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The economy and the election: Democrats and Republicans can’t deliver for workers
Neither of the two capitalist parties have an answer for the cost-of-living crisis facing the working class.
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Battle on the boardwalk: The civil rights challenge to the 1964 Democratic National Convention
In August 1964, 68 members of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party took on President Lyndon B. Johnson and the entire…
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Kamala Harris and big money: Who are the corporate supporters of her campaign?
Kamala Harris is going out of her way to make sure that the power players in industries from cryptocurrency, to…
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Is ‘democracy on the ballot’? Fighting the far right in election season
The most common refrain from Democratic Party officials about why you must vote for them is that “democracy is on…
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American inquisition part 2: What McCarthyism really destroyed
The real meaning of McCarthyism is that it, along with its attendant panics and inquisitions, are just weapons of the…
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American inquisition part 1: The origins of the Cold War and McCarthyism
The ghost of “Tail-Gunner Joe” McCarthy is haunting the U.S. Congress.
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‘If we aren’t back by four’: The Philadelphia, Mississippi murders 60 years later
On June 21, 1964, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, three civil rights workers, were murdered by a Ku…
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Feeling the pain: Inflation, wages, and the working class
Once again the mainstream press is touting a “blowout” jobs report.
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South Africa at a turning point? How the 2024 elections will shape the future
Thirty years after the first democratic elections in 1994, South Africa finds itself at a political inflection point.
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The economy needs radical change
In a system based on labor exploitation, a “good” economy does not automatically mean better conditions for workers in either…
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