Central Park 5: Merry-go-round for justice

August 4, 2013

For the umpteenth time, another “Central Park 5” court hearing/status conference was adjourned on July 23. Again, the Manhattan courtroom…

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 11

August 4, 2013

Domesticating the hunters – Knight’s hypothesis British anthropologist Chris Knight has joined a host of militant workers in capitalist society…

Bernie Dwyer, presente

August 4, 2013

The following is based on a statement from the International Committee to Free the Cuban Five. At 7:30 a.m. today,…

Berkeley, Calif., says: Save the People’s Post Office

August 1, 2013

About 200 people rallied on July 27 “in direct defense of our post office” on the steps of the threatened…

Postal bill draws protests in U.S. cities

August 1, 2013

Bronx, N.Y. — No more door-to-door mail delivery. The end of Saturday mail. Those are just two of the severe…

On the picket line

August 1, 2013

Raise the federal minimum wage NOW! On July 24, during a national day of action in more than 30 cities,…

Henri Alleg: 1921 – 2013

August 1, 2013

Henri Alleg was a journalist’s journalist. Of French-Algerian ancestry, he witnessed the horrors and brutalities of the Algerian War personally.…

Community battles Detroit bankruptcy, demands pensions

July 31, 2013

“This Is War!” was the battle cry headline on a leaflet issued by the Moratorium Now! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures,…

Mass demonstrations, strikes follow political assassination in Tunisia

July 31, 2013

Tunisian workers and youth shut down the North African country on July 26, when the largest trade union federation and…

Syria: U.S. war policy at a crossroads

July 31, 2013

Despite CIA coordination of training operations in Jordan and safe havens in Turkey and despite countless reports in the corporate…