Readers' Views

  • Resistance to the evictions spreads

    With the support of activists, people defrauded by the banksters are staying in their homes and putting up a valiant fight.

  • Death sentence by another name

    The SAFE California initiative is not about saving lives by stopping executions, but limiting the rights of the innocent to clear their names.

  • Views in brief

    Arrested for protesting police brutality | An addition to the "white privilege" debate | Another giveaway in San Diego | The Capitol and capitalism

  • Against the health care mandate

    Not taking a clear position in favor of striking down the individual insurance mandate is a mistake if we want health care for all.

  • Linking struggles at home and abroad

    The fights for economic and social justice at home go hand-in-hand with the fight against U.S. imperialism.

  • How police impact our kids' lives

    As a preschool teacher, it was astonishing to hear 4-year-old children relate their understanding of the police in their community.

  • We deserve more than a lottery

    What's the draw of that $640 million, really? It's about getting the hell out of this hole of rent and stress and debt.

  • The violence of Israel's vigilantes

    In Jerusalem, attackers are immune from punishment when they use sticks and knives against defenseless Arab workers.

  • Views in brief

    Support Occupy New Paltz | Debt that will last forever | Unions give up on taxing the rich | Don't funnel Occupy into electoralism

  • Lessons of the "millionaire's tax"

    The authors of the "millionaire's tax" initiative in California have announced a "compromise" with Gov. Jerry Brown.

  • The importance of civil disobedience

    Civil disobedience, as a tactic for those who are able to engage in it, still has an important strategic role in play in the Occupy movement.

  • Solidarity with New Zealand dockers

    Striking New Zealand longshore workers were recently joined by their ILWU brothers and sisters to protest casualization.

  • Meeting in Astoria to defend education

    On March 17, teachers from all over New York will converge on Athens Square Park in Queens to discuss public education issues.

  • Another Montgomery is needed

    We need a struggle against discrimination today like the Montgomery bus boycott that defeated segregation in the 1950s.

  • A fight for women's rights in the South

    The recent "Take Root" conference in Oklahoma gave activists a place to discuss promoting reproductive justice in the South.

  • Views in brief

    A victory for Jateik Reed | The problems with the "precariat" theory | Give the general strike call a chance | Condolences on the death of a comrade

  • An "opportunity" to work for free?

    As a museum educator at numerous New York City cultural institutions, unpaid internships are a threat to my livelihood.

  • A Green Party mayor cracks down

    The Green Party mayor of New Paltz, N.Y., capitulated to calls for "law and order" and evicted the local Occupy movement.

  • Sharing a platform with right-wingers

    Glenn Greenwald took part in a college speaking tour sponsored by two libertarian groups connected to Republican Ron Paul.

  • The crisis for those with disabilities

    The killing of Stephon Watts brings to light many of the challenges and injustices endured by people with disabilities.

  • Ohio prisoners strike for justice

    On Wednesday, February 22, 25 prisoners at Ohio's super-max prison ate their first meal since the previous Sunday.

  • Class conflict on the rails

    Hell on Wheels captures the "progress" of rapacious capitalism and the many social conflicts in the era after the Civil War.

  • Why Blair Mountain matters

    The attack on Blair Mountain isn't just against a pretty landscape. It's against the environment and the working class.

  • Building a democratic Occupy

    The debates about Occupy and how it should organize are about building a democratic movement that can go forward.

  • A new battle for Blair Mountain

    Arch Coal is planning to destroy the historic labor site of Blair Mountain through destructive coal mining practices.