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May 30, 2013

  • A frustrating election for the left in B.C.

    British Columbia's Liberal Party won re-election with the expansion of coal and natural gas extraction as a chief plank.

  • Taking on a corporate giant

    People in hundreds of cities participated in a worldwide "March Against Monsanto" for our health and futures.

  • Northampton demands a seat

    Residents of Northampton gathered for a protest against the removal of public benches as an attack on the poor.

May 29, 2013

  • Taking liberties

    Barack Obama and his administration have maintained and even escalated the Bush-era practices of lying, spying and expanding government powers.

  • Ready for the revolutionary wave

    Marx and Engels could sense the upheavals of 1848 ahead--and prepared by building organizations to stand for socialist ideas.

  • Rahm and the zombie pigs

    The same mayor who rammed through the closure of 50 schools wants to hand out $100 million for a new basketball arena.

  • Death by the barracks

    A British socialist responds to the media and political establishment's racist frenzy following the murder of a British soldier.

  • Foreclosure victims send message of protest

    Housing activists went to Washington to demand the Justice Department prosecute the bankers who caused the crisis.

  • Legal services workers confront concessions

    Workers at Legal Services NYC are on strike against concessions geared toward undermining the union and job security.

  • Prisoners neglected to death?

    After a series of prisoner deaths, New York's attorney general is investigating a for-profit medical provider to correctional facilities.

  • We want birth control access

    Some 50 women and men took part in an action in Gainesville, Fla., to demand the morning-after pill without restrictions.

May 28, 2013

  • The smash-and-grab agenda

    Even mainstream commentators are admitting that austerity measures have led to lower economic growth. So why have governments embraced them?

  • Food comes first in the fight against austerity

    Struggles internationally are connecting democratization and de-commodification of food and land to the fight against austerity.

  • Solidarity confronts calamity

    The tornadoes that struck Oklahoma led to selfless acts by ordinary people--and public relations stunts by corporations.

  • Juveniles left waiting to die

    Young offenders sentenced to life without parole are being told they will never amount to any good--and will die in prison.

  • Racial profiling on campus

    University of Southern California students registered their outrage at the LAPD's racial profiling at two house parties.

  • Recordando ambos Malcolms

    Al igual que su abuelo Malcom X, Malcolm Shabazz murió demasiado joven, y con tanto por hacer.

May 27, 2013

  • Refusing to accept sexism

    A group of activists and scholars take issue with several articles at the CounterPunch website that recycle sexist tropes.

May 24, 2013

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