Kathy Durkin

Women in combat: Behind the Pentagon’s decision

On Jan. 24, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced that the Pentagon had lifted its ban on women serving in…

February 2, 2013

Another racist vigilante slaying

Jordan Russell Davis was with friends in an SUV listening to music in a gas station in Jacksonville, Fla., over…

December 19, 2012

Incendio en Bangladesh mata 120 trabajadores/as ¿Cuál es la conexión con Walmart?

¿Cuánto vale la vida de los/as trabajadores/as bajo el capitalismo global? Una vez más, trabajadores/as bangladesís de prendas de vestir…

December 5, 2012

Bangladesh fire kills 120 workers

What’s the Walmart connection?   What is the value of workers’ lives under global capitalism? Once again, Bangladeshi garment workers…

November 30, 2012

Workers clean up capitalist-made ‘super-storm’

New York — They are often unseen and unrecognized by the television cameras in the coverage of the devastation caused…

November 4, 2012

Greece wracked by health-care crisis

What is the price of austerity? For many workers in Greece, it’s their health. It is being jobless and denied…

November 1, 2012

In NYC council meeting, heated debate on racist police abuse

Racist police practices were the focus of a struggle within the New York City Council on Oct. 10. A six-hour…

October 18, 2012

Protest deployment of U.S. helicopters in Okinawa

The spirit of resistance is alive and well in Okinawa. The deployment of 12 U.S. military helicopters to the U.S.…

October 15, 2012

Growing crisis for homeless children

It is generally assumed, except by the most hardened reactionaries, that governments, even under capitalism, have a responsibility to ensure…

October 6, 2012

Stop Wall Street’s war on women

When U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, a Republican Senate candidate, stated that women don’t become pregnant from “legitimate rape,” he insulted…

September 2, 2012