Recently posted July 2, 2009
: Chris Williams New climate legislation relies on free-market solutions to preserve the environment, but the only thing it will preserve are corporate profits.
The military officers and right-wing forces who ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya have longstanding ties to the U.S. government.
: Lee Sustar Delegates at the UNITE HERE convention in Chicago plan to counter SEIU raids with greater union democracy and membership involvement.
An off-duty Chicago police officer whose senseless assault on a 5-foot-3, 115-pound woman was caught on security tape won't serve a day in jail.
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.
Striking union workers at Bell Helicopter and their supporters are walking the picket line in Fort Worth.
July 1, 2009
: Lee Sustar Is a radical change possible in Iran? Answering that question requires a look at Iranian history, politics and society beyond the disputed June 12 election.
: Alison McKenna Today is the day when a new fiscal year begins in Illinois--and the state government's "doomsday budget" could become a reality.
Two leading civil rights and immigrant rights activists have been charged with felonies in separate cases, and face possible prison time.
SocialistWorker.org is asking our readers to help us send a reporter to Gaza in order to continue to get the word out about life under siege.
: Alexander Billet Beginning at age of 11 with the Jackson 5, Michael Jackson's decades-long career played an important role in transforming the shape of music.
Liberal democrats and antiwar groups were exposed by their recent silence on the supplemental war funding bill.
I am running for the 10th District in California because the Democratic and Republican parties have shown themselves unwilling to address the issues that matter.
June 30, 2009
In the name of finding "middle ground," Barack Obama and the Democrats are making compromises that the health care industry can be happy with.
On a bright, warm afternoon, Robert Springsteen and Michael Scott finally walked out of a Texas jail after a judge ordered them released.
Millions of people turned out in cities across the country in June for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Pride celebrations.
: Leonard Peltier One of America's longest-serving political prisoners reflects on his 34 years in prison, and his hopes for a better world.
The drive by California politicians to balance their budget on the backs of the most vulnerable continues to touch off dissent.
British antiwar activist George Galloway gave a rousing speech in Chicago to raise funds for an aid convoy from the U.S. to Gaza.
June 29, 2009
Some of Barack Obama's most ardent supporters are unsettled by the administration's failure to pursue a bold agenda for reform.
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