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August 12, 2008

  • The Chicago pol/ICE connection

    Immigrant rights activists picketed City Hall as hearings were held on Chicago police collaboration with federal immigration authorities.

  • Evo Morales’ hollow victory

    Bolivia's president increased his vote in last weekend's recall referendum, but the right is more emboldened in its drive against him.

  • Concessions mar Verizon deal

    After working eight days without a contract, and hours before a strike deadline was to expire, the CWA and IBEW announced a tentative agreement with Verizon.

  • A reactionary called Solzhenitsyn

    The reason novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn appeared so contradictory is a question at the center of the second half of the 20th century.

  • S.F. activists confront Minutemen

    Hundreds of immigrant rights supporters mobilized on a day’s notice to send a message to the racist Minutemen that immigrants are welcome here.

  • Solidarity with Zimbabwe workers

    Dozens of labor unionists and young progressives gathered outside the Zimbabwean embassy on July 21 to protest the illegitimate government of Robert Mugabe.

August 8, 2008

  • Who's grabbing the Olympic gold?

    The history of the International Olympic Committee is one of politics, power and greed--from conmen bilking host cities for millions to fascist sympathizers.

  • Revolt and repression as the Games begin

    Tensions over security and a state crackdown in the lead-up to the Beijing Olympic Games have been building for months, as has protest.

  • One state with equal rights

    Israeli policies over the past 15 years have convinced increasing numbers of Palestinians that the idea of a two-state solution isn't viable.

  • The Freightliner Five are demanding justice

    Rather than expel the Freightliner Five, the UAW should be putting them on tour to raise funds for the campaign to get their jobs back and build support for organizing the South.

  • Why we're protesting the DNC

    As the Democratic National Convention approaches, Denver activists are organizing for a week of protest, teach-ins and concerts.

  • Misery for workers, profits for the rich

    ExxonMobil posted the highest quarterly profits in U.S. history, even as unemployment rose to a four-year high.

  • Turning a blind eye to a discrimination

    On the evening of July 7, a reverend who runs a homeless shelter for gay and transgender teens in Astoria, Queens, was brutally assaulted.

  • Views in brief

    Thrown away by the system | Something to applaud in The Dark Knight | Batman's never-ending fight | The Dark Knight is just a movie | Blaming the victims of racism

August 7, 2008

  • Grim and getting uglier

    Despite the latest statistics showing U.S. economic growth, the figures on jobs and inflation reflect an economy that's still on the decline a year after the financial crisis began.

  • McCain's race card

    It’s an old childhood adage that "it takes one to know one," but what phrase better describes John McCain when it comes to "playing the race card"?

  • A new round of nuclear lies

    The lies told to justify the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are being repeated to justify new wars today.

  • "If Nas can't say it..."

    A lot has happened since Nas' album Hip-Hop Is Dead--Jena, Sean Bell, and other high-profile incidents of racist injustice--and the rapper's new album shows it.

  • The workers behind the Lobster

    Stewart O'Nan's novella The Last Night at the Lobster takes a moving and much-needed look at the working day.

August 6, 2008

  • Murdered for being an immigrant

    The murder of Luis Ramírez by white teenagers in Shenandoah, Pa., is the horrifying outcome of a climate of hate and scapegoating whipped up against undocumented immigrants.

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