The Socialist Workers Party in Britain has been shaken by the most severe crisis in its history--one that has provoked an increasingly public debate. January 30, 2013
Sure, Wayne LaPierre and the NRA are maniacs--but the liberal supporters of gun control have their own myth of the Good Guys with Guns. January 17, 2013
Last year was the hottest on record in the U.S.--but you won't find the Obama administration taking real action to tackle climate change. January 16, 2013
Obama's nominees to run the Pentagon and CIA underline how a Democratic president, once seen as antiwar, has rebranded U.S. imperialism. January 9, 2013
The president's concessions to Republicans on the "fiscal cliff" deal highlight how the Democrats are continuing to pursue a pro-corporate agenda. January 4, 2013
Behind the rhetoric about promoting democracy, the U.S. government wants new strongmen to counter the revolutions across the Middle East. December 13, 2012
Status at the UN is symbolic at best, but it reflects--as the Gaza cease-fire does even more so--how the Palestinian struggle has gained momentum. December 5, 2012
We're told that we live in a "post-racial" society, but racism is alive and well in the U.S.--and benefiting the capitalist system in important ways. December 4, 2012
World politics were shaped by austerity and resistance in 2012 as rulers around the globe continued their drive to make workers pay for the crisis. November 27, 2012
Voters in Election 2012 rejected the Republicans' slash-and-burn approach--but the cuts are coming anyway unless working people mount a resistance. November 15, 2012
Barack Obama won re-election because of a strong turnout by Democratic voters, but it will take struggle to turn the right-wing tide in national politics. November 7, 2012
On the defining issue of U.S. politics--the austerity agenda of cuts, cuts and more cuts--Barack Obama and Mitt Romney agree on more than they disagree. November 1, 2012
Millions of people are rightly sickened by the thought of a Romney presidency. But will voting for the "lesser evil" really stop the "greater evil"? October 24, 2012
Barack Obama first came to prominence in the 2008 election because of his opposition to George Bush's wars. Now he's in charge of several of his own. October 23, 2012
A number of books and articles are claiming that women have surpassed men on any number of fronts, starting with jobs and wages. Are they right? October 18, 2012
Yes, their rhetoric is very different--but once you go beyond that, the candidates agree on the main way to produce more jobs: Tax cuts for business. October 17, 2012
The Chicago teachers' tremendous strike victory in September will have a lasting effect on how workers across the country view their own struggles. October 11, 2012
The media want to make Election 2012 about how the candidates differ--but this hides larger areas of agreement among Democrats and Republicans. October 3, 2012
The teachers strike--rightly called "a fight for the very soul of public education--forced people to answer the question: Which side are you on? September 27, 2012
