Readers' Views

  • Another casualty of Israeli occupation

    Israeli military forces recently delivered demolition orders to the residents of a small village in the South Hebron Hills. June 19, 2012

  • Views in brief

    The role of the lesser evil in Wisconsin | An alternative to defeat in Wisconsin | Unanswered questions about SAFE | AMLO's uphill battle June 19, 2012

  • A primer on NYPD's "stop-and-frisk"

    Our fight against police practices like "stop-and-frisk" must include a vision of a society that makes cops and prisons obsolete. June 14, 2012

  • How capitalism degrades women

    Under capitalism, a whole host of women’s “problems” have been manufactured in order to sell them the “solutions.” June 14, 2012

  • Silence after a police shooting

    A 14-year-old middle school student in Texas was shot in the chest by police, and nobody much seems to care. June 12, 2012

  • Democrats' inaction in Wisconsin

    Wisconsin faced the biggest challenge to workers' rights in the country. Too bad the Democrats didn't seem to care. June 12, 2012

  • Obama is not an LGBT ally

    President Barack Obama has yet to take the position that LGBT people should be afforded full civil rights protections. June 7, 2012

  • A system that breeds horrors

    Several recent gruesome incidents are the alarm bells that sound daily in a world lashed by wars and austerity. June 7, 2012

  • Protesting a racist incident at Purdue

    Purdue University's Anti-Racism Coalition recently organized a silent walkout calling on the Board of Trustees to take steps to fight racism on campus. June 5, 2012

  • Views in brief

    Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism | Unfair to Obama on LGBT rights | Standing in defense of the USPS | Don't support Assad's overthrow | Making socialist ideas connect June 5, 2012

  • Comment: Bill Crane

    Abstaining would be a disaster

    Framing the choice between Mohamed Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq as lesser evil and greater evil simply does not work. June 4, 2012

  • The battle against Bill 78

    The mood on the street in Montreal during the mass protest of the Québec student movement was one of collective joy. May 30, 2012

  • In Chicago's streets for the 99 percent

    The protests against the NATO summit in Chicago succeeded in stealing the spotlight away from the 1 percent. May 30, 2012

  • Misplaced honor for a strikebreaker

    The posthumous recognition for C. Arthur Lyman is an insult to the Minneapolis Teamsters who struggled for their rights. May 22, 2012

  • Curtailing Turkish workers' rights

    Turkey's governing party wants to broaden anti-union laws to make it impossible for aviation unions to organize legal strikes. May 22, 2012

  • Deregulation and the Democrats

    Every gain the labor movement has won has been the result of workers' struggles themselves, in spite of Republicans and Democrats. May 17, 2012

  • Drawing the line at CPS Energy

    IBEW members at CPS Energy voted a resounding "no" to a proposed contract that was filled with concessions. May 15, 2012

  • Professional soccer's sexism problem

    Many soccer fans are tired of the onslaught of sexism in pro sports--as a recent outcry against sexist comments shows. May 10, 2012

  • A May Day "funeral" in Long Beach

    A spirited May Day march in Long Beach highlighted how budget cuts are affecting education from college to kindergarten. May 10, 2012

  • Walking out for the future in Portland

    Portland students are taking a stand against what they feel is an unjustified attack on public schools and their futures. May 8, 2012

  • Will Occupy activists get a fair trial?

    Portland prosecutors are trying everything to prevent Occupy defendants from exercising their legal rights in court. May 8, 2012

  • Egypt cuts off Israel's gas deal

    Egypt's termination of a gas deal with Israel ought to be considered a positive development made possible by the revolution. May 1, 2012

  • Why taxing the rich isn't enough

    While taxing the rich is important, tax policy plays a miniscule role in generating the economic inequality in our society. April 24, 2012

  • India cracks down on social media

    The Indian occupiers of Kashmir are monitoring the Internet closely in an effort to stop dissent from turning into protest. April 19, 2012

  • Accepting austerity from Democrats

    Unions like SEIU often accept the terms of the debate when it comes to the Democratic Party's austerity measures. April 19, 2012

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