Editorials

The Syrian pretext

The reactionary terrorist gangs trying to overturn the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad are near collapse after a military defeat…

June 15, 2013

Justice, not smears, for Trayvon Martin

George Zimmerman, the racist vigilante killer of Trayvon Martin, has launched a campaign through his lawyers to smear his victim.…

June 5, 2013

Gay scouts in the BSA

On May 23, 61 percent of 1,400 voting members approved a measure to allow openly gay youth to participate in…

May 30, 2013

U.S. hands off Syria, Venezuela!

Recent U.S. threats against Iran, Syria and, yes, Venezuela show that this time of capitalist economic crisis brings with it…

May 29, 2013

IRS: the real scandal

Republican politicians and reactionary media outlets have joined the ultrarightist Tea Party types in an all-out attack on the Internal…

May 23, 2013

‘Nakba’ means disaster, but not surrender

May 15 marks the 65th anniversary of the beginning of what Palestinians and their supporters call the Nakba, “the disaster,”…

May 15, 2013

Shut Guantánamo down!

They won’t try us. They won’t let us live in peace, and they won’t let us die in peace.” —…

May 12, 2013

Condemn big-brand exploitation

Any real war on terror would start by hunting down those responsible for the textile factory collapse outside Dhaka, Bangladesh.…

May 1, 2013

REAL terrorist in the world today…

Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up!” is the title of an excellent Saul Landau video revealing the terror campaign…

May 1, 2013

A tale of two cities’ explosions

In one week, not one but two U.S. cities were rocked by deadly explosions. On April 15, bombs at the…

April 23, 2013