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Analysis: Lee Sustar

$750 billion isn't enough

Barack Obama's proposed economic stimulus plan is hundreds of billions of dollars short of what's needed--and much of it is misdirected.
Raising our voices for Gaza

Protests in solidarity with the people of Gaza against Israel's brutal war are drawing out thousands around the U.S.
Comment: Mike Marqusee

Beyond disproportionate

Israel claims it is defending itself against Hamas rockets, and it is using some of the most powerful and deadly weaponry in the world to do so.
Comment: Chris Hedges

Why I am a socialist

We will find our way out of the economic mess we have been plunged into by embracing an uncompromising democratic socialism.
Statement: Giles Ji Ungpakorn

Appeal from a Thai dissident

Giles Ji Ungpakorn is facing the threat of prosecution and prison for speaking out in defense of democracy.
Philly activists keep libraries open

Activists were the key to the fact that, the day before 11 of Philadelphia's libraries were set to be closed, a judge issued an injunction keeping them open.

Interview: Haidar Eid

"They're wiping out entire families"

Gaza has been plunged into a living nightmare as Israel's war on Palestinians claims more victims every day--men, women and children alike.
Column: Brian Jones

Squeaky wheels get a victory

Public housing residents in New York City scored a small but significant win because of their determination to speak out.
Texas court rejects appeal for Rodney Reed

Death row inmate Rodney Reed received another slap in the face from the Texas justice system when his appeal for a new trial was denied.
Column: Dave Zirin

Breaking new ground in 2008

The wall between sports and politics, which we are told is as immutable as Gibraltar, was not only challenged, it was thoroughly breached in 2008.

Column: Lance Selfa

Israel's partner in war crimes

Amid the worldwide tide of denunciations of Israel for its bloody invasion of Gaza, there's one place you won't hear a peep of criticism: Washington, D.C.
Comment: Elizabeth Schulte

Why is Rick Warren on Obama's guest list?

By featuring an anti-gay and anti-abortion pastor so prominently at the inauguration, the new administration is lending credibility to his bigotry.
Analysis: Brian Cruz

Will SEIU obliterate a California local?

SEIU leaders are voting on whether to split--or even eliminate--the 150,000-member United Healthcare Workers West.
Column: John Pilger

The lying silence about Gaza

Western governments know about Israel's murderous history against the Palestinians. Their silence is a sign of their complicity.
Statement: Campus Antiwar Network

Student solidarity with Gaza

A national student coalition calls on fellow activists to make their voices heard in opposition to the onslaught on Gaza.
Shoe-ing Bush out the door

On George Bush's last day in office, people will gather for a rally and march to the White House, with their footwear in hand.
The government's abstinence-only lie

Abstinence-only programs continue to receive funding from the federal government, despite the fact that they're useless.

Comment: Nicole Colson

Their "crime" was flying while Arab

Nine members of a Muslim family were kicked off an AirTran flight on New Year's Day when passengers reported them as suspicious.
Anger building over Oakland police murder

Nearly 1,000 people gathered in Oakland to protest against the shooting of Oscar Grant as videos of the killing stirred national outrage.
Column: Joe Allen

The good Germans?

The problem with Tom Cruise's new thriller, Valkyrie, is that the conspirators who plan to kill Hitler are a lot like the dictator himself.

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