As gov’t shutdown bites: Will Dems talk about the real crisis?

January 8, 2019

Jan. 8 — In the middle of a partial shutdown of the government which has already hurt millions of workers…

Global pressure mounts on Philly DA Krasner to do right by Mumia

January 8, 2019

Nearly 200 people, enduring steady rain, demonstrated outside the office of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner on Jan. 5. It…

China’s moon landing: a giant leap for space science

January 8, 2019

The People’s Republic of China successfully landed the first spacecraft, called the Chang’e-4, on the far side of the moon…

MLP celebra la primera asamblea plurinacional

January 8, 2019

El día 29 diciembre 2018 se reunieron en Santo Domingo, Suchitepéquez representantes de los pueblos originarios y movimientos sociales de…

Cuando el pueblo cubano se levantó

January 8, 2019

Editorial del 2 de enero de 2019 - Es una isla a solo 90 millas de los Estados Unidos que ha…

On tenth anniversary of death, Oakland remembers Oscar Grant

January 7, 2019

Jan. 1 -- Over 200 people gathered at the Fruitvale BART Station in East Oakland to commemorate Oscar Grant and…

After more than 100 years, Congress passes an anti-lynching bill

January 7, 2019

There’s a saying, “Better late than never.”  In this case, “late” refers to the century-long attempt to pass anti-lynching legislation…

A mystery within a mystery

January 7, 2019

Oh, the horror of it! That loud, whining, brain-piercing sound! What will these Reds do next to poor U.S. diplomats?…

Election in the Congo: Rearranging who controls what

January 7, 2019

In his speech accepting the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, Congolese Doctor Denis Mukwege said, “I am part of one of…

High-tech, low pay and capitalist crisis

January 5, 2019

The following excerpt (pages 81-84) from the book “Low-Wage Capitalism” by Fred Goldstein, written in 2012, deals with Sam Marcy’s…