Congress votes for hunger and poverty

February 12, 2014

Corporate lobbyists get what they want as Congress cuts both food stamps and extended unemployment benefits. Congress delivered a one-two…

MASSIVE MARCH

February 12, 2014

Upsurge in South sets People’s Agenda By Eva P. and Ben C. Raleigh, N.C. -- The appeal went out: “Just…

New York tribute to Mandela and Cuba

February 12, 2014

By Cheryl LaBash and Monica Moorehead [gallery type="rectangular" ids="12936,12934,12935"] Harlem, N.Y. — A special tribute to the great freedom fighter…

Workers, activists fighting Veolia hold international conference

February 12, 2014

By Terri Kay and Judy Greenspan San Francisco — An international conference here on Feb. 8 brought together workers, community…

Lunes de Moral – movimiento dinámico

February 12, 2014

Los Lunes de Moral en Carolina del Norte tienen una historia particular que necesita ser entendida para reconocer sus objetivos…

More on the wealth gap

February 8, 2014

An editorial in our last issue ­explained how a simple statistic arrived at in an Oxfam study on wealth illuminates…

Syria: U.S. imperialism and diplomacy

February 8, 2014

The much ballyhooed Geneva II peace talks, which were supposed to bring about peace in Syria, ended on Jan. 31…

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 30

February 8, 2014

Final thoughts This series has sought to shed a historical materialist spotlight on the human social/sexual relationship usually referred to…

Fannie Lou Hamer remains a symbol 50 years after Freedom Summer

February 7, 2014

More than 1,000 student volunteers, along with rank-and-file workers and professionals from the northern and western cities of the U.S.,…

Chrysler workers must resist ‘culture of poverty’

February 7, 2014

Chrysler became 100 percent owned by Fiat on Jan. 20, when the trust fund responsible for United Auto Workers retirees’…