The streets of São Paulo became a war zone when riot police attacked a peaceful demonstration protesting transit fare hikes.

The G8 leaders meeting in Northern Ireland won't talk about it, but the grim effects of their austerity policies aren't hard to see.

When a Native American student tried to wear an eagle feather--a symbol of honor--at her graduation, she was fined for it.

Kevin Coval's new book of poems Schtick looks at identity and heritage, oppression and resistance--all with biting wit.

After paying thousands to a storage facility for 15 years, they sold my most cherished possessions to collect a small debt.

Surveillance, repression and violence don't protect us from a dangerous world. On the contrary, they help make the world much more dangerous.

After the September 11 attacks, the Bush administration conducted a silent and far-reaching war on people of Arab descent.

Turkish police moved against the occupation of Gezi Park, but their brutality was met by resistance across the country.

The uprising in Turkey today is an expression of the wide range of grievances with the staunchly neoliberal Islamist government.

After the February Revolution, two powers existed in Russia--the Provisional Government and the workers' councils.

How did the 1917 Russian Revolution affect the vast empire of oppressed nations that had been subjected to Tsarist rule?

A South Korean socialist provides a perspective on the escalating military threats between the U.S. and North Korea.

In Iceland, the same parties that were tossed out of office in the wake of mass protests four years ago are back in power.

In Egypt and now Turkey, the revolt of the intense and usually apolitical "ultra" soccer fan clubs has been an important factor.

The shadowy National Security Agency has been exposed to the light of day, showing the vast extent of U.S. government spying, at home and abroad.

The Socialism 2013 conference in Chicago on June 27-30 will bring together hundreds of people seeking to understand the world--and how to change it.

I love baseball, so here's my own humble advice about a different way to handle the performance-enhancing drug scandal.

When I heard that Mayor Thomas Menino was elected grand marshal of the Boston Pride Parade, I was disappointed.

Jeremy Scahill's film and book Dirty Wars provide a sorely needed investigation of U.S. foreign policy in the "war on terror."

Marx and Engels summarized their ideas in the most famous revolutionary pamphlet of all times, published as the revolutions of 1848 began.

The Gezi Park protests resemble the Occupy Wall Street movement with its resilience, passion and creativity.

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