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John Black: Tireless fighter for workers’ & civil rights
John Black, a lifelong socialist and advocate for workers’ and civil rights, died on Mar. 7 after a prolonged illness.…
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U.S. promotes sectarian violence to divide Iraq
“Maybe the war was wrong, but now that we’re there, we have to finish the job.” So goes a common…
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Philippines right-wing president declares state of emergency
On Feb. 24, right-wing Philippines president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a “state of national emergency” throughout the country. Arroyo immediately…
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Anti-communist legislation attempts to rewrite history
“A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of communism.” The opening sentence of the Communist Manifesto is as relevant today as…
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Racist cartoons set off worldwide anti-imperialist protests
A series of anti-Muslim racist cartoons provoked a wave of protests around the world. The demonstrations show that even as…
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People’s insurgency in Colombia challenges U.S.-backed regime
On March 1, Colombian president Álvaro Uribe Vélez launched his campaign for reelection. In order to do so, the Colombian…
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April 1965 and the unfinished Dominican revolution
On April 28, 1965, 42,000 U.S. troops poured into the Dominican Republic to put down the beginnings of a democratic…
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The evolution of the modern capitalist state
At a meeting in early February, an activist from South Korea told me: “We only wish Bush could run for…
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Thousands of Baltimore students strike
Thousands of Baltimore public high school students went on strike for the first three days of March to protest insufficient…
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‘Hustling’ and the problems of daily life
Your mayor ain’t your friend, he’s your enemy Just to get your vote, a saint’s what he pretend to be…
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Millions face poverty, cutbacks as U.S. billionaire club grows
The CBPP report states that “income is now more concentrated at the very top of the income spectrum than in…
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Finger-pointing can’t hide the truth
On Feb. 16, acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency David Paulison went before cameras to discuss funding changes…
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After 50,000 rally in D.C.
On March 10, 500,000 immigrants and their supporters came out in a massive show of force in Chicago. Mexicans, Central…
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U.S. escalates threats against DPRK
On Feb. 10, 2005, the government of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, or North Korea, announced that it now…
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Socialism and Liberation, Vol. 3, No. 3
EDITORIAL U.S. imperialist plans go beyond Iraq U.S. WORKING CLASS Organizing against oil companies’ racism (Interview with Henry Clark) Abramoff…
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The revolutionary role of women in Cuba
“Revolution within the Revolution.” This is what Cuba calls the struggle for women’s equality.
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Growing U.S. war threats against Iran
On Feb. 4, the International Atomic Energy Agency voted to refer a resolution threatening Iran to the United Nations Security…
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The ‘shift to the left’ in Latin America
The following article is adapted from a presentation delivered at a meeting in New Paltz, N.Y., on Feb. 5, 2006.…
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Afghanistan’s 1978 revolution: Another road is possible
The Bush administration, the corporate media and others in the U.S. ruling circles would like people to believe the lie…
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Cuba’s Santiago Alvarez, cinematographer and revolutionary
One of the greatest cultural achievements of the 1959 Cuban revolution has been its remarkable cinema. Prior to the revolution,…
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