Issue 686 | December 5, 2008
: Lee Sustar There's no shortage of people to blame for the worsening economic disaster. But the scale of the crisis raises questions about the capitalist system itself.
: Eric Ruder To antiwar U.S. soldiers and ordinary Afghans, the consequences of a sharp increase in foreign troops in Afghanistan are predictable and dire.
: Nicole Colson Government statistics show a spike in the number of people going hungry in the U.S., but experts say that far worse is still to come.
: Sherry Wolf Some leftists stand aside from or even oppose the explosion of protest in support of gay marriage. They're wrong.
: Nagesh Rao The Indian government is escalating tensions with its nuclear-armed rival Pakistan by blaming it for supporting the Mumbai attackers.
As Barack Obama fills his White House with veterans of Bill Clinton's administration, the question is: Will this be a rerun of the Clinton years?
The Obama administration is filling up fast with recycled Clintonites and Republican holdovers, but don't expect a rerun of Bill Clinton's presidency.
: Todd Chretien In a world of war and crisis, the need for fundamental change has never seemed more urgent. But what choices do we have to make a new future?
Lenin showed how colonial expansion and imperialist rivalry were rooted in profound changes in the nature of capitalism.
Apologists for U.S. intervention talk about "saving" another country by invading it, but this ignores America's brutal history.
In a victory for antiwar activists, the Nassau County prosecutors' office agreed to dismiss all charges against the Hempstead 15.
More than 20,000 people traveled to Georgia to commemorate those who have died at the hands of forces trained by the U.S. Army's School of the Americas.
Opponents of anti-Muslim racism at the University of Cincinnati challenged a speech by Islamophobe Nonie Darwish.
Activists held a vigil before the screening of the new movie Milk in support of the newly resurgent movement for gay rights.
Antiwar activists at Seattle Central Community College organized the first counter-recruitment protest at the school in over three years.
Activists gathered in Manhattan to continue calling attention to the racist murder of an Ecuadorian immigrant.
Nearly 150 people turned out in Times Square to voice their demand for national single-payer health care.
Students at UMass-Amherst came together to speak out against Islamophobia and an attack on an Ohio mosque.
: Sherry Wolf The film Milk, chronicling the life of murdered gay political leader Harvey Milk, comes at an important time for the movement for LGBT rights.
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