Dennis Kosuth Revolts behind the “iron curtain” Long before the fall of the Berlin Wall, there was a history of workers' struggle against the self-described Communist regimes of Eastern Europe.
Readers’ View Animal rights and self-determination However well-intentioned, a moralistic approach can have profound implications for how adherents of animal rights politics view human oppression.
Readers’ View Socialism and the lives of animals Other species don't need political rights like the vote, but they absolutely deserve the ability to live out life according to their instincts.
Readers’ View Views in brief We need a real public option | Puerto Rican workers show the way | The end of an era in music | Why our words matter | Liberation and the disabled
Sherry Wolf What does Maine tell us? In contrast to the surge of pro-LGBT activism and legislative progress, Maine voters overturned equal marriage rights by a narrow margin.
Dave Zirin We need more than rhetoric If Tuesday's elections reveal nothing else, it's that the time for swooning over photo ops is past. We need action, not words.
Roundtable Class struggle in Puerto Rico Three Puerto Rican activists discuss the dynamics of the mass mobilization against the layoffs of more than 25,000 public-sector workers.
Helen Redmond Walking with the dead A new exhibit for the Day of the Dead at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago speaks to the experiences of immigrants in the U.S.
John Pilger The horror in Cambodia remembered Thirty years after he visited Pol Pot's Cambodia, John Pilger describes the holocaust he witnessed there.
Kevin Lynch Michigan tuition hike protest A group of 30 Michigan State University students and faculty picketed the state capitol October 30 to combat recent budget cuts and tuition hikes.
