Workers’ struggle in Cambodia: the back story

January 11, 2014

When the police in Cambodia shot and killed four people Jan. 3 during a workers’ demonstration calling for higher wages…

Eurozone imperialism swallows Latvia

January 11, 2014

Latvia, a small country on the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, officially joined the Eurozone on Jan. 1. The…

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 27

January 11, 2014

Cuban women and Cuban ‘marriage’ “With a bleeding eye in their hands, a sergeant and several other men went to…

‘Affluenza’ & the Marxist cure

January 10, 2014

People everywhere were shocked and outraged that the son of a Texas factory owner, Ethan Couch, was given probation after…

Longest railroad strike in south Korea ends, struggle continues

January 10, 2014

Thousands of south Korean railroad workers ended their strike Dec. 30 after three weeks of intense struggle against the right-wing,…

Disasters and their causes

January 10, 2014

Syria. Libya. Iraq. South Sudan. Horror stories from these countries filled the international news as 2014 began. Humanitarian disasters. Ethnic…

Why the Affordable Care Act is already so expensive

January 10, 2014

The year was 1965. The U.S. government’s war in Vietnam was increasingly unpopular, especially among the young people being drafted…

New investigation, reparations sought for Clarence Moses-El

January 10, 2014

In November 1996, Clarence Moses-El, who is imprisoned at Kit Carson Correctional Facility in Burlington, Colo., expected to be vindicated…

Global youth unemployment: powder keg to explode capitalism?

January 9, 2014

The statistics are alarming. Young people make up 17 percent of the world’s population, but 40 percent of its unemployed.…

Oakland, Calif., community commemorates Oscar Grant

January 9, 2014

Oakland, Calif. — The mall area of the Fruitvale Bay Area Rapid Transit Station here reverberated with the speeches and…