of the United States is inevitable. If they do, it will be inevitable that other candidates will capture the US people’s attention. If the DP and GOP persist in nominating Bush and Clinton, the US people will inevitably turn to new parties since the US people will not want to elect either of the two candidates that have blood on their hands.
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