Issue 699 | June 19, 2009

War and Antiwar

  • Antiwar authors Jeremy Scahill and Anthony Arnove analyze the record of the Obama administration on foreign policy after five months in office.

National

  • Wall Street is reviled throughout the country for wrecking the economy--but it's still getting its way on legislation in Congress.

  • The murder of abortion provider Dr. George Tiller has exposed the ugly truth about the fanatical opponents of a woman's right to choose.

  • The Supreme Court's decision to reject a challenge to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy was aided and abetted by the new Obama administration.

  • More than 5,000 same-sex marriage supporters from across California gathered in Fresno May 30 for the Meet in the Middle for Equality rally.

International

  • Iranian politics is being transformed by mass protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's dubious claim that he won re-election.

  • As elsewhere in Europe, elections in Britain dealt a crushing blow to the governing Labour Party and gave the far right some crucial breakthroughs.

  • Earlier this year, we brought an aid convoy across Europe and northern Africa, and into Gaza. And now, we're doing it again, this time from the U.S.

Opinion

History and Traditions

  • Forty years ago, a police raid on a New York City gay bar, the Stonewall Inn, sparked nights of rioting--and the start of a new LGBT movement.

  • One frequent objection to socialism is the belief that any effort by workers to democratically control society invariably ends in dictatorship.

Labor

  • Some 300 demonstrating teachers, parents and students gave Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson an "F" at a June 3 protest.

  • If ever there was a workplace that needed a union, it's Wal-Mart, and if ever there was a time for such a union, it's now.

  • Some 2,500 union members and community activists marched in Portland, Ore., on June 7 to protest cuts in public services.

  • Some 200 custodians and supporters protested the University of Washington Board of Regents June 11.

Activist News

Books and Entertainment