Editorials

Emancipation and incarceration

Even as the U.S. officially celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans make up the largest portion…

January 4, 2013

Washington’s economic war on Cuba

How long could the U.S. government ratchet up the economic war against the Cuban Revolution in every corner of the…

January 1, 2013

Recognizing a lie in Syria

On Dec. 11, the U.S. took what the Obama administration calls a “big step.” It formally recognized the Syrian Opposition…

December 21, 2012

Syria, Egypt & imperialism

If you’re reading this editorial, you probably don’t believe that when cops invade poor Black or Latino/a neighborhoods, they do…

December 16, 2012

Stand with Hugo Chávez & Venezuela

Hugo Chávez’s extraordinary career as military rebel, people’s hero and agent of deep social change in Venezuela, as well as…

December 13, 2012

Climate & compensation

Many, many international conferences on climate change have been held since scientists began issuing alarming reports on what human activity…

December 9, 2012

Free Private Manning!

Sometimes a trial will throw a light upon the injustices inherent in an entire society. Such a trial is the…

November 28, 2012

Free Leonard Peltier!

Nov. 22 will mark 13,439 days of incarceration for Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier. This year’s commemoration of the National…

November 21, 2012

Which ‘cliff’ should we be talking about?

A lot of workers in all the capitalist countries feel like they’ve fallen over a cliff. The ground under their…

November 18, 2012

Obama wins, struggle begins

Nov. 7 — The elections are over, and while only the preliminary results are in as of this writing, a…

November 7, 2012