Recently posted November 2, 2009
Nearly 500 people rallied against the death penalty in Texas as the issue of wrongful convictions and state killing of innocent people has come center stage.
There must be millions who managed to forget about Tony Blair for the last two years, and now this dreadful man might be ruling us again?
About 150 workers and activists rallied October 28 in solidarity with workers in several Indianapolis hotels fighting for union recognition.
Candidates of a rank-and-file reform group in the Chicago Teachers Union won a vote for trustees of the teachers' pension fund.
October 30, 2009
: Martin Smith Tens of thousands of veterans are struggling to stay in school because of a bureaucratic snafu involving GI Bill education benefits.
: Mariano Silva New owners have shut down the Stella D'oro cookie factory in the Bronx where workers won an 11-month strike, but efforts to get full severance continue.
Two labor and community activists in Mexico describe the fight for justice at an auto parts factory in the northern maquila zone.
: John Green Despite the loss of thousands of teachers' jobs, the California Teachers Association has failed to put resources into organizing for action.
: Eamonn McCann The UK refuses to assert a women's right to choose in Northern Ireland, while advocating safer and more accessible abortions in far-flung places.
October 29, 2009
: Patrick Bond With a new international climate summit coming in December, the Obama White House is supporting legislation that will lock in catastrophe.
: Keith Rosenthal The pharmaceutical industry is already highly profitable, but this year, it's licking its lips at the prospect of producing vaccines for the swine flu.
: Leela Yellesetty What sets Glee apart is that it understands high school is an alienating experience for countless kids, where gender and sexual norms are vigorously policed.
: Ian Steinman Socialism is a system in which people democratically come together to determine how to structure our society so everyone can reach their real potential.
Socialists can say more about the ties between people and animals, and can improve our dialogue with those who see animal cruelty as a motivating issue.
Animals are an oppressed group whose oppression is intertwined with capitalism. And they deserve our recognition of their rights.
Animal oppression demeans us | End the needless killing of animals | Having humility toward nature | More theory on animal rights | The worth of animals
October 28, 2009
: Elizabeth Schulte A study on female 'happiness' is being used to fuel claims--once again--that the women's movement of the 1960s and '70s made life worse for women.
: Lee Sustar and Rigoberto Gogol The American Bankers Association got an angry reception in Chicago from workers, homeowners and activists fed up with bailouts for banks.
: Joseph Shansky Ordinary Hondurans are breaking through the information blockade that has paralyzed the country since the coup that toppled President Manuel Zelaya.
: Dahr Jamail Many soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken to blogging, posting photographs and uploading videos, all related to their experience of the wars.
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