Editorials

Why not amnesty here?

In December, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an amnesty for some 20,000 prisoners — including the Greenpeace protesters, the Pussy…

January 1, 2014

Defend socialist Korea!

On Dec. 13, the Korean Central News Agency, an official voice of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, reported that…

December 17, 2013

No to Pentagon pressure on China

All over the world, but especially in the East Asia and Pacific region, people are worried about a deliberate provocation…

November 30, 2013

Significance of Nat’l Day of Mourning

The 44th commemoration of the National Day of Mourning on Nov. 28 in Plymouth, Mass., will mark 13,809 days of…

November 28, 2013

De Blasio and New York workers

The multinational working class of New York City — who seemed to have been submerged as a political factor during…

November 14, 2013

Courts strike 1-2 punch at reproductive rights

Reproductive justice took a one-two punch in unrelated court decisions on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. One court allowed a…

November 6, 2013

Thieves fall out over NSA spying

President Dwight Eisenhower famously warned of the dangers of the military-industrial complex as he left office in 1961. Even this…

October 31, 2013

Cut F-35s, not food stamps!

Struggling individuals and families across the U.S. will face even more hardship come Nov. 1, when Congress will allow some…

October 29, 2013

Why capitalists fear abundance

What is the big problem in today’s world? Is it scarcity? Not enough food, shelter, clothing and other necessities? Not…

October 27, 2013

Communist Gen. Giap’s enemies

Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap had many friends and admirers among the people of the world, for whom he is a…

October 11, 2013