Issue 665 | March 14, 2008
: Eric Ruder The veterans and active-duty soldiers who gather for Winter Soldier in Washington will be following in the footsteps of antiwar vets during Vietnam.
Socialist Worker talked to veterans from three wars--and participants in the Winter Soldier hearings, then and now--about their experiences.
Political prisoner Sami Al-Arian is putting his life on the line again in a protest against the renewal of a government witch-hunt against him.
: Petrino DiLeo Why is the government failing to push for the most aggressive solutions to help homeowners facing the threat of foreclosure?
When you drive around Providence, R.I., there are "for sale" signs and boarded-up homes everywhere.
Hillary Clinton's and Barack Obama's criticisms of the North American Free Trade Agreement make it seem like the U.S. is the biggest loser.
: Lee Sustar The heat has gone out of Colombia's confrontation with Ecuador and Venezuela, but the U.S. remains determined to destabilize Hugo Chávez.
: David Whitehouse Leaders of Pakistan's two strongest political parties agreed to form a ruling coalition--and take steps to marginalize former dictator Pervez Musharraf.
A specter is haunting the Democrats in 2008--the specter of the party's 1968 convention. At least that's how some pundits are putting it.
ExxonMobil's management team has cornered the market on corporate corruption while paying a minimum in compensation to its many victims.
The "greatest democracy on Earth" undertook a secret operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of the Palestinians.
The media and political establishment are reselling the Iraq war, but a majority of people still want to see U.S. troops out.
A strike by workers at five American Axle plants has forced the partial or complete shutdown of 20 General Motors factories.
With California facing a budget deficit, lawmakers have decided ordinary people are going to have to pay. But students are organizing to push back.
The Party of Democratic Socialism, now known as the Left Party, is starting to change the political landscape of the entire country.
Another congressional insult | Missing the mark on No Country
With New Amerykah Part One (4th World War), the Dallas-born soul singer Erykah Badu seems to be making up for lost time.
David Cay Johnston crunches the numbers and names the names--and what he exposes in his new book is enough to make anyone's blood boil.
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