The resistance to environmental destruction must be connected with the struggle to defend the rights and sovereignty of Native peoples.

The site of the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890--land considered sacred by the Lakota tribe--just went up for sale.

The U.S. and Israel have been reluctant to lend any concrete support to the rebels trying to overthrow the Assad regime.

Michael Bloomberg's increasingly strange statements about stop-and-frisk rest on an assertion that cops are there to stop crime.

Breast cancer is no laughing matter--but that didn't stop the editors of CounterPunch from guffawing about Angelina Jolie.

A new book on Chávez's Venezuela casts light on the relationship between the radical president and the struggle from below.

France's parliament voted to extend military intervention in Mali, as the UN Security Council readies a policing force.

The barbarism of war and the tyranny of Tsarist rule inspired the Russian working class to rebellion in February 1917.

In 1879, a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune sat down with the "cornerstone of modern socialism" for an interview.

Every year, Palestinians mark Nakba Day on May 15 to commemorate the 1948 dispossession of the Palestinian people.

UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau was quick to condemn a student senate vote calling for divestment from Israeli apartheid.

Whatever the outcome of the trial of a Philadelphia doctor, the bigger crime is what women seeking abortions had to endure.

When she pointed out sexism at her campus, a University of Connecticut student became the target of abuse.

Seattle Clinic Defense picketed a talk by a right-wing physician who aimed to spread lies about abortion and its impact.

Workers at Bethesda Lutheran Communities have successfully filed for a union election, despite intimidation from management.

What happens after bankruptcy? For multimillion-dollar airlines, it means mergers and profiting at workers' expense.

An environmental artist is being threatened with fines and jail time for using Smokey the Bear in an anti-fracking campaign.

Youth sports are tragically lacking in the very quality that they are supposed to promote: good sportsmanship. But why?

A victim of California's cruel "three strikes" law finally won his freedom--only to have another injustice heaped on him.

The discussion continues about the late Michael Harrington and the relevance of his legacy for rebuilding the left today.

An episode of This American Life repeated smears about government disability programs usually mouthed by right-wingers.

This first installment in a series on the Russian Revolution explains the events and factors leading up to the 1917 uprising.

A leader of the Paris Commune of 1871 describes the scenes of workers seizing power and creating a new order.

In a short book critiquing an anarchist thinker, Marx clarified his understanding that there could be no individual or partial solution to exploitation.

A fake e-mail sent to the Hampshire College community raised issues about what the American flag means to international students.