Issue 707 | October 9, 2009
: Gareth Porter The Obama administration is embroiled in a debate over Gen. Stanley McChrystal's proposal for a further escalation of troops to Afghanistan.
: Jen Roesch So-called "crisis pregnancy centers" prey on women looking for options--in order to bully and terrorize them against having an abortion.
SocialistWorker.org asked activists from around the country to say what the National Equality March for LGBT rights means to them.
: Bob Quellos Chicago officials and the city's business elite mourned the defeat of their bid for the 2016 Olympics, but residents can now breathe a sigh of relief.
: Leela Yellesetty The city of Seattle is ratcheting up the war on its most vulnerable citizens. But the homeless and their supporters are standing up to the attack.
: Ann Coleman The same right-wing forces that pushed Proposition 8 in California are behind a referendum in Maine to take away marriage equality.
: Elizabeth Schulte Like the civil rights struggles of the 1960s, today's movement for LGBT equality didn't appear overnight. It's been shaped by decades of organizing.
SocialistWorker.org asked activists around the country to say what this week's National Equality March for LGBT rights means to them.
: Shaun Joseph The coup-makers say they'll lift a state of emergency and may allow deposed President Manuel Zelaya to return to office--but they still plan to keep their grip.
: Lee Sustar Iran's agreement to allow inspection of a nuclear facility and negotiate with the Obama administration won't end U.S. attempts to impose its will.
Like the 19th century railroad barons who built their fortunes from the public trough, the health care lobbies can spot a bonanza in the making.
The National Equality March in Washington represents a renewal of the kind of activism that's needed on many other issues.
: Sharon Smith The three victorious strikes that paved the way for the struggles to come in the 1930s were led by radicals dedicated to solidarity and rank-and-file democracy.
: Alan Maass Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story is an incredible indictment of the current system. But what should replace it?
Capitalism depends for its survival on divisions created in the working class, so the struggle for a new society must challenge those divisions.
: Deborah Goldsmith A faculty member at City College of San Francisco makes the case for voting "no" on a contract proposed by union leaders.
More than 50 workers and their supporters rallied at the Pratt Institute on September 26 as part of a fight for a fair contract.
Machinists at a Boeing plant in Charleston, S.C., voted on September 10 to decertify the IAM as their bargaining representative.
More than 1,000 hotel workers and supporters rallied in San Francisco, and over 100 were arrested while participating in a nonviolent sit-in.
: Ashley Smith While G20 leaders debated how to run global capitalism, police placed the city under lockdown and attacked protests.
Supporters of women's right to choose are organizing to defend clinics that are the target of the anti-abortion campaign 40 Days for Life.
More than 200 activists rallied in response to a demonstration in Minneapolis by members of a neo-Nazi group.
More than 200 people rallied outside Blue Cross Blue Shield offices in Portland, Ore., to protest the insurance industry's greedy practices.
Conservative lawmakers are latching onto abortion access as a new wedge to drive health care reform even further away from providing care to all.
Increased border security won't stop immigrants from entering the U.S., but it does push them into increasingly deadly parts of the borderlands.
For Tom DeLay, the chance to be on Dancing with the Stars is an opportunity to soften his image before his upcoming trial on felony charges.
: Brian Jones Millions will find in Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story a confirmation of their bitterness with the system--and their aspiration for something better.
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