: Antonis Davenellos The Greek government's announcement of new austerity measures provoked a storm of protest, including a 24-hour general strike on March 11.
: Nora Barrows-Friedman Ten-year-old Amir al-Mohtaseb was captured and put behind bars by Israeli authorities--a practice that is all too common in the Occupied Territories.
South Africa's government is trying to camouflage every conflict to present the image of a united nation to the world for the World Cup tournament.
: Jim Ramey Crazy Heart, the film about fictitious singer/songwriter Bad Blake, displays all the contradictions that are at the heart of country music.
The sleaze just keeps emerging from the corridors of power in the "world's greatest democracy"--and it's thoroughly bipartisan.
: Sherry Wolf After years of organizing in isolation from broader forces, leftists must recognize the early shoots of radicalism for what they are: buds of hope.
: Gary Lapon With unemployment a devastating reality for millions, federal protection from job discrimination for LGBT people is more important than ever.
: Dennis Kosuth Nurses with too many patients to cover are a guarantee that accidents will happen. The solution is to require hospitals to meet safe nurse-to-patient ratios.
After a 19-month struggle that included protests and pickets, teachers in Oregon's biggest city beat back major concessions.
Rhode Island is out crush a teachers' union and scapegoat its members for the problems of a poorly funded urban high school.
With Barack Obama praising efforts to bust a Rhode Island teachers' union, rank-and-file teacher activists are fighting to defend public education.
: Eamonn McCann How could Obama condemn George Bush for imprisoning foreigners without legal process, but then issue executive orders for the killing of Americans?
: Petrino DiLeo Greece stands on the edge of financial collapse--and questions are emerging about how large banks made the crisis worse, and then profited off it.
: Eric Ruder A national election on March 7 could shake Iraqi politics to the core--and cause long-simmering political and ethnic tensions to boil over once again.
SocialistWorker.org readers provide reports and photos from the rallies, strikes and actions in California and around the country to defend public education.
The protests against California's budget cuts planned for March 4 are an important milestone. The next question is how to build on that resistance.
: Scott Weinstein Until Haitians are allowed to build a sustainable infrastructure, so-called aid becomes another weapon to exploit them.
: Larry Bradshaw One of the newly elected officers of SEIU Local 1021 describes the rise of a reform movement that's shaking up the entire union.
Seventy people turned out for a panel discussion on "ENDA Now" on the importance of fighting for legal protections for LGBT workers.
Members of the San Diego Alliance for Marriage Equality protested an anti-gay conference held at the Skyline Church.
One thousand people turned out for a town hall meeting in San Francisco to discuss solutions to the drastic cuts to public schools.
The Movement to End Israeli Apartheid in Georgia kicked off Israeli Apartheid Week by challenging Israeli ambassador Reda Mansour.
One hundred protesters came out to oppose anti-gay and anti-choice forces at a "summit" held at the Ocean State Baptist Church.
A group of about 20 supporters of LGBT rights gathered in Dallas to participate in Freedom to Marry Day.
Dozens of people gathered to oppose a speech by hate-monger David Horowitz at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
: Joshua Frank A new study shows how the EPA has underreported the severity of coal ash waste pollution and its threat to human and environmental health.
: Owen Hill The president of Hunter College publicly berated me for not having "my facts straight." But her real problem is I do know my facts--and how to use them.
Hunter College activists respond to attempts by administrators and by a group of protesters to limit expression during the March 4 Day of Action.
When funding sports teams is the priority, public education pays the price--with students instructed to cheer their teams and mind their business.
: David Rovics Whatever tactics you're using to organize resistance groups, the tactics need to be ones that don't completely alienate the general public.
How do Britain's Tories justify a deputy chairman who keeps his money in an offshore account to hide it from the taxman?
ESPN needs to declare a company-wide moratorium on its commentators comparing current athletes to Muhammad Ali.
Israel’s onslaught on Lebanon, its devastation of Gaza and its recent political murder in Dubai have exposed its outrageous criminality.
Two global justice activists talk about the future of the World Social Forum--and some of the debates in the movement.
: Lee Wengraf Interrupted Life is an important collection of writing that chronicles the experiences of women behind bars in the prison-industrial complex.
The importance of left-wing books cannot be overstated--which is why I am a proud supporter of the Center for Economic Research and Social Change.
Why can't we raise corporate taxes in California, which is suffering a $6 billion shortfall and where the governor proposes drastic cuts?
If the Democrats plan to strong-arm health care reform through "reconciliation," they should at least pass a bill like H.R. 676.
Joe Stack's deliberate crashing of his small plane was remarkable because of its extreme character--and how some pundits have embraced him.
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