Issue 697 | May 22, 2009
: Anand Gopal The Pentagon has appointed a new general to run the war in Afghanistan, but it's still following an old strategy that is causing massive civilian casualties.
: Phil Aliff The deadly toll of combat stress was illustrated starkly when a U.S. soldier shot and killed five of his fellow soldiers in Iraq.
: 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.
: Alan Maass and Helen Redmond Despite bold promises from Barack Obama and the Democrats, the prospects for genuine health care reform in Washington seem to be shrinking by the day.
: Kathryn Lybarger A union worker at UC-Berkeley has been illegally detained by ICE, but his family, friends, and union sisters and brothers are fighting back.
The D.C. City Council approved a bill recognizing same-sex marriages from other states, but Congress could still block the measure from becoming law.
"What is a Black man's life worth in Atlanta?" Derrick Boazman asked a crowd of 200 people who gathered for a rally to end police shootings.
Despite what conservatives claim, liberalism is not a version of "socialism." Rather, it's one way to run the capitalist economy and uphold the status quo.
Everyone expects Dick Cheney to rationalize torture by the CIA and U.S. armed forces. But Barack Obama?
: Elizabeth Schulte The right's uproar about Barack Obama and socialism raises the question: Are elections a more practical and peaceful way to get a socialist society.
In the struggle to get to a future society, some forms of organization must mirror what we are fighting against, rather than what we are fighting for.
: Lee Sustar The judge who barred a one-day teachers' strike in Los Angeles is drawing on an old tradition of using the courts to cripple--or crush--labor unions.
: Gillian Russom and David Rapkin After a judge issued an order banning a one-day strike against layoffs set for May 15, LA teachers are continuing to mobilize as the stakes get higher.
Another factory occupation to protest a possible plant closure could be taking shape in the Chicago area.
: Dennis Kosuth Nurses from across the country descended on Washington for two days of action that included a protest at a Senate hearing on health care reform.
: Adam Sanchez A majority of workers at the Laurelhurst Village nursing home in Portland, Ore., signed union cards. But their battle was just beginning.
More than 300 teachers, librarians, counselors and others packed a recent Portland Public Schools board meeting to protest working without a contract.
Union and community leaders held a 24-hour vigil in Los Angeles to rally support for the Employee Free Choice Act.
Over 100 student and community activists came together in Boston for a Palestine solidarity strategy conference.
Some 70 students and community members rallied to demonstrate their solidarity with immigrants and workers at Northwestern University.
Former soldiers spoke out against the U.S. wars on Iraq and Afghanistan at "Winter Soldier Southwest--Iraq and Afghanistan."
More than 100 people gathered at a Bay Area Rapid Transit board meeting to demand justice for Oscar Grant III.
New “positive economic indicators” aren’t so positive when you consider that the banks' newly reported profitability is the result of a technicality.
: Adam Turl In Joss Whedon's new television series Dollhouse, the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly takes another hard look at good and evil.
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