Vol. 80/No. 31      August 22, 2016

 

Letters

 
Addressing unemployment
In an otherwise excellent Reply To A Reader Aug. 15 entitled, “On coal, jobs: start with working class” by Maggie Trowe, I thought a piece was missing: the SWP’s position on addressing unemployment now, a big part of the world capitalist economic crisis.

To those unemployed coal miners who have been laid off and the millions of others without work, one of the SWP’s national campaign leaflets says:

“We are part of the fight for a government-funded public works program to create jobs at union-scale pay to replace crumbling infrastructure and build schools, medical, child care and recreation centers, and other things working people need.”

Dan Fein
Chicago, Illinois

Prison censorship
I, too, had some trouble getting the May 30 issue of the Militant at this prison. I didn’t think to question the decision, instead I had them send it to my mom (she enjoyed reading it). Interestingly, the employee chose to deliver part of the issue, removing only the pages she thought objectionable.

The Militant often provides news that we do not get from other sources (like CNN or the Detroit Free Press). I try to pass on every issue to other inmates, and sometimes we end up having conversations about the plight of workers or the role of government.

I have a friend here who is from Eritrea. He can relate to many of the stories in the Militant because workers and the government in Eritrea are oppressed by U.S. capitalists, government officials and representatives of the U.N. It seems like stories about the Eritrean people would fit well in the Militant.

A prisoner
Michigan  
 
 
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