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  • Comment: Richard Seymour

    An obituary from the other side

    Margaret Thatcher's most important achievements were also what made her so vile and reprehensible to millions of people. April 15, 2013

  • Analysis: David Whitehouse

    The U.S. chokehold on North Korea

    It's never reported in the media, but the Obama administration's aggressive posture toward North Korea is a key factor in growing tensions. April 11, 2013

  • Comment: Phil Gasper

    Good riddance at last

    Within hours of Margaret Thatcher's death, people were celebrating in the streets of cities across Britain--and for good reason. April 11, 2013

  • Comment: Dave Zirin

    This is why we're celebrating

    The same media that was appalled by celebrations of Margaret Thatcher's death didn't ask her victims what they thought. April 10, 2013

  • Comment: Helen Redmond

    Still a city in shambles

    The U.S. occupiers promised billions in reconstruction aid for Afghanistan, but there's very little sign of it in Kabul. April 10, 2013

  • Comment: Mark Steel

    How did the poor get so rich?

    Any glance at British society makes it obvious who ran up all the debts and caused the banking crisis: The poor. April 10, 2013

  • Comment: Yusef Khalil

    Why the left must support Syria's revolution

    Some on the left still cling to the idea that the Assad regime is progressive--even as it presides over violence and repression. April 9, 2013

  • Interview: Sanjay Kak

    How will Kashmir be free?

    An Indian journalist and editor of a republished book on Kashmir discusses the long-running struggle against occupation. April 8, 2013

  • Report: François Sabado

    Fighting for Greece's future

    Activists from across Europe gathered in Athens last month to hear leaders of the Greek left discuss the fight ahead. April 3, 2013

  • Comment: Patrick O. Strickland

    Every day is Land Day in Palestine

    Palestinians marked the anniversary of Land Day with protests inside Israel's borders and in the Occupied territories. April 3, 2013

  • Comment: Eamonn McCann

    More shameless lies about Iraq

    Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has never allowed trivia like truth to stand in the way of his justifications for war. April 3, 2013

  • Comment: Chris Williams

    Imperial recipes for a burnt planet

    The international competition between powerful states--the U.S. government chief among them--is a critical factor driving the environmental crisis. April 2, 2013

  • Comment: Fahad Shah

    Anger erupts again in Kashmir

    The Kashmir Valley is once again boiling over in anger at the violence and repression of India government's occupation. April 2, 2013

  • Comment: Roger Annis

    What will bring justice in Mali?

    Opposition to France's intervention in its former colony must include a recognition of the struggle against national oppression. April 1, 2013

  • Comment: Sherry Wolf

    Shoulder to shoulder with apartheid Israel

    Obama's first trip to Israel--the praetorian guard of the Middle East oil lake--was aimed at shoring up anxious vassals and reasserting U.S. hegemony. March 27, 2013

  • Interview: Mostafa Ali

    Anger rises against the Muslim Brotherhood

    An Egyptian socialist describes the backdrop to the recent protests outside of the national headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood. March 25, 2013

  • Analysis: David Whitehouse

    Myths about Korean militarism

    Where North Korea is concerned, the U.S. strategy is to threaten extreme measures--while trying to sound moderate. March 25, 2013

  • Analysis: Kevin Ovenden

    How the great Cyprus bank heist was foiled

    The parliament in Cyprus has rejected an EU bailout that would have ripped off bank depositors in order to "rescue" the banking system. March 20, 2013

  • Report: Patrick O. Strickland

    Wedding in a time of apartheid

    More than 200 activists staged a mock wedding at a West Bank checkpoint to draw attention to Israel's apartheid laws. March 18, 2013

  • Analysis: David Whitehouse

    Why are tensions rising in Korea?

    U.S. politicians and the media claim North Korea wants a war, but they don't talk about Washington's escalating military threats. March 15, 2013

  • Comment: Eric Ruder

    Made in a West Bank sweatshop

    Business is booming for SodaStream, the Israeli company that makes home carbonation machines--which makes it a good target for BDS activists. March 12, 2013

  • Analysis: Alex Lubin

    The post-9/11 security states

    The U.S.-Israel bond is characterized by the sharing of technologies of security that have spanned wars on drugs, crime, and terror. March 12, 2013

  • Comment: Jeffery R. Webber

    What is Hugo Chávez's legacy?

    To his wealthy and light-skinned enemies, he was evil incarnate. To many of Venezuela's poor, he was one of their own. March 8, 2013

  • From our archive: Lee Sustar

    Venezuela defeats the coupmakers

    Socialist Worker reported from Venezuela in 2004 when Hugo Chavez won another electoral victory against the right. March 8, 2013

  • Interview: Ghayath Naisse

    Prospects for Syria's revolution

    An activist with the Revolutionary Left Current in Syria analyzes the dynamics of the revolution on its two-year anniversary. March 7, 2013

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