Issue 685 | November 21, 2008
: Nicole Colson The Group of 20 emergency meeting on the global economic crisis hosted by George Bush was notable for how little of substance it accomplished.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in 300 cities across the country November 15 in support of equal marriage rights for all.
: Elizabeth Schulte Obama's new chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has decades of experience maneuvering in the world of Washington insider politics.
: Oskar Vidaurre An organizer of the November 7 march in San Francisco against the anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 talks about how the protest was organized.
: Sherry Wolf A false and reactionary narrative is emerging that blames Black voters for the victory of a gay marriage ban passed in California.
Despite everything that Election 2008 showed, there's no shortage of pundits insisting that the U.S. is too conservative to embrace real change.
Barack Obama's election has burst the dam on expectations erected during 30 years of conservative dominance. But this is only the first stage of the struggle.
: Lance Selfa The political changes of the 1930s didn't come about because American political leaders suddenly decided to give working people new rights.
There is a clear connection between poverty and wealth--those who do not work live off the wealth produced by the labor of others.
: Lee Sustar A major fight is brewing between organized labor and Corporate America over proposed pro-union legislation called the Employee Free Choice Act.
: Allen Bradley After arbitrators upheld the firing of three of the Freightliner Five, workers are determined to keep up the struggle.
The aircraft maker dropped its harshest demands to make a deal with white-collar workers. But some engineers are critical of the contract.
Bakery workers at a cookie and biscuit factory in New York City have been on strike for three months.
Activists rallied for 15 antiwar veterans and their supporters as they pled "not guilty" to charges stemming from a protest outside a presidential debate.
About 75 people attended the national convention of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty to discuss next steps in the struggle.
This year’s March to Stop Executions in Texas attracted activists from around the state, including a large number of prisoners' family members.
Some 200 people marched from East Palo Alto to the Palo Alto city hall to demand an end to racial profiling by police.
City workers and residents of San Diego's City Heights neighborhood gathered to protest the mayor's plan to close libraries and recreation centers.
Students at South Puget Sound Community College staged a walkout against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In response to the arrest of 10 day laborers in Woodside, N.Y., the No Raids Committee of Queens turned out to protest.
Jocelyn Voltaire found out her home would be foreclosed on because she was unable to pay rising mortgage payments when her son was killed in Iraq.
The desperate actions of veterans are an unavoidable consequence not only of a disastrous war, but also of repeated snubbing by the media.
The book Illegal People explains how guest-worker programs help provide U.S. employers with a low-wage, flexible and largely silenced workforce.
Denver Broncos player Brandon Marshall was ready to join the euphoria over the election of the first Black president--but his teammates stopped him.
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