: Shaun Harkin From his role in the Russian 1917 Revolution to his battle against Stalinism, Leon Trotsky made an immense contribution to the revolutionary tradition.
: Naseer Aruri A new round of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority is designed to safeguard Israel's interests.
: Jessica Kochick LA teachers are gearing up to protest the Los Angeles Times for publishing the names of teachers alongside their students' test scores.
: Steve Leigh On the anniversary of the Katrina disaster, Harry Shearer's documentary The Big Uneasy asks why the New Orleans' levees failed in the first place.
Nine activists were arrested as part of a sit-in after same-sex couples were denied marriage licenses by San Diego County officials.
Several hundred activists from all over the East Coast gathered in Washington, D.C., for the "Big Commit," a rally for LGBT rights.
: Nicole Colson Calling the overwhelming evidence of Troy Davis' innocence just "smoke and mirrors," a federal judge has refused to free him from death row.
Here's what passes for mainstream politics today--the Republicans spout inflammatory lies, and the Democrats retreat and act like they can't do anything about it.
Some 10,000 people gathered for the "Reclaim the Dream" march in Washington, D.C.--an important counter to the mass rally called by Glenn Beck.
Imprisoned behind border walls, subjected to indiscriminate killings, deprived of the most basic necessities, Palestinians are asking for our help.
: Alexander Super A sweeping downward revision of public school students test scores in New York shows that the supposed advances of "school reform" are illusory.
: Elizabeth Schulte Social Security, which had its 75th birthday in August, is one of the most popular government programs ever. So why is it on the chopping block?
: Eric Ruder Barack Obama hasn't ended the war on Iraq. He's launched the next phase, with U.S. combat troops artfully reclassified as "advise-and-assist brigades."
An attack on a New York cab driver is particularly disturbing in the context of the recent toxic atmosphere of Islamophobia.
: Alessandro Tinonga As California's economic crisis drags on, the Democratic and Republican candidates for governor are offering more of the same.
Thousands of lives along the Gulf Coast, as well as the Gulf itself, have been devastated by the ongoing disaster of the BP oil spill
: Allan MacOwen Workers and residents were hit with yet another blow when the 200-bed North General Hospital in Harlem filed for bankruptcy.
: Mike Marqusee Residents of Swaziland are living under the thumb of one of the world's last absolute monarchies, a venal and repressive regime that plunders the country.
: Jeffery R. Webber The streets of the city of Potosí in southeastern Bolivia are desolate after several weeks of a general strike and popular revolt against poverty.
: Snehal Shingavi Bangladesh's textile industry--one of the most exploitative in the world--has been shaken by protests over the past month.
: Darrin Hoop Corporate America's biggest grocers are out to squeeze concessions from the United Food and Commercial Workers union--once again.
A two-day strike by teachers and other workers in the Mahomet-Seymour school district produced improvements in pay and benefits.
Some 20 unemployed and underemployed workers and their allies demonstrated in front of City Hall in the first weekly vigil demanding jobs for all.
More than 300 manufacturing workers at the Mott's plant in upstate New York are well into their third month on strike.
Fifty people turned out to protest the opening gala of the "It Takes a Family" conference hosted by the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage.
Around 30 people showed up on less than 24 hours' notice in Washington, D.C., to protest far-right-wingers Pam Geller and Robert Spencer.
Soldiers raised fists in solidarity with a direct action to block buses taking troops from Fort Hood for redeployment to Iraq.
How far away from the "hallowed ground" of Ground Zero is it permissible to be Muslim? Maybe there needs to be specific guidelines.
: Helen Redmond If California passes a ballot measure that will legalize marijuana, it would strike a serious blow against the drug warriors and their repressive polices.
Leaked documents give an alarming glimpse of corruption, waste and fraud in the big business of Major League Baseball.
: Deepa Kumar The right wing is waging a vicious campaign against an Islamic cultural center in New York City, but their hate has led some people to take a stand.
Yael Hersonski's documentary examines a Nazi propaganda film about the Warsaw Ghetto--and a time and place when Jews were the Palestinians of Europe.
The British Legion will probably claim it had no idea the $7.1 million donation from Tony Blair was blood money from a war criminal.
Right-wingers started the hysteria about the misnamed "Ground Zero mosque," but liberal concessions to racism have allowed the bigotry to thrive.
: Dan La Botz The Socialist Party's candidate for U.S. Senate from Ohio talks about the issues his campaign is highlighting and the reception he's gotten.
The roots of baseball's current crisis lie not in the individual moral failings of players like Roger Clemens, but the systemic greed of the owners.
Five years ago, two Socialist Worker contributors wrote about being trapped in New Orleans. Their story helped expose the truth about the Katrina nightmare.
High school students in Argentina's capital city of Buenos Aires have seized 23 public high schools to demand repairs.
In the wake of devastating floods in Pakistan, how can those of us who live in the heart of the U.S. empire express our solidarity with ordinary Pakistanis?
My article on the education jobs bill was primarily an account of the fight against teacher layoffs, not a portrayal of Obama as a friend of workers.
Lee Sustar's article on the recent bill to stop layoffs of teachers shines a too-positive light on the Obama administration.
The Obama administration's recent bill is designed to save the flagging fortunes of the Democratic Party and of U.S. imperialism.
Although I was only five years old at the time of the P-9 strike, I can say the effects are still readily apparent on the community in Austin, Minn.
The criticism that The Kids Are Alright indulges in stereotypes doesn't seem reflective of the intent of the director or even the movie itself.
The deplorable conditions in many urban centers in the U.S. can be directly laid at the feet of the United States government.
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