Year: 2011
Census shows significant increase of same-sex couples
August 30, 2011
Census shows significant increase of same-sex couples
New data from the U.S. Census show a roughly 50 percent increase in the number of same-sex couples between 2000…
Economic ‘recovery’ continues to evaporate
August 30, 2011
Economic ‘recovery’ continues to evaporate
Hopes for an end to the capitalist economic crisis were dashed Aug. 26, when the latest gross domestic product statistics…
Why elections matter—to the capitalists
August 30, 2011
Why elections matter—to the capitalists
Imagine if George W. Bush had received a four-year extension to his term of office and he alone had presided…
Social networking in the not-so ‘free world’
August 30, 2011
Social networking in the not-so ‘free world’
The supposed champions of free speech in Britain and the United States are threatening to shut off cell phone service…
Activists to prison system: Grant hunger strikers’ demands
August 28, 2011
Activists to prison system: Grant hunger strikers’ demands
On Aug. 23, demonstrators in Sacramento held the CDCR accountable for granting demanded prisoners concessions won by the hunger strike.
Mubarak on trial for killing protesters
August 27, 2011
Mubarak on trial for killing protesters
On Aug. 3,former dictator Hosni Mubarak was wheeled in on a stretcher into the defendants' cage as his trial started.
On the 100th birthday of the legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap
August 26, 2011
On the 100th birthday of the legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap
Yesterday, the legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap, communist and great revolutionary leader, turned 100 years old. He is one of…
Eyewitness Libya tour stops in Pittsburgh
August 26, 2011
Eyewitness Libya tour stops in Pittsburgh
On Aug. 21, 100 people packed Monumental Baptist Church in Pittsburgh’s to hear an eyewitness account of the imperialist attack…
Imperialist powers admit they want to ‘own’ Libya
August 26, 2011
Imperialist powers admit they want to ‘own’ Libya
If an imperialist country conducts a lengthy military operation against an independent nation, it intends to gain the “ownership” of…
No end in sight for education crisis
August 26, 2011
No end in sight for education crisis
In California, while prison spending has been on the rise, students have been forced to pay more and more every…