Featured: Top articles of 2009
: Haidar Eid Gaza has been plunged into a living nightmare as Israel's war on Palestinians claims more victims every day--men, women and children alike.
January 12, 2009 Millions of people jammed into Washington to see history made with Barack Obama's inauguration. What they do now will shape the new era.
January 21, 2009 : Lee Sustar The Obama administration is proposing a new phase in the Wall Street bailout that would transfer yet more billions into the pockets of rich financiers.
February 11, 2009 : Sharon Smith We on the left have to begin to raise our own expectations for struggle and change to match those that exist all around us.
March 4, 2009 : Todd Chretien Well-known activist Van Jones will be Barack Obama's "green jobs czar"--but his appointment raises old questions for the left about how to win change.
March 25, 2009 : Alan Maass After years on the margins, even among the left, the ideas of socialism are being revived as a consequence of the profound crisis of capitalism.
March 31, 2009 : Mike Davis The Mexican swine flu, probably conceived in the fecal mire of an industrial pigsty, is suddenly threatening to give the whole world a fever.
April 27, 2009 Karl Marx's critique of capitalism seems prophetic today, but his economic analysis can't be separated from his vision of a revolutionary new society.
May 11, 2009 : Martina Correia People around the world are rallying to defend Troy Davis, who faces the threat of execution in Georgia despite new evidence of his innocence.
May 19, 2009 : Adam Turl An examination of the 10 richest Americans reveals a rogue's gallery of serial polluters, budget-slashers, CIA contractors, union-busters and right-wing nuts.
June 5, 2009 : Nicole Colson The murder of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller has exposed the ugly truth about the fanatical opponents of a woman's right to choose.
June 9, 2009 : Jeremy Scahill and Anthony Arnove Antiwar authors Jeremy Scahill and Anthony Arnove analyze the record of the Obama administration on foreign policy after five months in office.
June 17, 2009 Some of Barack Obama's most ardent supporters are unsettled by the administration's failure to pursue a bold agenda for reform.
June 29, 2009 : Lee Sustar Is a radical change possible in Iran? Answering that question requires a look at Iranian history, politics and society beyond the disputed June 12 election.
July 1, 2009 : Chris Williams New climate legislation relies on free-market solutions to preserve the environment, but the only thing it will preserve are corporate profits.
July 2, 2009 : Leela Yellesetty There are two Seattles--one for the wealthy few and another for the vast majority of people who barely scrape by, and sometimes not even that.
July 6, 2009 Our Viva Palestina convoy was finally allowed into Gaza for just 24 hours to bring badly needed humanitarian supplies. We made the most of the time.
July 20, 2009 : Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Honest discussions about racism have become so anathema in U.S. politics that its existence is denied even in obvious cases like Henry Louis Gates' arrest.
July 27, 2009 : Shaun Joseph The popular struggle in Honduras is to defeat the coup makers, but the roots of the fight lie in 30 years of neoliberal policies pursued by the elite.
August 24, 2009 : Laura Durkay The hundreds lined up at Los Angeles' famous Forum arena for free medical services exposed the staggering inadequacy of the current system.
August 31, 2009 : Cleve Jones A veteran activist and leading organizer of the National Equality March in Washington, D.C., talks about the struggles of the past and those still ahead.
September 11, 2009 : Sherry Wolf If we want equal rights for LGBT people in all 50 states, we have to demand it--and that means marching on October 11 in Washington.
September 18, 2009 : Jen Roesch So-called "crisis pregnancy centers" prey on women looking for options--in order to bully and terrorize them against having an abortion.
September 30, 2009 SocialistWorker.org asked activists from around the country to say what the National Equality March for LGBT rights means to them.
October 5, 2009 : Elizabeth Schulte A study on female 'happiness' is being used to fuel claims--once again--that the women's movement of the 1960s and '70s made life worse for women.
October 28, 2009 : Malalai Joya An outspoken opponent of the occupation of Afghanistan, the country's puppet government and the Taliban explains why the U.S. should get out now.
November 10, 2009 At a fancy gala thrown by the Harlem Success Academy, I heard charter school supporters use the legacy of civil rights struggles to sell privatization.
November 13, 2009 : Eric Ruder With his speech on Afghanistan, Barack Obama assumed the job of providing alibis and obfuscations to give U.S. military power an aura of legitimacy.
December 8, 2009 : Dr. Andy Coates Behind the grandstanding about getting the best health care plan possible is the terrible truth--any serious measure to fix the system has been compromised away.
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