Recently posted March 19, 2010
: Helen Redmond The Democrats are in a mad rush to pass health care legislation that is a disaster in the making for working people and a massive giveaway to the industry.
: David Russitano The federal government's plans for "reform" in San Francisco's public schools scapegoat poor and minority children.
: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor African Americans suffering from foreclosures on homes and rentals can draw on the lessons of Martin Luther King's fight against slums in Chicago.
: Sandy Boyer The story of the San Patricios--Irish soldiers who left the U.S. Army to fight for Mexico in the 1846 war--is an important but hidden story of resistance to empire.
: Stanley Heller Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh is wanted by the Israeli government for the "crime" of organizing against Israeli settlements.
: Haymarket Books U.S. officials have put an extended hold on the visa application of award-winning Palestinian journalist Mohammed Omer.
March 18, 2010
: Gary Lapon When Constance McMillen asked to take her girlfriend to the prom, school officials in a Mississippi county responded by canceling the event altogether.
: Nora Barrows-Friedman In East Jerusalem, Israeli security forces are cracking down on anti-settlement protesters, and Palestinian children in particular.
: James Illingworth An activist at UC Santa Cruz describes how the movement organized for a successful student strike during the March 4 Day of Action.
: Adam Turl With his 1973 movie The Crazies, George Romero created a genuinely compelling story chock-full of social criticism. The 2010 remake is anything but.
A public school teacher who was stuck on the freeway when protesters took it over on March 4 tells what actually took place.
I have a friend serving a 20-years-to-life sentence for a crime he committed when he was 17 years old and a senior in high school.
March 17, 2010
: Lee Sustar First, the banks drained your wallet. Now the people who stood by and let it happen are about to be rewarded, if Senate Democrats get their way.
: Andy Libson Staff and students at San Francisco's Mission High School worked hard to forge the solidarity that made the March 4 Day of Action a success.
: Peter Rachleff Just when it seemed time to write the obituary for organized labor, immigrant custodians in Minneapolis have added a new chapter to the story.
: Alexander Billet The Chieftains and Ry Cooder have made an album dedicated to reviving an incredible moment in the history of the struggle for justice.
: Dahr Jamail As Afghanistan has taken center stage in U.S. corporate media, the U.S. occupation of Iraq has fallen into the media shadows.
New York City has an all-inclusive St Patrick's Day parade in Queens whose motto is "Cherishing all the children of the nation equally."
Although Kurds comprise about 20 percent of Turkey's population, they have been subject to methodical oppression since the 1920s.
March 16, 2010
: Eric Ruder Robert Ferguson's nearly eight-year sentence for shoplifting a bag of shredded cheese from a California store made headlines around the world.
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