Barack Obama promises to promote peace and democracy in the Middle East, but U.S. policy is aimed at limiting and rolling back real change. May 25, 2011
Barack Obama and his supporters are out to shore up the African American voting bloc for 2012--but his policies have been harmful to the Black community. May 19, 2011
Let's use the fall of Dominique Strauss-Kahn to shine a light on the organizations that protected him--the IMF and the French Socialist Party. May 19, 2011
The U.S. economy is emerging from recession--into a new world in which the living standards of all but a tiny few have been drastically reduced. May 18, 2011
Look who's applauding the loudest for Osama bin Laden's assassination--liberal figures who talk about peace and respect for national sovereignty. May 11, 2011
Socialist Worker's editorial statement on September 11, 2001, responded to the Bush administration's drumbeat for more death and destruction. May 6, 2011
A debate has emerged among activists in the Green movement on whether a future with clean air and no pollution could potentially include nuclear power. May 4, 2011
The killing of Osama bin Laden will make the world less safe--because it will be used to build support for more violence committed by the U.S. government. May 3, 2011
Centuries of chasing foxes, dressing for tea and practicing elocution as the main day's activities have cultivated a family of dim-witted layabouts. May 2, 2011
You know official politics have moved to the right when a plan to cut $4 trillion from the U.S. budget over 12 years can be passed off as "liberal." April 27, 2011
Barack Obama is back on the campaign trail, but he needs some new slogans--because "hope" and "change" have been emptied of any content. April 26, 2011
Barack Obama said in his much-hyped speech on reducing the government deficit that "we" shouldn't "begrudge those who have done well." Why not? April 21, 2011
From the BP oil spill to Japan's nuclear crisis, the need for a new environmental movement is clear--and the ingredients are emerging at the grassroots. April 20, 2011
Shifting the tax burden from the rich to the poor has been the ugly underbelly of the decades-long one-sided class war waged by the corporate class. April 18, 2011
Barack Obama embodies the Democratic Party logic in steering a declining empire: Profits and military power must be maintained at any cost. April 14, 2011
