Front page from April 5, 2018

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Teachers swarm into the state Capitol building in Kentucky (Emily Shaw | SW)

Why the bluegrass teachers are seeing red

The temperature is rising in this "education spring." That's because teachers in states like Kentucky are turning up the heat against Republican attacks.

Spreading the labor rebellion

The biggest teachers' strikes in decades will shape the coming Labor Notes conference that attracts union activists across the U.S.

The truth about the bomber

When the identity of Austin package bomber was revealed, the response from authorities and the media was shockingly empathetic.

Boulder protests Coulter's hate

University of Colorado Boulder students came together to show their opposition to right-wing commentator Ann Coulter.

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The current issue of the ISR features an article by Gilbert Achcar on "Morbid symptoms: What did Gramsci mean and how does it apply to our time?" For that and more articles on socialist theory and practice, go to the International Socialist Review website.


Trump's cabinet of horrors

Clockwise from top left: John Bolton, Donald Trump, Mike Pompeo and Peter Navarro

The White House has taken a decisive turn toward an even more militarist "America First" strategy, increasing the threat of conflict and war.

Coming together for the banks

One-third of Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to undo some of the regulations passed to prevent another Great Recession.

Big Data versus democracy

The scandal engulfing political consultants Cambridge Analytica is symptomatic of a political system for sale to the highest bidder.

Cruel stunt in New Hampshire

Trump's recent stop in New Hampshire to promote his plan to combat the opioid epidemic came down to blaming the victims.

Stephon's murder lit a fire

People are in the streets of Sacramento to protest the police murder of an African American father of two, shot in the back in a hail of bullets.

Youth show the way to March

The anti-gun violence protests on March 24 brought out a wide range of people for "one of the biggest youth protests since Vietnam."

Students make the connections

Students at Kenwood Academy in Chicago walk out to protest gun violence (Todd St. Hill | SW)

During the March 14 walkout, students on Chicago’s South Side tried to link school shootings with the daily horrors of poverty and racism.

Rallying around immigrants

Activists in Syracuse, New York, are mobilizing to concretely defend immigrants from the escalating threat of deportation.

Make courts an ICE-free zone

Legal workers in New York City continued their protests against undocumented clients being targeted by ICE at the courthouses.

They persecuted the victim

High school students in Sacramento walked out of class to protest the administration's cruel mishandling of a reported gang rape.

Stop targeting Noor Salman

Because of a cruel prosecution, a domestic violence survivor is facing prison time for the horrific actions committed by her husband.

Manufacturing a shortage

There is an ongoing scarcity of essential intravenous medications in the U.S.—and the for-profit health care system is to blame.

Another upset for Loyola?

Non-tenured faculty at avowedly progressive Loyola University may be on strike to press their demand for an end to poverty wages.

Labor creates games

Veteran attendees of the Game Developers Conference knew something was different this year: All the talk about unionization.

How will Delta workers win?

Baggage handlers load a passenger jet at Delta Air Lines

A Delta worker describes the poor working conditions and disrespect on the job that are driving a campaign to form a union.

Wendy's old-fashioned greed

Hundreds of farmworkers and their allies marched on the New York offices of Nelson Peltz, the billionaire CEO of Wendy's.

Grad workers vote on a strike

Columbia University graduate workers are voting on authorizing a strike to pressure the administration to recognize their union.

Saying #MeToo in Maine

Panelists for a discussion at the University of Southern Maine talked about the need for action around sexual violence on campus.

Justicia para Marielle Franco

Los socialistas estadounidenses expresamos nuestra solidaridad con los camaradas del PSOL tras el asesinato de una socialista brasileña.

Rebellion of the teachers

The teachers' revolt spreads

The teachers' strike movement is sweeping west from Appalachia through the Midwest and across the Great Plains--and it shows no sign of stopping.

It's a right-to-strike state today

Educators and public workers in Oklahoma are on strike for pay increases and greater state funding for schools and public services.

Is Oklahoma the next stop?

Some 150,000 teachers and public workers in Oklahoma are preparing for a strike that could continue until their demands are met.

Reviving labor's lost traditions

Teachers stand together in solidarity in outside the state Capitol in Charleston

The traditions of the past helped guide West Virginia teachers to victory, while providing fresh lessons that can help rebuild the labor movement.

Schools for struggle

March was the month when U.S. schools became the epicenter of explosive protests that are teaching lessons for building a stronger resistance.

Solidarity with Okla. teachers

Social Equity Educators in Seattle is organizing a petition for educators to stand in support of the teachers in Oklahoma.

When the teachers unite

A Phoenix teacher talks about the conditions threatening Arizona's schools--and how rank-and-file educators are taking a stand.

A fight for Puerto Rico schools

Backers of an education measure in Puerto Rico claim it is about reform, but it's striking how little it has to do with true reform.

Israel replies with a massacre

When tens of thousands of Palestinians rallied to nonviolently commemorate Land Day, they were met by murderous violence.

A family snatched at dawn

The Australian government has forged a close partnership with Sri Lanka that comes at the expense of Tamil immigrants.

Bring her assassins to justice

Marielle Franco (Mídia NINJA | flickr)

Socialist organizations in the U.S. send their solidarity after the assassination of a leading socialist and human rights activist in Brazil.

Winning the right to be

No one could have predicted the kind of outburst we experienced for the International Women's Strike in cities of the Spanish state.

Striking a neoliberal university

Striking university workers on the picket lines in Surrey, southwest of London (@senseofplay | Twitter)

The struggle of university workers in the UK is giving the labor movement a big boost and opening up an outlet for seething anger against neoliberalism.

1968: King and the uprisings

If the year 1968 marked a turning point for struggles worldwide, April 4 and the murder of Martin Luther King was a turning point within the year.

When workers shut it down

One hundred years ago this week, workers in Kansas City organized a general strike that showed the power of class solidarity.

Fascism's American cousin

Opponents of the far right will find valuable historical lessons for organizing in a short pamphlet about fascists in an earlier era.

Views in brief

What banning Kratom means to me | Israel's illegal annexation | Workers shouldn't be forced to give | Socialists should advocate for nuclear energy

15 Years After the Iraq Invasion

In this four-part series, Ashley Smith tells the story of the U.S. war on Iraq

I. The drive to a war crime

In spite of the largest coordinated protests in history, George Bush and the neo-cons were determined to have their war on Iraq.

II. The war machine unleashed

In March 2003, the U.S. used the full might of its arsenal against a country that had already been devastated by decades of war.

III. Occupation and resistance

The U.S. unleashed terror and repression to cement its power in Iraq--but in the process, it stoked multiple points of resistance.

IV. The end of the occupation

When its troops failed to quell the Iraqi resistance, the U.S. fomented a civil war, but the occupation still ended in failure.