Issue 704 | August 28, 2009
: Darrin Hoop Residents of Seattle's Tent City III and Nickelsville are resisting moves to evict them--even as the city refuses to offer real help to the homeless.
: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Business and the right-wing media have mobilized racist, right-wing rabble at health care "town meetings"--but Obama's pro-corporate policies gave them space to do it.
: Laura Durkay The hundreds lined up at Los Angeles' famous Forum arena for free medical services exposed the staggering inadequacy of the current system.
: Michele Bollinger After languishing in prison for 33 long years for a crime he didn't commit, renowned political prisoner Leonard Peltier has again been denied parole.
After 28 years in prison serving time for a crime he always maintained he did not commit, Mark Clements has finally won his freedom.
: Elizabeth Schulte With an unprecedented Supreme Court decision on August 17, death row inmate Troy Davis will finally get the day in court he's been fighting for.
: Shaun Joseph The popular struggle in Honduras is to defeat the coup makers, but the roots of the fight lie in 30 years of neoliberal policies pursued by the elite.
: Anand Gopal The outcome of Afghanistan's presidential elections will depend on deals Hamid Karzai made with some of the country's most notorious warlords.
: Eric Ruder In the years since Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip, Israel has imposed a suffocating blockade--forcing Gazans to move essential goods through underground tunnels.
It's time to dismiss the idea that the Democrats' good intentions are simply falling victim to a multimillion-dollar campaign by medical industry lobbyists.
Republicans and conservative Democrats are set to wreck health care reform--and Barack Obama is letting them.
There's a misconception that Marxists believe history follows a predetermined course as a result of economic laws, which human beings can't affect.
: Greg Love and Ken Love Sanitation workers in Charleston, S.C., are demanding the right to organize--and despite opposition from the mayor and other forces, they won't take "no" for an answer.
: Darrin Hoop The world’s largest aircraft manufacturer is out to decertify the union at an important plant in South Carolina.
A strike was called off after extended negotiations between the ATU and BART officials--but workers will likely pay the price.
Some 150 recently unionized teachers face a fight for decent wages and health care at the Manhattan School of Music's Pre-college Division.
: Matt Hoke A group of people who at first felt powerless succeeded in resisting a landlord politician and the New Jersey state government.
: David Mailloux People turned out in dozens of cities on August 15 for the "Great Nationwide Kiss-In" after two same-sex couples were harassed for expressing affection.
Activists gathered in several U.S. cities in August to protest the military coup in Honduras and stand in support of ordinary Hondurans.
Some 50 activists turned out August 16 to protest an anti-gay marriage event in Warwick, R.I.
: Andrew Cockburn American Casino shows how Wall Street traders created the sub-prime mortgage crisis--and how the banks intend to make us pay for it.
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