Human needs before profits

Devastation in retail points to deepening crisis in capitalist economy

Even after stock market prices dropped over 10 percent in three days, many corporate media pundits dismissed concerns over this…

February 13, 2018

Market turmoil: What it means for workers

As we write this — noon on Tuesday, Feb. 6 — the global financial markets are in their third day…

February 6, 2018

Heat the schools – fire the cops!

Around 100 people took to the chilly streets of Baltimore on Jan. 13 for a spirited march under the slogan…

January 18, 2018

Walmart lays off 11,000 under smokescreen

The Walmart corporation closed 63 Sam’s Club stores without notice on Jan. 11, laying off some 11,000 workers, many of…

January 16, 2018

How does Trump survive? He pays off the ruling class

Journalist Michael Wolff’s new book “Fire and Fury” depicts Donald Trump as totally unfit to serve as the chief executive…

January 13, 2018

Activists call for ‘Days of Rage against Trump and Capitalism’

Despite a brutal year of attacks on the working class, especially on the most oppressed, the spirit of rebellion cannot…

January 11, 2018

Trump presidency survives by paying off the ruling class

Journalist Michael Wolff’s new book “Fire and Fury” depicts Donald Trump as totally unfit to serve as the chief executive…

January 9, 2018

‘No heat, no rent!’ cry Brooklyn, N.Y., tenants

Brooklyn, N.Y. — An emergency demonstration in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill neighborhood on Jan. 7 drew several dozen protesters supporting tenants…

January 8, 2018

Bronx fire: Who caused it? Who profits?

New York — The deadliest fire in this city in over 25 years erupted on the evening of Dec. 28.…

January 2, 2018

New York: Metro Transit debt makes profits for Wall Street

New York — The Metropolitan Transit Authority here is on a collision course for a financial crash. It just approved…

December 21, 2017