Readers' Views

  • Views in brief

    Democracy and the CTU leadership | Real democracy in action | A sickening anti-choice deception | Politicians protecting police

  • Tearing down Israel's apartheid

    Encouraging college campuses to limit the free speech rights of students won't erase the truth about Israeli apartheid.

  • Solidarity against anti-Muslim hate

    Hundreds of people turned out to show solidarity with the Muslim community after an arson attack on the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo.

  • Marx's view of human nature

    Marx's view of human nature has implications for our understanding of his theory of alienation.

  • Views in brief

    The roots of Muslim anger | A bad contract at Verizon | Left out at Verizon | CTU leaders and the rank and file | Fighting against lesser evilism

  • Why bosses are bad for our health

    Workers experience high levels of stress and anxiety precisely because they have someone always standing over them.

  • Views in brief

    Throwing students' potential away | Caught saying what they all believe | Standing up to a corporate giant | Islam deserves criticism | Taking control where it matters

  • Imposing the business model on schools

    The corporate "reform" agenda is tied to a broader offensive by capitalist management to devalue and deskill technical labor.

  • An island of peace says no to war

    Peace and environmental activists in South Korea are campaigning to stop the construction of a massive naval base.

  • Views in brief

    Why Champaign teachers are marching | Teaching students how to think | Obama is better for LGBT rights | What would real education reform look like?

  • What turned the tide in Quebec?

    Although some will say that electing the Parti Québecois was the key, the movement's victory in Quebec was a result of mass struggle.

  • Views in brief

    My sons won't forget their friend | Where's the strike fund going? | Convening in an anti-union bastion | Why won't he shut his yap?

  • My seven-hour ambulance ride

    A military veteran in need of emergency mental-health care was sent to the nearest facility with an open bed--seven hours away.

  • The CTU is fighting for all of us

    The CTU is putting up a much-needed fight against educational apartheid, and how things turn out here will set the tone for school districts across the country.

  • Why I won't be voting for Obama

    Many people will vote for the Democrats in November, but voting for the lesser evil won't protect our rights.

  • Views in brief

    Greek workers paying the price | A view of shop-floor solidarity | Obama's hands were tied | More to the story at Con Ed | A firebrand or an elitist?

  • An incorrect concept of race

    A recent New York Times article suggesting Barack Obama's distant white relatives were victims of slavery obscures history.

  • Views in brief

    How the UFT could resist concessions | What's driving the AFT? | Honoring Cockburn's legacy | Responding to a hate crime

  • The high stakes for Con Ed workers

    Con Ed workers see this lockout as a huge battle in the war against working families.

  • A neoliberal attack on India's schools

    Proposed bills would gut public higher education in India, which has been neglected for three decades.

  • Time to close the gap

    A New York City subway rider explains her campaign to make wheelchair-access stations consistently accessible.

  • Why Tosh is no laughing matter

    Is it really considered "edgy" to make light of the torment that so many women suffer without getting any justice?

  • Debating Palestine and non-violence

    "Why has the Arab Spring not reached Palestine?" has become a common question among analysts, pundits and polemicists.

  • Views in brief

    A greedy Con man | Working in the UPS sweatshop | Wisconsin's hard lessons | Why did labor abandon mass action?

  • Mexico's "perfect dictatorship"

    The return of Mexico's PRI to power comes in the face of an escalating conflict, the violence of which is palpable even across its borders.