Editorials

Behind the crisisBehind the crisis

Behind the crisis

The crisis that surrounds the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin cannot be separated from the growing sense of catastrophe…

August 31, 2020
Not being Trump is not enoughNot being Trump is not enough

Not being Trump is not enough

Once every four years, the two major capitalist parties in the United States get unlimited prime-time media, with much hoopla,…

August 26, 2020
Abolish the police!Abolish the police!

Abolish the police!

The recent Republican convention — led by the white-supremacist-in-chief, current U.S. president and enemy of the people — rallied its…

August 25, 2020
Biden won’t save us / Keep it in the streets!Biden won’t save us / Keep it in the streets!

Biden won’t save us / Keep it in the streets!

As the November election approaches, pressure will mount on revolutionary organizations within the U.S. to fall in line with the…

August 19, 2020
Democrats vs. Republicans: Which party really CARES?Democrats vs. Republicans: Which party really CARES?

Democrats vs. Republicans: Which party really CARES?

While the corporate media focus public attention on the imminent opening of the Democratic and Republican Party conventions and the…

August 18, 2020
An anti-racist vote for class unityAn anti-racist vote for class unity

An anti-racist vote for class unity

Rashida Tlaib of Detroit made history on Nov. 7, 2018, when she became the first Palestinian American woman elected to…

August 11, 2020
<span class="streamer">Breaking through the walls of isolation:</span><br /> What is the Prisoners Solidarity Committee?<span class="streamer">Breaking through the walls of isolation:</span><br /> What is the Prisoners Solidarity Committee?

<span class="streamer">Breaking through the walls of isolation:</span><br /> What is the Prisoners Solidarity Committee?

This slightly edited statement first appeared in the Sept. 17, 1971, WW as part of a special eight-page Prisoners Solidarity…

August 5, 2020
A literal matter of historyA literal matter of history

A literal matter of history

Printed from a July 27 audio column posted on prisonradio.org.  When I was a young man — a boy really…

August 5, 2020
The virus, the GDP and the profit motiveThe virus, the GDP and the profit motive

The virus, the GDP and the profit motive

“The coronavirus pandemic’s toll on the nation’s economy became emphatically clearer Thursday,” the New York Times wrote July 30,  “as…

August 4, 2020
Solidarity, the best antitoxinSolidarity, the best antitoxin

Solidarity, the best antitoxin

As the coronavirus spreads around the globe, the United States continues to report by far the largest number of cases…

July 29, 2020