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April 29, 2013

  • Standing for those who can't

    Activists at the University of California Berkeley gathered for a solidarity protest on Palestinian Prisoners Day.

  • Fighting for a fired worker

    Activists gathered in front of a Southern California Wal-Mart warehouse to protest the termination of a worker activist.

  • Estado de miedo

    El sensacionalismo y el alarmismo de los medios de comunicación y clase política son parte de su campaña para aumentar la seguridad estatal.

April 26, 2013

  • The lies they tell about Islam

    The U.S. government's attitude toward Islam and Muslims has always depended first and foremost on its foreign policy objectives.

  • Racism in a "color-blind" society

    We're told that we live in a "post-racial" society, but racism is alive and well in the U.S.--and benefiting the capitalist system in important ways.

April 25, 2013

  • State of fear

    The sensationalism and scaremongering of the political and media establishment is part of their drive to tighten the grip of the security state.

  • Hunger-striking for freedom and dignity

    More than half of detainees at the U.S. prison camp at Guantánamo Bay are on hunger strike against indefinite detention.

  • Ecosocialists chart a path forward

    An enthusiastic meeting in New York took a big step toward creating an anti-capitalist wing of the environmental movement.

  • Playing for schools we want

    Parents, teachers and educators went to CPS headquarters for a different kind of protest--to blow bubbles, dress up and play.

  • A continuing surge of violence

    The spring fighting season in Afghanistan began this month with explosions of conflict all over the country.

  • Terrorism of the workplace

    The explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant provides a glimpse into the health and safety violations at American workplaces.

  • The fire this time at Purdue

    About 200 students and faculty at Purdue University marched through campus in response to a string of racist incidents.

  • For meaningful debate on "reform"

    My argument about the "corporate education reform" movement was profoundly mischaracterized by Socialist Worker.

April 24, 2013

  • Will Chavismo survive?

    Nicolás Maduro's narrow win in Venezuela's presidential race and the provocations of the right-wing opposition has sharpened the debate on the left.

  • A fog of prejudices

    The "whos" of the Marathon bombings are known--but the media's answers about the "whys" are filled with bigotry and untruths.

  • Wal-Mart workers won't rest

    Workers demanding basic rights at Wal-Mart are fighting back at stores, warehouses and suppliers--in the U.S. and around the world.

  • Cries for justice for Rehtaeh

    Rehtaeh Parsons' death was caused by the institutional failure to deal with sexual assault--and thousands are outraged by it.

  • Obama and the game of drones

    The Obama administration's use of drone warfare bears a ghastly resemblance to the bombings at the Boston Marathon.

  • Germany's one-party system

    One of the leaders of Germany's Left Party discusses what's at stake in general elections set for this coming September.

  • Brazil says no to Israeli arms

    Activists in Brazil protested the presence of Israeli weapons manufacturers at an arms bazaar in Rio de Janeiro.

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