Sharon Smith Let them eat ethanol For the 3 billion people who survive on less than $2 a day, the upward spiral in food prices has meant a struggle for the most basic of human rights.
Editorial Fiddling while the economy burns John McCain is proposing warmed-over supply-side economics--and there's less to the Democrats' criticisms of business than meets the eye.
Interview: Jerry Tucker What can turn labor in a new direction? Labor activist Jerry Tucker talks to Socialist Worker about the state of organized labor three years after the split in the AFL-CIO.
Lee Sustar The debate sharpens in Venezuela The discussion of Venezuela's future is heating up--including a clash between the left and right wings of the "revolutionary process" itself.
Lance Selfa Big business switches sides Whoever the Democratic nominee is will take a huge fundraising and business endorsement advantage into the November election.
Nicole Colson Another failure for the U.S. in Iraq Iraqi security forces may have carried out summary executions, according to revelations that once again expose the scale of brutality in "liberated" Iraq.
Interview: Steve Earle Where politics and art meet One of the most explicitly political musicians around talks about his views on music, politics and the struggle for justice.
Alan Maass Crisis deepens after Zimbabwe election A defiant outpouring of opposition during elections in Zimbabwe has pushed Robert Mugabe's dictatorship to the brink of defeat.
Readers’ View Discussing the movement’s tactics Campus Antiwar Network activists and supporters debate a Socialist Worker editorial on strategy of the antiwar movement.
Ashley Smith The rise of Moktada al-Sadr How did the Sadrist movement arise, and what are its conflict with other Shia forces? A book by Patrick Cockburn provides answers.
