Issue 701 | July 17, 2009
: Sid Patel The government's June jobs report shows there's no end of economic misery in sight for workers--and some groups are feeling the pain even more sharply.
: Chris Williams New climate legislation relies on free-market solutions to preserve the environment, but the only thing it will preserve are corporate profits.
: Michele Bollinger Political prisoner Leonard Peltier's case belongs among the terrible travesties of the American "justice" system.
At the emergency room where I work, during one weekend, two patients died for no reason other than the fact that they were poor and uninsured.
: David McElhatton A member of the group One Struggle, One Fight talks about the importance of solidarity in the movement for equal marriage and LGBT equality.
In a long overdue victory, Ronald Kitchen and Marvin Reeves were freed from an Illinois prison on July 7 after nearly two decades behind bars.
: Zakiya Khabir A San Diego Alliance for Marriage Equality activist describes the organizing behind a sit-in the day after the California Supreme Court upheld Prop 8.
: Sherry Wolf The author of the new book Sexuality and Socialism talks about the massive potential of the new LGBT civil rights movement.
: Lonnie Lopez An activist from Seattle in the newly formed Queer Ally Coalition describes the radicalization he has witnessed in the struggle for LGBT rights.
Charges against four of the San Francisco 8 were dropped when prosecutors admitted that they didn't have enough evidence to go to trial.
: Emmanuel Santos Hondurans are defying military repression to show their support for President Manuel Zelaya--and their determination to defend democracy.
: David Whitehouse Riots and repression in China's Muslim West are one sign that the pace of protest has sped up--and that new social forces have joined the fight.
After waiting on buses for two hours, it was clear to the Viva Palestina delegation that Egyptian authorities had no intention of letting them cross.
: Sharon Smith Pretty much everyone acknowledges that this is not only the worst economic crisis, but also the worst ideological crisis for U.S. capitalism since the 1930s.
Hubert Harrison, the Black socialist from the turn of the 20th century, was many things: author, editor, public speaker, educator and activist.
It's hard to imagine a world where the Republican Party wins elections again. But that depends on the performance of Barack Obama's Democrats.
: Lee Sustar Delegates at the UNITE HERE convention in Chicago plan to counter SEIU raids with greater union democracy and membership involvement.
A lively picket in Chicago June 27 marked the expiration of another union agreement at AT&T, with 130,000 union members now working without a contract.
: Paul Sousa A leading activist in Join the Impact Massachusetts discusses organizing for LGBT rights in the Obama era.
A multiracial group of 200 parents, teachers and students rallied in New York City against mayoral control of public schools.
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