Mark Steel What are friends for? Those phone calls between Tony Blair and Rupert Murdoch weren't about influence-peddling. They were just pals.
Paul D’Amato Getting to the roots of crime Crime is the product of capitalism, an economy based on competition, greed, exploitation and alienation.
Lee Sustar Blacks and the 1920s left Black revolutionaries got little support from the newly formed Communist Party in its first decade of existence.
Obrero Socialista Guerra sin pretensiones La administración Obama está usando una nueva frase para justificar la desastrosa guerra y ocupación en Afganistán.
Elizabeth Schulte Why is it still 77 cents? Equal pay for women should be treated like the urgently felt issue it is, not a talking point raised only during election seasons.
Ali Abunimah Finkelstein’s misleading attack A leading Jewish critic of Israel has renewed his criticism of the BDS movement as a "cult" that can't reach a broader public.
Orlando Sepúlveda SEIU’s Chicago school deal A tentative deal for Chicago school aides and other workers sells workers short and undermines teachers' fight for a contract.
Matt Pillischer and Lilian Wehbe Resisting the war on Philadelphia schools Some 500 people rallied in Philadelphia against a meeting of the unelected school board to protest harsh cuts and privatization.
Carl Finamore Serving banks and businesses A new book presents a devastating indictment of utterly failed government policies and their underlying false precepts.
Readers’ View Obama is not an LGBT ally President Barack Obama has yet to take the position that LGBT people should be afforded full civil rights protections.
