Economic contraction and military expansion

September 19, 2013

This essay is reprinted from the pamphlet “Reindustrialization: The Menace Behind the Promise,” written by Workers World Party founder Sam…

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 17

September 19, 2013

From matrilineal clan to patriarchy — Feasting as an instrument for deepening social inequality The dissolution of the matrilineal clan…

U.S. solidarity & fact-finding delegation visits Syria

September 18, 2013

A delegation of anti-war and human-rights activists from the United States entered Syria Sept. 16 on a fact-finding and people-to-people…

Detroit emergency manager dictates ‘lights out’

September 18, 2013

When the lights went out at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center (CAY­MAC) in downtown Detroit on Sept. 11, it…

Income gap grows still wider

September 18, 2013

For ever so long, workers have been told that this capitalist system we live under works to our benefit. Sure,…

Michigan anti-fracking movement worries gas industry

September 18, 2013

Capitalist propaganda has a peculiar way of turning reality on its head. A case in point is the well-funded effort…

Protests save Brooklyn hospital

September 18, 2013

Brooklyn Judge Johnny Lee Baynes ruled Sept. 12 that New York state’s justification for the closing of Long Island College…

Syrian Americans say ‘No!’ to U.S. war on their country

September 18, 2013

A significant turnout of nearly 1,000 anti-war demonstrators, most from the Syrian-American community, marched in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 9,…

Syrian agreement postpones U.S. aggressive war

September 18, 2013

Sept. 16 — While U.S. warships continued to sail in the Eastern Mediterranean to keep the Syrian people under threat,…

Trabajadores despedidos de GM en Colombia decididos a vencer

September 18, 2013

Durante dos años y dos meses, un decidido grupo de trabajadores automotrices despedidos han vivido en tiendas de campaña frente…