Editorials

Stop health care profiteering!

On Friday the 13th — yes, an ominously superstitious date — the U.S. House of Representatives voted 227 to 198…

January 18, 2017

Chicago and racist oppression

This is a violent capitalist country. Shootings, beatings, murders occur every day. It is historical fact, beginning with the war…

January 10, 2017

A tragic anniversary

December 25 marked the 25th anniversary of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Two historic centennial anniversaries will take place…

January 4, 2017

Domestic ‘hacking’ distorted election

Clamor against the Russian Federation has reached a crescendo, with the corporate media blaming Russia for “interfering with the U.S.…

December 21, 2016

Russia didn’t do it

The CIA’s allegation that Russia intervened in the U.S. presidential election to help Donald Trump is “fake news” being peddled…

December 14, 2016

Carrier ‘deal’: Liars, damned liars and politicians

It is not even Inauguration Day and the president-elect is making speeches about the jobs he claims to have saved…

December 6, 2016

Reaction breeds resistance

A wave of terrible hate has surged through the U.S. since Donald Trump’s election. This has been confirmed by the…

November 28, 2016

National Day of Mourning: From Plymouth Rock to Standing Rock

This year’s commemoration of the 47th National Day of Mourning on Nov. 24 in Plymouth, Mass., is dedicated to the…

November 22, 2016

Which side are you on?

One of the labor movement’s most famous anthems is “Which Side Are You On?” Composer Florence Reece gave new lyrics…

November 21, 2016

Give Trump a chance? Not on our lives!

The photo was top of the news: Obama and Trump shaking hands in the Oval Office at the White House,…

November 16, 2016