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U.S. refuses to give up landmines yet again
After a review of landmine policy, the U.S. State Department has again refused to sign the international Mine Ban Treaty.…
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Los Angeles teachers squeezed to make up for budget shortfalls
The author is a teacher in Los Angeles. It is hardly news that workers and their families are bearing the…
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Letter to the Freedom Socialist Party
To the Freedom Socialist Party: The Party for Socialism and Liberation's Frances Villar for Mayor Campaign would like to express…
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Nuevo peligro en la vida de Mumia
La vida de Mumia Abu-Jamal, líder afroamericano y prisionero condenado a muerte, enfrenta un nuevo peligro. Un fallo pendiente de…
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Supreme Court refuses to consider racist football team name
The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed its role as the protector of capitalist interests when it refused on Nov. 16 to…
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Expanding U.S. military presence leads to Venezuela-Colombia tensions
Tensions between Colombia and Venezuela have been on the rise. On Nov. 20, the Venezuelan army destroyed two footbridges used…
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Court holds Army Corps responsible in Katrina devastation
Despite the obviously gross negligence of governmental authorities that led to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, not one governmental official…
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Capitalism’s approval ratings hit new low
A recent BBC poll reported that "in only two countries, the United States and Pakistan, did more than one in…
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Military arrests soldier for refusing to abandon her infant son
Spc. Alexis Hutchinson of the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division has been arrested and awaits…
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Free Lynne Stewart
Lynne Stewart was sent to prison today. People throughout the United States and around the world recognize this as a…
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A government of, by and for the rich
The official unemployment rate now tops 10.2 percent, the average household income continues to decline, and people in the United…
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Stimulus funds turned into weapon against public education, teachers
Public school systems across the country are now engaged in a "Race to the Top"--a nationwide competition between states for…
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Protesters picket Chicago Transit Authority board meeting
Furious riders and transit workers picketed and rallied outside the Chicago Transit Authority's downtown headquarters while board members passed their…
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Racism, Lies and Videotape
On Nov. 14, several white supremacist organizations, including the Minutemen and Americans for Legal Immigration Political Action Committee (ALIPAC), initiated…
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U.S.-NATO occupation of Afghanistan under serious challenge
The occupiers of Afghanistan are further from "victory" today than at any time in the past eight years, however that…
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Chronic malnutrition widespread among young children
On Nov. 11, the United Nations Children's Fund published a report showing that almost 200 million children under the age…
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Philadelphia transit workers achieve gains
Philadelphia's Transit Workers Union Local 234 faced an immense struggle over the last nine months culminating in a heated weeklong…
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Anniversary of Berlin Wall demise gives workers no reason to cheer
The results of a BBC poll, released Nov. 9 in the midst of the Berlin Wall media circus, found that…
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Delphi’s union workers retain pensions, non-union workers lose out
Over 40,000 unionized workers at auto parts company Delphi recently had their pension benefits reinstated following the July bankruptcy and…
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Palestinians victims of huge ‘water gap’
The daily life of Palestinians in the West Bank is clouded with checkpoints, a heavy military presence constantly in their…
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