International

  • A former Army officer and State Department official explains how she became one of the best-known antiwar activists. May 24, 2012

  • With new parliamentary elections set for June 17 and the far-left SYRIZA alliance currently favored to win, a Greek socialist looks at what lies ahead. May 23, 2012

  • The Québec student struggle has taken a dramatic turn with the provincial government rushing to adopt a law to break the strike. May 23, 2012

  • An Egyptian socialist explains the players and looks at the backdrop to the first presidential election after the revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak. May 22, 2012

  • The dramatic escape of blind activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng has thrown a fresh spotlight on China's vast apparatus of repression. May 22, 2012

  • The governments of Argentina and Bolivia are continuing their separate nationalization drives--to the chagrin of the multinationals. May 22, 2012

  • Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party took a beating in a key state election, but the Left Party lost ground, too. May 22, 2012

  • Messages of support came from around the world for the U.S. demonstrations against the NATO and G8 summits. May 21, 2012

  • With the government imposing draconian restrictions on protest rights, the student coalition CLASSÉ asks for support. May 21, 2012

  • Palestinian prisoners ended one of the largest and longest-running hunger strikes ever after an agreement that Israel will meet some of their terms. May 17, 2012

  • In an article from 2008, a leading Greek socialist explains what went into forming the Coalition of the Radical Left. May 17, 2012

  • Québec students entered the fourth month of their strike by rejecting a government offer that failed to meet any of their demands. May 15, 2012

  • The leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left underlines the party's determination to scrap devastating austerity measures. May 14, 2012

  • Andres Manuel López Obrador is again promising programs to aid workers and the poor as he campaigns for president. May 14, 2012

  • Last weekend's elections in Greece sent a message that has been heard around the world: Working people want an end to the austerity agenda. May 9, 2012

  • Millions of people in France are celebrating Nicolas Sarkozy's fall, but what happens now depends on workers' mobilizations. May 9, 2012

  • An Egyptian socialist describes the fate he and seven others face for the "crime" of organizing solidarity for Coptic Christians. May 8, 2012

  • A second-place finish for the far-left SYRIZA coalition signals the rejection of austerity and new possibilities for resistance. May 7, 2012

  • Eight socialists and activists in Egypt are asking for support as they face prison for protesting in defense of Egyptian Copts. May 2, 2012

  • After a strong showing in the first round of voting, the National Front looms over the final week of the presidential campaign. May 1, 2012

  • Québec students are reaching out to the Canadian labor movement for support in the struggle against austerity measures. April 30, 2012

  • Nineteen pro-Palestine activists face trial in Melbourne, Australia, for the "crime" of speaking out against Israel's war crimes. April 30, 2012

  • Nearly 1,600 Palestinians in Israeli prisons have begun an open-ended hunger strike in defiance of the unjust treatment they endure behind bars. April 26, 2012

  • The strong showing of fascist Marine Le Pen in presidential voting shows the strength of the far right's pull on mainstream French politics. April 25, 2012

  • To Bahrain's monarchy, a Formula One grand prix car race comes before the human rights of the country's Shia majority. April 25, 2012