Human needs before profits

A Marxist history of HIV/AIDS – Part 1A Marxist history of HIV/AIDS – Part 1

A Marxist history of HIV/AIDS – Part 1

Forty years ago, on June 5, 1981, the first instance of what came to be known as HIV/AIDS was reported…

July 2, 2021
Texas: ‘¡Alto a ataques a los derechos reproductivos! No, a la Ley 8 del Senado’ Texas: ‘¡Alto a ataques a los derechos reproductivos! No, a la Ley 8 del Senado’ 

Texas: ‘¡Alto a ataques a los derechos reproductivos! No, a la Ley 8 del Senado’ 

El gobernador Greg Abbott dijo a los medios de comunicación el 19 de mayo: “Nuestro creador nos dotó del derecho…

July 2, 2021
“Sleep-in” challenges Georgia benefit cuts “Sleep-in” challenges Georgia benefit cuts 

“Sleep-in” challenges Georgia benefit cuts 

Atlanta Unemployed workers pitched tents in front of the Georgia Department of Labor June 24 in downtown Atlanta in preparation…

July 2, 2021
Emancipation Day in Rhode IslandEmancipation Day in Rhode Island

Emancipation Day in Rhode Island

Activists from the Black community gathered in Providence, R.I., June 19, with allies to commemorate Emancipation Day, also known as…

July 1, 2021
Pakistan: Corporate and state terror drives forced displacementPakistan: Corporate and state terror drives forced displacement

Pakistan: Corporate and state terror drives forced displacement

Karachi — On June 6, the Sindh Action Committee organized a protest and sit-in to draw attention to the systematic…

July 1, 2021
Laid-off McDonald’s workers in France take over restaurant, feed the hungryLaid-off McDonald’s workers in France take over restaurant, feed the hungry

Laid-off McDonald’s workers in France take over restaurant, feed the hungry

Marseille is the second largest city in France. It is a very old city, founded around 500 BCE because it…

June 29, 2021
Capitalism behind fatal building disastersCapitalism behind fatal building disasters

Capitalism behind fatal building disasters

Two preventable catastrophes caused by capitalist greed in housing construction occurred four years and thousands of miles apart, and in…

June 28, 2021
Ye who shall not work (for low wages) shall not eatYe who shall not work (for low wages) shall not eat

Ye who shall not work (for low wages) shall not eat

In 2017, to justify changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Rep. Jodey Arrington leaned on the scriptures — specifically…

June 15, 2021
Shambling recovery from the COVID economic crisisShambling recovery from the COVID economic crisis

Shambling recovery from the COVID economic crisis

President Biden interrupted a long weekend at the Delaware shore to claim credit for the 559,000 new jobs which the…

June 9, 2021
Workers need unions – Amazon offers ‘despair closets’Workers need unions – Amazon offers ‘despair closets’

Workers need unions – Amazon offers ‘despair closets’

Just when it seemed impossible for Jeff Bezos and other Amazon bosses to be any more clueless and insensitive toward…

June 4, 2021