Editorial

Immigrants have repeatedly been the scapegoats for capitalism’s economic and social problems. Land owners, industrialists, politicians and vigilantes have always blamed immigrants and subjected them to violence and terror at the same time that their labor was being exploited for profit. Unfortunately the U.S. labor movement was sometimes caught up in anti-immigrant hysteria, blaming the foreign-born for taking “American jobs.�

The specter that Marx poetically described as haunting Europe is still creeping over the world. This specter is a growing international movement, struggling against global capitalist exploitation. This movement is historically distinct because its activists cross class, race, gender, and most importantly, borders.

"It's not, and never has been, our intention to offend anyone. These graphic T-shirts were designed with the sole purpose of adding humor and levity to our fashion line," said Thomas Lennox, Abercrombie and Fitch (A&F) public relations official.

Because of the various media misrepresentations, the general public doesn't really understand the anti-globalization movement. The methods of activists, such as civil disobedience, can be confusing and frightening. And then there are the acronyms and terminology that activists use, like "diversity of tactics" or the "Global South."

There's a growing urgency among our working class community to stop the war in Iraq. The war on Iraq is projected to cost $9 billion a month. This translates into budget cuts in our schools, jobs and social services. We have to stop this war before it starts.

Displacement is an act of force. Displacement is when working class and poor people are forcibly pushed out of their community so more affluent people and businesses can move in for the purpose of profit and destabilizing communities.

"Youth are the Future." We have all heard it before, and as clichéd and ridiculous as it may sound, it's true. For the YCL, the future lies in its youngest members. These are the members who (hopefully) will be around for the longest. High school is a time to figure out what you want to do, what's important to you, and what you believe in. It is a time when people are usually open to new ideas. High school is a time for learning (or so I hear) and you certainly won't learn about class struggle, so it is the role of the YCL to teach the class struggle.

The Southern California YCL joined thousands of people in their march to Sacramento demanding that Gov. Gray Davis sign State Senate Bill 1736. SB 1736 would ensure the United Farm Workers (UFW) bargaining leverage in their contract negotiations with the California Growers. Si Se Puede! Yes We Can! Chants were carried amongst a sea of UFW flags and Aztec dancers.

Marymount College is a small liberal arts college located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The beginning of the spring terms marked a fundamental change in the way MMC is administered. A new president - Judson R. Shaver, Ph.D., a conservative budget-slashing cowboy - was selected. Since his inauguration in July, much needed programs began to see their budgets cut, and drastic change from Marymount’s progressive tradition.