Front page from June 10, 2015

Socialism 2015 | Chicago | July 2-5
Hundreds of people fill the streets in McKinney, Texas, to protest police brutality

No swimming, no peace

Protesters took to the streets of McKinney, Texas, in response to a sickening racist assault on Black teenagers for the crime of "swimming while Black."

A balance sheet in Argentina

An Argentinian socialist makes a case for how the country's left can widen its appeal while maintaining its principles.

Tortured to death in New York

Traumatized by years of torture in New York jails, Kalief Browder took his own life--after bravely exposing the horrors he had faced.

Wrong message on Sanders

Bernie Sanders is generating excitement with a populist message, but his Democratic Party campaign won't help the left.

Election discontent in Mexico

Mexico held midterm elections in a day marked by confrontations between police and protesters, especially in the south.

Smearing the Syrian uprising

Conspiracy theories that the U.S. fueled the rise of ISIS are a backhanded attack on the Syrian uprising against Assad.


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A broken system killed my son

The mother of a police murder victim in Boston is still fighting for justice, but Black Lives Matter has given her hope.

Solidarity is how we win

The struggles to make Black Lives Matter and win social justice for LGBTQ people aren't separate, but interconnected.

Wanted for being a hero

Ramsey Orta has faced retaliation from the New York Police Department ever since he filmed the murder of Eric Garner.

She kept fighting the odds

An exonerated prisoner pays tribute to Paula Cooper, once the youngest prisoner on Indiana's death row, after her tragic death.

What I learned about Bernie

A former intern describes the conclusions she reached while working for Sanders by day--and organizing activism by night.

The fossil fuel subsidy scam

Oil derricks cover the landscape in California

The equivalent of 6.5 percent of global GDP is being poured into an industry that is driving the world to catastrophe.

Hijacking the Anthropocene

Under the guise of environmentalism, the Breakthrough Institute pushes pro-business non-solutions to climate change.

A ban to punish women

Wisconsin Republicans are trying to pass a cruel 20-week ban on abortion--and using junk science about fetal pain to justify it.

Cuomo's circle of corruption

A spreading scandal in Albany shows that Republicans and Democrats alike are for sale to New York City's real estate barons.

In defense of all the Emmas

Emma Sulkowicz's brave statement against sexual assault on college campuses was met once again with official disinterest and outright hate.

A big change in the UESF

The longtime president and numerous allies were defeated by candidates from the Educators for a Democratic Union caucus.

Walmart wants us to disappear

The retail giant says it's closing five of its stores for repairs--but the only thing that Walmart wants to "repair" is the growing activism of workers.

Labor's dead end on the TPP

After yet another betrayal by the Democratic Party, unions need to turn away from protectionism and toward global solidarity.

Fight for 15 wins big in LA

The Los Angeles City Council voted on a $15-an-hour minimum wage ordinance, handing the movement its biggest win yet.

Oakland teachers deserve more

Members of the Oakland Education Association are campaigning for a "no" vote on the tentative contract with the district.

¿Mantendrá SYRIZA la raya?

El gobierno en Grecia está siendo presionado a optar entre la capitulación y la confrontación, y la izquierda del partido quiere trazar una línea.

The end of Iraq?

An eyewitness to Iraq's suffering describes the conditions as the country is torn apart by a sectarian conflict for which the U.S. is to blame.

Stateless and left out at sea

Rohingya refugees wait for medical care in Bangladesh (Pierre Prakash)

The images of emaciated migrants in boats sent back to sea in Southeast Asia have shocked the world, but this is not new.

Inside an Israeli weapons expo

It was the perfect juxtaposition: herded through a West Bank checkpoint to arrive two hours and four buses later at a Tel Aviv weapons expo.

No choices for the people

To believe this weekend's elections in Mexico are free and democratic is ludicrous--and much of the population knows it.

A flame of hope in Colombia

Peace activists are closely watching the negotiations to end the longest armed conflict in the Western Hemisphere.

Electoral amnesia in Argentina

A left-wing author dissects the economic and political landscape in Argentina in the run-up to national elections.

Will SYRIZA hold the line?

Greece's SYRIZA government is being pushed to choose between capitulation and confrontation--and the party's left wants to draw the line.

How tradition was defeated

In supporting marriage equality, Ireland rejected the conservative structures that have shaped the country for centuries.

SYRIZA needs clear answers

A leader of the SYRIZA's Left Platform argues that the radical left party must choose an alternative to further concessions.

A conservative defeat in Spain

Local elections in late May handed Spain's two largest parties their biggest losses since the 1978 fall of the dictatorship.

Intro to Lenin and Leninism

Lenin after the Russian Revolution

Controversies may still rage about him, but revolutionary activists throughout the world continue to learn from what Lenin said and wrote and did.

A new hero in the sports world

The Caitlyn Jenner story is one of triumph pulled from the edge of tragedy--and the hope is it will be felt in the sports world.

The road less taken

Mad Max: Fury Road is credited with provoking a conversation about feminism and the role of women in Hollywood. Did it?

Down goes FIFA!

The international governing body of soccer, the world's most popular sport, is being shaken to its core.

Wrong place at the right time

The dual-unionist strategy of syndicalist formations put them outside the main terrain of class struggle at important times.

Nothing but greed drives them

A Pennsylvania resident describes his ongoing battle with an energy company over a natural gas well on his property.

Views in brief

The limits of Sanders' socialism | What Sanders signifies | Sanders can help lead people out | Hollow words from Quad