The barbarism of war and the tyranny of Tsarist rule inspired the Russian working class to rebellion in February 1917.
In 1879, a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune sat down with the "cornerstone of modern socialism" for an interview.
The resistance to environmental destruction must be connected with the struggle to defend the rights and sovereignty of Native peoples.
Michael Bloomberg's increasingly strange statements about stop-and-frisk rest on an assertion that cops are there to stop crime.
Breast cancer is no laughing matter--but that didn't stop the editors of CounterPunch from guffawing about Angelina Jolie.
Every year, Palestinians mark Nakba Day on May 15 to commemorate the 1948 dispossession of the Palestinian people.
LGBT veteran and whistleblower Bradley Manning belongs at the head of San Francisco's LGBT Pride parade.
Seattle Clinic Defense picketed a talk by a right-wing physician who aimed to spread lies about abortion and its impact.
Barack Obama's willingness to give ground to Republicans while kicking the Democrats' base in the teeth has come into particularly sharp focus.
The leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union, now running for re-election, deserve credit for resisting the school reform juggernaut.
A new book on Chávez's Venezuela casts light on the relationship between the radical president and the struggle from below.
The Portland school board's contract offer to teachers is more about union-busting than providing students a quality education.
When she pointed out sexism at her campus, a University of Connecticut student became the target of abuse.
The site of the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890--land considered sacred by the Lakota tribe--just went up for sale.
Why is Barack Obama's Justice Department appealing a judge's order that would make the morning-after pill more accessible to all women?
The U.S. and Israel have been reluctant to lend any concrete support to the rebels trying to overthrow the Assad regime.
Activists are organizing to defend day laborers in New Jersey from harassment by anti-immigrant groups.
Workers at Bethesda Lutheran Communities have successfully filed for a union election, despite intimidation from management.
Youth sports are tragically lacking in the very quality that they are supposed to promote: good sportsmanship. But why?
The U.S. government's Cold War-era response to the 1952 Bolivian revolution has lessons for today.
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