Human needs before profits

Capitalist system is ‘not above the law’Capitalist system is ‘not above the law’

Capitalist system is ‘not above the law’

Big Media headlines trumpeted “Supreme Court says Trump not above the law” when SCOTUS ruled on July 9 that the…

July 15, 2020
‘Housing is dignity!’‘Housing is dignity!’

‘Housing is dignity!’

Residents of the James Talib-Dean tent encampment, set up on June 11 on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, held…

July 14, 2020
What is needed to reopen schools in the U.S.?What is needed to reopen schools in the U.S.?

What is needed to reopen schools in the U.S.?

July 13 — The Trump administration has ignored facts, science and the advice of experts when issuing an order for…

July 14, 2020
Capitalism: The cause of COVID-19 deathsCapitalism: The cause of COVID-19 deaths

Capitalism: The cause of COVID-19 deaths

June 23 — Does the COVID-19 virus operate differently in capitalist countries than in socialist countries? Based on a comparison…

June 24, 2020
Domestic violence: ‘The epidemic within the pandemic’Domestic violence: ‘The epidemic within the pandemic’

Domestic violence: ‘The epidemic within the pandemic’

“My husband won’t let me leave the house” has become an all-too-familiar cry for help since the mandatory lockdown was…

June 10, 2020
The real looters pocketed $11.7 billionThe real looters pocketed $11.7 billion

The real looters pocketed $11.7 billion

Who are the real looters? They wear elegant business suits, not hoodies or jeans. They dine at fancy restaurants, not…

June 5, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic: a historic event that will intensify global working-class struggleThe COVID-19 pandemic: a historic event that will intensify global working-class struggle

The COVID-19 pandemic: a historic event that will intensify global working-class struggle

Below is an article first posted online on April 24 by Tom Soto, who died on May 31. Comrade Soto…

June 3, 2020
Economics behind the rebellionEconomics behind the rebellion

Economics behind the rebellion

Between March 18 and April 10,  over 22 million people lost their jobs as the unemployment rate surged toward 15…

June 3, 2020
Trump, WHO, the pandemic and big pharmaTrump, WHO, the pandemic and big pharma

Trump, WHO, the pandemic and big pharma

Smack in the middle of the biggest pandemic in a century, President Donald Trump has announced he is withdrawing the…

June 2, 2020
Big banks profit from COVID-19 as food, shelter, even water at risk for millionsBig banks profit from COVID-19 as food, shelter, even water at risk for millions

Big banks profit from COVID-19 as food, shelter, even water at risk for millions

On top of COVID-19, another epidemic — one of growing hunger, evictions and foreclosures — now looms over millions of…

June 2, 2020