Matthew MacEgan

Member of the Socialist Equality Party (@SEP_US ), writer for the World Socialist Web Site (@WSWS_Updates ), and Trotskyist fighter for revolutionary socialism

[Matthew MacEgan @MatthewMacEgan]

Tampa #Florida Frontier workers want to fight for their healthcare and retirement benefits, but their union leadership (IBEW Local 824) is having them picket NFL football games and WWE wrestling tournaments.

A better way forward presented in this article:
https://t.co/OS1AfWHGp7

[Patrick Smith @Patrick87403438]

The fascistic rant by Marjorie Taylor Green and Donald Trump is a precursor. Donald Trump didn't fall from the sky. He was put in place by the ruling elite to counter the rising militancy of the working class. https://t.co/liWCEKPS3u

[Patrick Smith @Patrick87403438]

Extremely well thought out and worded demands from Volvo workers. Get used to this corporate America... "https://t.co/ipDsD3RBPZ

[Patrick Smith @Patrick87403438]

Whatever their individual motives, the violent outbursts of disturbed individuals such as Cassidy must be seen as the product of the crisis of the capitalist system.

https://t.co/Quzw1xaBDa

[Eric London @EricLondonSEP]

Open Letter from Socialist Equality Party Chairman David North to Maria Svart, National Director of the Democratic Socialists of America.

https://t.co/aurGxJDCUI

[Barry Grey @wswsgrey]

Jacobin, DSA promote Stalinist CPUSA during Moscow Trials, popular front suppression of working class revolutions in Spain and France and GPU murder of Trotsky. “See: Jacobin glorifies Dolores Ibarruri, Stalinist executioner of the Spanish Revolution” https://t.co/77kuAd3u4a

[Patrick Smith @Patrick87403438]

As the speakers at the ICFI’s International Online May Day Rally demonstrated, the experiences of working people are mirrored throughout the globe. Though our languages and cultures may be diifferent, our struggles are the same.
https://t.co/B9aKtkVQsG

[Matthew MacEgan @MatthewMacEgan]

What do #Florida residents think about the atrocities being committed by the Israeli government against #Palestinians in #Gaza and Israel? I'm collecting statements for an article in opposition to these US-backed war crimes. Please DM me.

#GazaUnderAttack
https://t.co/thYcBcj0A3

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

1) Combined share of total US wealth held by everybody except the richest 10%, 1990-2020.

2) The share of US wealth held by *just* the top 1%, 1990-2020.

What it means: 10% of Americans control *70%* of national wealth. And the top 1% own more than the bottom 90% COMBINED.

[Joseph Scalice @josephscalice]

@EricLondonSEP writes a devastating exposure of numerous prominent leaders of the @DemSocialists posting celebrations of the assassination of Trotsky.
As someone repeatedly targeted by Stalinist death threats I recognize the stench of these DSA leaders right-wing politics.

[James Brewer @brewsws]

"I do not think that in all of human history anything could be found even remotely resembling the gigantic factory of lies which was organized by the Kremlin under the leadership of Stalin."—Leon Trotsky https://t.co/sLZAhEDoo7 via @Mehring_Books

[Matthew MacEgan @MatthewMacEgan]

It's not a coincidence that leading DSA members embrace the crimes of Stalinism. They play the same counterrevolutionary role: seeking to divert working-class hostility to capitalism into safe channels where it can be dissipated and broken.

https://t.co/TbyDqpuBsI

[Eric London @EricLondonSEP]

In the past week, numerous prominent leaders of the @DemSocialists posted tweets celebrating the 1940 assassination of Leon Trotsky. By laughing at Trotsky's death they solidarize themselves w/ the mass murder carried out by Stalin’s totalitarian regime.

https://t.co/53CykVUXJb

[Jon Whitener @jon_whitener]

@EricLondonSEP When I handed out WSWS newsletters to Detroit auto workers going into their factory, out of every 10, about 8 took the newsletter willingly, 1 or 2 also donated, and less than 1 told me off. Guess which 1 was a fervent union defender, and guess which 1 SEP critics talk to.

[Eric London @EricLondonSEP]

.@JacobM_AL, Alabama AFLCIO Labor Council Sec'y Treasurer, attacks the WSWS for speaking to striking miners in Alabama.

Turns out he is a recent leader of the Alabama College Democrats & more. As w/ @TheDuhalde, another Democratic operative in the @DemSocialists.

Thread:

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[Matthew MacEgan @MatthewMacEgan]

The trade unions “helping” the Phelps Dodge workers in 1984 by giving them turkeys for Thanksgiving is unsurprisingly similar to the DSA and ISO in 2018 providing striking teachers in Los Angeles with tacos instead of a program.

https://t.co/cjAGPIdCJW

[David North @DavidNorthWSWS]

Imposing sanctions on Russia, Biden said US "elections are sacred ... an expression of the will of the American people. And we can not allow a foreign power to interfere in our democratic process with impunity." But what will Biden do about Trump and his co-conspirators? 1/

[Matthew MacEgan @MatthewMacEgan]

The #Florida state legislature is considering several new bills that would restrict #VotingRights, criminalize lawful #protesters, and further obstruct the ability of Floridians to change state law through ballot initiatives.

Read: https://t.co/rzpWJFDIOM

[Eric London @EricLondonSEP]

I'm thrilled that the interview on @AmpedUpPodcast w/ @ryanknight has triggered a discussion on the @AFLCIO & modern trade unions. Much needed.

Here is a thread on the socialist position on the AFL-CIO & the Socialist Equality Party’s call for independent rank-and-file cmtes. 1/