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Social programs get cut, but Federal Reserve committed to safety net for big banks
Contrary to ruling-class ideologues’ claim that capitalism is rooted in “free markets” and personal risk-taking, their system in fact could…
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1.3 million workers lose unemployment benefits so Congress can leave for vacation
The phenomenon of unemployment is a profound crisis for each jobless individual but an opportunity for capitalists to have unemployed…
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Police violence against people with disabilities-on the rise?
Reports show that as many as 50 percent of those shot by cops are have mental illnesses. The current system…
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Marriage equality expands to Utah and New Mexico
Reaping the harvest of decades of struggle for equal rights 18 states now recognize the right of same-sex couples to…
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Majority of people in former Soviet states regret loss of USSR
Shattered after generations of U.S. aggression, the breakup of the Soviet Union proved to be disastrous for millions.
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Korean conspiracy trial
It made worldwide news when Lee Seok-ki, representative in the South Korean National Assembly, was arrested on charges of treason.
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Climate change and the need for a revolutionary party
iI all climate change-producing pollution stopped tomorrow, global temperatures would continue to rise, albeit more slowly.
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Pink ribbons and racism
Black women with a breast cancer diagnosis will die three years sooner than their white women with the same disease.
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Academics back boycott of Israel
The growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement fighting against Israeli oppression of Palestinians claimed a major victory December 16.
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New Book – Divide and Ruin: The West’s Imperial Strategy in an Age of Crisis
Divide and Ruin: The West’s Imperial Strategy in an Age of Crisis is a collection of articles by British author…
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US drone attack kills 17 people in Yemen
n the months since Pres. Obama announced new rules for drone strikes, drone attacks abroad have actually ecome more deadly,…
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Cops arrest anti-police brutality protesters in Santa Rosa
The Sonoma County Sheriff's office says that Erich Gelhaus did no wrong when he killed 13-year-old Andy Lopez. But youth…
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Elian Gonzalez speaks out against U.S. role in mother’s death
The genocidal blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States government since 1960 has caused the needless and prolonged suffering…
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Activities in Philadelphia demand: Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!
A youth panel, rally, press conference and organizing meeting was held Dec. 7-9 to launch the new campaign to bring…
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Fast food workers ‘Fight for 15’
Dec. 5 was a nationwide day of strikes by fast food workers in cities across the U.S. Liberation News was…
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Justice for Sam See: Professor dead in police custody
Sam See, a young, gay Yale professor was arrested and placed in police custody, where he was found dead the…
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Texas: campus cop kills student
When someone is killed by police, chances are that any investigation of the cops by the cops will result in…
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Nelson Mandela: Armed struggle and communism in the fight for freedom
The wave of pro-Mandela coverage has the effect of masking the ugly truth that these same entities branded Mandela as…
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Heroic leader Nelson Mandela dies at 95
In this moment of deep sorrow we take solace in the heroic accomplishments of the South African freedom struggle, and…
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Black Friday protests demand justice for Walmart workers
On Nov. 29, the day after the Thanksgiving holiday, known as “Black Friday,” protesters gathered at as many as 1,500…
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