Issue 692 | March 13, 2009
: Howard Zinn Barack Obama is a politician, and you have to know the difference between the politicians and you--what they have to do and what you have to do.
Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, plus family members and activists, came together for a Winter Soldier event in Austin, Texas.
: Lee Sustar The great American jobs wipeout continues with no end in sight, as the financial meltdown continues and the entire world economy unravels.
: Petrino DiLeo The administration's $275 billion program to deal with foreclosures is a departure from the do-nothing Bush approach--but it falls short of what's needed.
: Elizabeth Schulte The California Supreme Court is due to rule on a lawsuit that aims to overturn the Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban.
: Marlene Martin One in every 31 adults in the U.S. is behind bars, or on parole or probation--the result of decades of "tough on crime" policies.
: Jesse Sharkey Hundreds of parents, teachers, activists and students held an angry picket of the Chicago Board of Education in a last attempt to save 16 schools.
: Haidar Eid A resident of Gaza City describes conditions after Israel's 22-day war--and the message Palestinians want to send to the emerging global solidarity struggle.
The liberal organization MoveOn.org sent an e-mail to its membership that declared the U.S. war on Iraq will soon be over. They're wrong.
Federal officials may wring their hands over new scandals at AIG and Merrill Lynch, but they're still rewarding Wall Street's reckless betting.
Republican complaints about Obama's "socialism" are laughable. But the economic crisis and the new era in Washington are opening up a debate about capitalism.
"No more cuts!" was the demand as tens of thousands of union members, joined by students and other New Yorkers, rallied in Manhattan.
Union members and their supporters rallied at the Los Angeles Times headquarters to protest management's union-busting tactics.
Some 3,000 SEIU members and their families filled the landmark Chicago Theatre for a rally to prepare for a coming contract battle.
Hundreds joined UNITE HERE for a rally to kick off a boycott of two San Francisco hotels that are resisting efforts to unionize.
Two buses of supporters came out for a rally for striking nurses at two Innova Health facilities in New Jersey.
: Devin Cohee Our comrade Devin Cohee--a loving friend, driven activist and unyielding revolutionary--died tragically on February 28.
On the eve of court hearings on Proposition 8, hundreds marched in San Francisco and Los Angeles to call for the ban on same-sex marriage to be overturned.
Under pressure from activists, the University of Washington announced it is terminating its licensing agreement with the anti-union Russell Corp.
Hundreds of LGBT people and their allies held a candlelight vigil and march to stand up against an increase in anti-LGBT hate crimes.
Palestinian rights activists turned out to counter a pro-Israel rally called by the Student Alliance for Israel in the Amherst Common.
Pro-Palestinian activists at Columbia University kicked off their campaign for divestment from Israel with a teach-in and speak-out.
Hundreds of San Francisco State University students attended a teach-in to address the effects of California budget cuts.
More than 100 people turned out for a rally against ABC's racist reality TV show Homeland Security U.S.A.
Activists in Rochester mobilized on 24 hours’ notice to confront anti-choice protesters at a local abortion clinic.
: Amy Muldoon The Watchmen comic stepped out of the simplistic world of good versus evil to pose larger questions about power and human nature. How about the movie?
: Victor Fernandez Homeland Security U.S.A. is basically a show that glamorizes exactly what is wrong with immigration policy and the criminalization of immigrants.
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