Human needs before profits

Drug users need unions, compassion clubsDrug users need unions, compassion clubs

Drug users need unions, compassion clubs

Drug users and abusers, as a group of people, are among the most oppressed of our class. Because of this,…

December 17, 2021
NYC opens first safe consumption sitesNYC opens first safe consumption sites

NYC opens first safe consumption sites

With fatal and nonfatal drug overdoses dramatically rising during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. needs a new strategy for countering…

December 16, 2021
Why Cuba has no anti-vaccine movementWhy Cuba has no anti-vaccine movement

Why Cuba has no anti-vaccine movement

In the imperialist countries, honest skepticism about government handling of the COVID-19 crisis and the profit-driven decisions of pharmaceutical companies…

December 13, 2021
New variant, same problem: Joint U.S.-China solidarity book tackles COVIDNew variant, same problem: Joint U.S.-China solidarity book tackles COVID

New variant, same problem: Joint U.S.-China solidarity book tackles COVID

The continuing U.S. COVID crisis was predicted in a book published a year ago. “Capitalism on a Ventilator,” a unique…

December 10, 2021
No ethical consumption under capitalismNo ethical consumption under capitalism

No ethical consumption under capitalism

There is no ethical consumption under capitalism. That truism has been burned into my mind since the moment I entered…

December 9, 2021
Global supply chain crisis: Capitalism, militarism and infrastructureGlobal supply chain crisis: Capitalism, militarism and infrastructure

Global supply chain crisis: Capitalism, militarism and infrastructure

Multiple issues confront the U.S. capitalist economy during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Of major impact is the global supply chain…

December 3, 2021
Youth leader at National Day of Mourning: ‘We are not vanishing’Youth leader at National Day of Mourning: ‘We are not vanishing’

Youth leader at National Day of Mourning: ‘We are not vanishing’

By Kimimilasha James The following is a slightly edited talk given by Kimimilasha James on Nov. 25 at the 52nd…

December 2, 2021
What’s in your water?What’s in your water?

What’s in your water?

What’s in your water? Can you trust that paper wrapped around your take-out sandwich — or the plastic clamshell —…

November 26, 2021
The role of Black radicals − Civil War to the carceral stateThe role of Black radicals − Civil War to the carceral state

The role of Black radicals − Civil War to the carceral state

The following slightly edited testimony was presented by Dr. Johanna Fernandez, an associate professor of history at Baruch College of…

November 26, 2021