Readers’ View A step forward for U.S. policy Obama's Cairo speech showed that crucial changes are taking place in U.S. policy that represent potential opportunities for an antiwar movement.
Laura Durkay The ruins of Gaza Our delegation of 65 American and international activists traveled to Gaza to witness the destruction from what Palestinians call "the last war."
Jeremy Scahill The not-so-antiwar Democrats In a vote that should go down as a day of shame for Democrats, the House voted to approve another $106 billion for the bloody wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Ruby Wolf UNITE HERE war gets nastier The entire labor movement is suffering collateral damage as the breakup of an important union plays out.
Patrick Bond Is South Africa heading left? Amid the rumbling of wage demands and the friction of township protests, conflicts are bursting open in every nook and cranny of South Africa.
Editorial Keeping real reform off the table The health care industry is determined to strangle any proposal in Washington for real reform--and the Democrats are acting as accomplices.
Report The president’s extra-credit reading list SocialistWorker.org readers make recommendations for books that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez needs to get into Barack Obama's hands.
Toufic Haddad Obama’s Cairo scorecard I watched Barack Obama's speech to the background noise of Israeli fighter jets conducting maneuvers over the West Bank.
Clinton Clad-Johnson No answers from D.C. police Trey Joyner will never get to tell what happened when police shot him in the back. And information seems as hard to get out of the authorities.
Dave Zirin Mass protest or “soccer riot”? Can someone let Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in on the differences between a soccer riot and explosive expressions of dissent?
