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ExxonMobil funds European global warming skeptics
In an effort to distort the public discourse on global warming, especially in Europe, ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil company…
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Nationwide protests support Steelworkers’ Goodyear strike
On Dec. 16, 150 actions took place across the United States and Canada in front of Goodyear retailers. The actions…
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U.S. imperialist intervention in Somalia
Conflict in the Horn of Africa is escalating rapidly. A power struggle in Somalia between the weak interim government and…
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Racist raids target undocumented immigrants in six states
On Dec. 12, at least 1,280 immigrant workers were arrested in a series of raids targeting meatpacking plants owned by…
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Protesters denounce Korea-U.S. FTA in Montana
The writer is the national staff coordinator for the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) and…
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FEMA battles to eliminate housing for Katrina victims
Two weeks after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, President Bush stood in Jackson Square in New Orleans and declared,…
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U.S. vastly underreporting attacks, casualties in Iraq
Since the U.S. "shock and awe" invasion of Iraq in March 2003, almost 3,000 U.S. troops have been killed in…
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New U.S. military strategies in Iraq bring more death, destruction
The writer is a student leader at Howard University in Washington, D.C. The New York Times reported on Dec. 5…
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Socialist construction in North Korea
On Monday, Dec. 17, the United States and North Korea will return to what is known as the six-party negotiations.…
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Richest two percent own half of world’s wealth
"…in proportion as capital accumulates, the lot of the labourer, be his payment high or low, must grow worse." —…
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Hundreds rally for ferry workers’ union rights
Hundreds gathered at the Embarcadero, in front of the Ferry Building, to rally and march in support of the Alcatraz…
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Mexican police arrest Oaxaca protest leaders, movement fights back
According to a communiqué of the Popular Assembly of the People’s of Oaxaca (APPO), the Federal Preventative Police arrested two…
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The furor and the storm: Constitutional change in the Philippines
The writer is a member of the Alliance for Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines. He lives in Los…
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U.S. suburban poor outnumber urban poor
A recent Brookings Institute study exposes the growing rate of poverty throughout the United States. It demonstrates that poverty affects…
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U.S. House launches racist attack on Mumia Abu-Jamal
Dec. 9 marked the 25th anniversary of the arrest of African American political prisoner on death row Mumia Abu-Jamal. Hundreds…
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New York commission recommends hospital closures to cut costs
Close seven nursing homes, nine functioning hospitals, reduce at least a dozen more to the point of uselessness and eliminate…
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Pinochet and the lessons of Chile
Before Sept. 11, 2001, the date of Sept. 11 signified to the progressive movement the fascist terror unleashed on the…
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Protesters denounce Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
On Dec.7, as President Bush entertained guests inside the White House, a small but spirited protest took place just outside…
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Seattle solidarity with Iraq war resisters
Braving rain and wind, Seattle activists held a day of solidarity with Iraq war resisters inside the military. The Dec.…
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Santa Clara protest targets Zionist AIPAC dinner
Some 75 people turned out to protest at the Santa Clara Convention Center on Dec. 3 as AIPAC, the American…
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