Vol. 77/No. 19      May 20, 2013

Situation in Turkey

The Militant is a great paper. It shows us how to fight back, and explains why these wars against working people in other countries are not in our interests.

The article about the situation in Turkey and the call by Ocalan for a cease-fire is especially interesting. I have read nothing in the local capitalist press about this. The Militant provided us workers here with some information about the conditions in Turkey, something we can read about, study and learn from.

Roy Jones
Brantford, Ontario

Internships

As a student in a State University, it’s almost universally expected that you should work for free. Many people are more worried about getting an internship than a paying job and a lot of young people are frustrated that they would like to do an internship but can’t afford to work for free.

Not only is a giant pool of unpaid labor bad for wages and solidarity, but it is entirely about getting a leg up on the people around you, having something they don’t have so you’ve got a shot at a better job for yourself. It reinforces in young people that they shouldn’t look to solve their problems collectively but at each other’s expense.

Harry D’Agostino
New Paltz, N.Y.  
 
 
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