Will the right rise again?

Lance Selfa — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

The tea partiers celebrated their "movement" at a convention in Nashville, but is really a sign that the right wing is back on the ascendancy?

Oakland teachers authorize strike

Jessie Muldoon — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Members of the Oakland Education Association voted overwhelmingly to authorize a one-day strike and also to support the March 4 day of action.

Justice delayed in Local 722

Pete Camarata — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

The recent struggle in IBT Local 722 in LaSalle, Ill., highlights the corruption that still plagues the Teamsters union.

Slap the cuffs on Tony Blair

Eamonn McCann — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

We can all take a cue from antiwar protester Grace McCann, who got sick of waiting on official channels and tried to collar Tony Blair herself.

Turning women into incubators

Veronica Bettencourt — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

The case of Samantha Burton illustrates a dangerous legal precedent in denying women basic human freedoms during pregnancy and childbirth.

We should cut from the top at UW

Steve Leigh — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Resources exist at the University of Washington to mitigate the cuts on students and workers--by cutting administrators' salaries.

Darwin's dangerous ideas on film

Phil Gasper — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Readers should check out the excellent seven-part BBC docudrama The Voyage of Charles Darwin to learn more about Darwin's ideas.

The "shock doctrine" for Haiti

Ashley Smith — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Amid the catastrophe of the earthquake in Haiti, imperial powers and corporate vultures are circling, eyeing the profits to be made from reconstruction.

Ready to fight S.F. school cuts

Kevin Chojczak — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

San Francisco schools are being hit with devastating cuts--but educators and their allies are preparing to fight back on California's March 4 day of action.

Who do you choose?

Mark Steel — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

In the past, a vote for Labour would at least have been a protest against greed, even if the party didn't do much about it.

Prosecuted for being a parent

Dahr Jamail — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Soldiers who face unexpected parenting hardships and are unable to deploy are being slapped with criminal charges by the U.S. military.

Activists gather in New England

Shaun Joseph — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Some 400 people turned out for a regional conference sponsored by the antiwar network New England United, exceeding organizers' expectations.

A rebel for a better world

Brian Jones — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Anyone who spent any time with Howard Zinn knows of his tremendous generosity of spirit, and of course, his legendary humor.

Afghanistan's secret jails

Anand Gopal — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

In the U.S. detention process, suspects are usually nabbed in the darkness and sent to one of a number of detention areas, often on the slightest suspicion.

He taught us to use our voice

Marlene Martin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

To know that Howard Zinn was a part of our struggle made people stand a little taller and feel a little more committed and confident about our fight.

Super Bowl ad hypocrisy

Dave Zirin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

CBS has long claimed to have Super Bowl rules against "advocacy ads." So why are they running an anti-abortion commercial?

How the U.S. could help Haiti

Helen Scott — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Two measures would immediately help Haitians--cancellation of the foreign debt and overhauling an immigration system that discriminates against them.

The people's history reading list

Howard Zinn — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Howard Zinn came up with some recommendations if you really want to know what happened in U.S. history.

Police invade S.F. fundraiser

Emily Caruso — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Police attacked a January 30 fundraising event, bringing chaos to what had been a peaceful evening in San Francisco.

Duncan's twisted vision for our schools

Danny Lucia — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600

Education Secretary Arne Duncan stooped to a new low when he declared that Hurricane Katrina was "the best thing that happened" to New Orleans schools.

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