Human needs before profits

Detroiters object to austerity plan

The city of Detroit bankruptcy case is being played out in a courtroom far removed from the real future of…

April 1, 2014

Marxism explains long-term jobless growth

Five years into the capitalist recovery, the crisis of mass, long-term unemployment will not go away. The Labor Department defines…

March 28, 2014

Protesters tell looters for 1%: ‘Detroit is NOT for sale’

The ultra-right-wing, anti-union, anti-people Manhattan Policy Institute hosted the notorious looters of Detroit’s pensions and treasury, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder…

March 28, 2014

Extreme inequality growing

Class exploitation at the root The International Monetary Fund recently published a paper sounding the alarm about the global trend…

March 24, 2014

‘People’s objections’ to be filed in Detroit bankruptcy case

Detroit, March 16 — The last day to file objections to the city of Detroit’s austerity “Plan of Adjustment” in…

March 21, 2014

Racist neglect behind East Harlem explosion

New York --  Another capitalist atrocity against the poor and people of color occurred in the neighborhood of East Harlem,…

March 17, 2014

Staples to shut 225 stores

Giant retail chains are counting up their poor showings in 2013. Their answer? Store closings and layoffs. In this attack…

March 16, 2014

Hiding stagnation and ‘missing workers’

Here is a major headline item that never made it to the headlines: The Commerce Department has revised downward by…

March 5, 2014

Detroit meeting opposes bankruptcy plan

Detroit -- A standing-room-only audience at Central United Methodist Church participated in an Emergency Town Hall meeting March 2 in…

March 4, 2014

Broad backing for minimum wage raise

Low-wage workers are carrying out a determined and heroic struggle to force giant corporations like McDonalds, Starbucks, Walmart and others…

February 28, 2014