What is a revolution? Trotsky explained that it starts when
the mass of ordinary people who normally are not interested in politics, rise
up and start to take their destiny into their own hands. This is clearly what
has been developing in Mexico
over the recent period.
Yesterday's Morning Star published an interview with Celia Hart. "If
revolutionaries manage to capitalise on this [revolutionary] process to our advantage,
a new era of socialist revolutions will begin worldwide. But
history won't wait for us and we in the organised left-wing ranks must
grasp the rich and splendid process now open to us."
With its 1.4 million members, the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters could well be America’s strongest union. This fall, Teamster
members will be able to vote for either Jimmy Hoffa Jr., current
president of the Teamsters, or Tom Leedham. A victory for Leedham could potentially be a starting point to build a
more militant union, run from the bottom up.