International

  • Three Puerto Rican activists discuss the dynamics of the mass mobilization against the layoffs of more than 25,000 public-sector workers. November 5, 2009

  • With a deal that would restore Manuel Zelaya still in the balance, an opponent of the coup regime discusses the resistance's next move. November 4, 2009

  • A courageous Afghan opponent of the U.S. occupation of her country and the tyrants in power today makes the case that U.S. troops must be withdrawn now. November 3, 2009

  • A deal that is supposed to reinstate Manuel Zelaya as president forced concessions from the coup regime, but they were highly conditional. November 2, 2009

  • Two labor and community activists in Mexico describe the fight for justice at an auto parts factory in the northern maquila zone. October 30, 2009

  • The UK refuses to assert a women's right to choose in Northern Ireland, while advocating safer and more accessible abortions in far-flung places. October 30, 2009

  • With a new international climate summit coming in December, the Obama White House is supporting legislation that will lock in catastrophe. October 29, 2009

  • Ordinary Hondurans are breaking through the information blockade that has paralyzed the country since the coup that toppled President Manuel Zelaya. October 28, 2009

  • The Puerto Rican government is using a refinery fire to whip up fears of “terrorism,” but the people most affected are workers. October 28, 2009

  • The Pakistani military's offensive in Waziristan is taking place with the full support of the U.S. government--and from liberals in Pakistan itself. October 27, 2009

  • Electrical workers in Mexico are mobilizing to defend their union after police occupied workplaces and the government fired 44,000 unionists. October 23, 2009

  • Two union leaders in Colombia representing workers at the important Tenaris steel tube plant have gotten death threats. October 23, 2009

  • The Palestinian Authority was forced to retreat from helping Israel to suppress a UN report documenting war crimes during the Gaza assault. October 22, 2009

  • The attack by 30,000 government troops on the Pakistani Taliban was demanded by the U.S. as a means to solve its crisis in Afghanistan. October 20, 2009

  • The October 15 general strike in Puerto Rico highlighted the scale of growing resistance to Gov. Luis Fortuño’s effort to wipe out public-sector jobs. October 19, 2009

  • The coup regime in Honduras is continuing to clamp down on protests and the media while dragging its feet in negotiations. October 16, 2009

  • Workers are responding to plans to cut 17,000 government jobs with a one-day work stoppage supported by virtually all of the island's unions. October 15, 2009

  • Economic crisis and mass struggle paved the way for the election victory of the social democratic party PASOK--and the radical left is poised to grow. October 14, 2009

  • Liberal Yukio Hatoyama was elected prime minister of Japan by promising change, but how far will he go in challenging Japan's big capitalists? October 8, 2009

  • The coup-makers say they'll lift a state of emergency and may allow deposed President Manuel Zelaya to return to office--but they still plan to keep their grip. October 6, 2009

  • Iran's agreement to allow inspection of a nuclear facility and negotiate with the Obama administration won't end U.S. attempts to impose its will. October 2, 2009

  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel will lead a right-wing coalition government after national elections--but the Left Party made its biggest gains yet. October 1, 2009

  • The coup regime in Honduras has decreed a 45-day state of emergency, suspending constitutional guarantees such as freedom of association. September 29, 2009

  • As Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya remains holed up in the Brazilian embassy, the coup government's repression against the resistance is growing. September 28, 2009

  • Germany's Left Party aims to challenge the "grand coalition" of Social Democrats and conservative Christian Democrats. September 25, 2009