Readers' Views In honor of Black History Month, I'd like to briefly highlight two Black socialists, Lucy Parsons and A. Phillip Randolph.
February 7, 2012 The simplest explanation of the available evidence is that there was a historical Jesus whose life was the basis for the later myths.
February 7, 2012 I want to encourage Oakland teachers to continue to support Occupy and provide an account of what happened on January 28.
February 2, 2012 My heart breaks over comments that if teachers just believed in their students, they could bring them out of poverty.
February 2, 2012 Mexico's elections this coming July could mark an escalation of violence or a turning point for one of the U.S.'s largest trading partners.
February 2, 2012 Chicago marginalizes dissent | A dictator in Chicago | Did Jesus exist? | Time for citizen journalists
January 31, 2012 There are many things the 99 percent can do to affect this corrupt society, but very few of them center around the ballot box.
January 26, 2012 It makes no sense to shy away from challenging corporate power in the electoral arena, while calling for such challenges in other ways.
January 24, 2012 Sen. Dick Durbin, who has taken millions from the entertainment industry, is a cosponsor of legislation to restrict Internet freedom.
January 24, 2012 A SocialistWorker.org article about the controversy following a Seattle labor solidarity meeting missed the mark.
January 23, 2012 Occupy has diagnosed the ailments of the American political system, but it hasn't yet prescribed any cures.
January 19, 2012 The same mayor and city council pushing austerity on Chicagoans are also planning to prevent people from speaking out.
January 19, 2012 Leftists who support Ron Paul are ignoring the right-wing libertarianism that drives the policies he wants to implement.
January 17, 2012 In a world run by libertarian Ron Paul, no worker would be safe from abuses on the job.
January 17, 2012 If University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman was serious about states investing in higher education, Occupy UM wouldn't have to mic-check the regents.
January 10, 2012 Activists holding a meeting at a former community garden in the Bronx were arrested for "obstructing the sidewalk."
January 5, 2012 The man who once promised to close Guantánamo Bay has betrayed us by authorizing the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens.
January 5, 2012 Decriminalizing medical marijuana would be an important step in ending the "war on drugs," but it won't go far enough.
December 13, 2011 The importance of Longview | Boycotts and Christmas | The need for socialist ideas at Occupy | Speaking up against the 1 percent
December 13, 2011 The people of Burma deserve democracy and human rights, but they don't need "reforms" that are prescribed or imposed by U.S. politicians.
December 8, 2011 The imagination we identify with the Occupy movement is what brings humor and grace to political actions against consumerism.
December 8, 2011 Marian Price has devoted her entire life to ending British rule in Northern Ireland. In return, she has been jailed and force fed by the government.
December 6, 2011 Mobilizing rank-and-file workers to join the Occupy movement is crucial for bringing the social power of the working class to the fight.
December 1, 2011 I was one of the more than 200 people arrested when New York police evicted Occupy Wall Street from Zuccotti Park.
November 29, 2011 The Occupy movement has spread across the U.S., to cities and towns, large and small--including Everett, Wash.
November 29, 2011
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