Readers' Views

  • On July 2, our companion, sister and ally Tanyetta "Tan" Williams passed away suddenly. July 14, 2009

  • The city of Champaign, Ill., is threatening to shut down Safe Haven--a tent community for the homeless--without providing any housing alternatives. July 14, 2009

  • Proposed Illinois state budget cut would slash the Department of Human Services by 50 percent. July 14, 2009

  • Sarkozy's attack on the burqa is not an attack on female oppression--it is intolerance masked as maintaining "French values." July 14, 2009

  • Some leftists are turning their backs on Iranian protesters--the very people that they should be engaged in struggle with. July 9, 2009

  • Already, nine inmates and seven prison employees have been treated for heat-related illnesses so far this year in Texas. July 9, 2009

  • Some in the U.S. mainstream press are providing ideological cover for the Honduran military's illegal and undemocratic actions. July 7, 2009

  • The strikes that shaped FDR | Union war not about big egos | The burqa should be banned | Islamic dress degrading to women July 7, 2009

  • Liberal democrats and antiwar groups were exposed by their recent silence on the supplemental war funding bill. July 1, 2009

  • I am running for the 10th District in California because the Democratic and Republican parties have shown themselves unwilling to address the issues that matter. July 1, 2009

  • French President Nicolas Sarkozy took time out from waging war on the working class to set his sights on a favorite target: French Muslims. June 25, 2009

  • Recent events in Iran, dubbed the "Twitter Revolution" by some, have been unprecedented in the way the Internet has been used. June 25, 2009

  • Obama's refreshing rhetoric | The bravery of Palestinians | A different view of Palestinians | What's next in Iran? June 25, 2009

  • To list the foreign policy positions that so-called socialist China has taken is a chronicle of horrors to warm any neoconservatives' heart. June 23, 2009

  • Obama's Cairo speech showed that crucial changes are taking place in U.S. policy that represent potential opportunities for an antiwar movement. June 23, 2009

  • Like poet Mario Benedetto, Marge Piercy was a writer who understood that the spirit of struggle knows no borders. June 17, 2009

  • While Ahmadinejad's policies may have caused as many economic problems as they solved, his supporters believe in his call to bring oil profits to the dinner table. June 17, 2009

  • Obama's rhetoric in Cairo was intended to restore the credibility of American imperialism at home and abroad--how is that a "step forward"? June 17, 2009

  • Two Sacramento disc jockeys who spewed hate about transgender youth were met by an outpouring of anger across the country. June 15, 2009

  • We express our profound rejection of the repressive methods used by the Peruvian government against indigenous people defending their lands. June 12, 2009

  • The challenges facing vets | Privatizing kids' futures | Who loses when Chrysler goes broke? | California isn't our movement's priority | Human rights on the back burner June 12, 2009

  • As the Peruvian government lifts regulations on oil drilling, mining and logging, indigenous tribes are suffering. June 10, 2009

  • Taxing the rich would solve a great many budgetary woes, but it is always off the table in an economy controlled by the rich. June 10, 2009

  • Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and Police Superintendent Jody Weis have begun equipping police with M4 assault rifles. June 4, 2009

  • There appears to be a certain culture of thinking in relation to water rights and allocation. June 4, 2009