Government too big? Taxes too high?

us politics

Tea party questions - socialist answers

Government too big? Taxes too high? Immigrants to blame? Demystifying the sound bites of the mainstream press.

Megan Cornish


radical women

A healthcare win

Feminists rescue public option for working poor in Washington state.

Cee Fisher


editorial

Myth of a post-racial society

The struggle for civil rights is not over, say speakers at a Black History Month forum.

Lois Danks


education

"We are public education"

An interview with activists at UC Berkeley.

Merle Woo


international

Massive LA protest drowns out Nazis

Monica Hill


soapbox

Toss the crooks — holy and unholy!

Tamara Turner


theater review

Queer history hits Broadway

Andrew Smith and Stephen Durham

New generation of queer activists

LGBTQ rights

Lead, follow, or get out of the way!

A new generation of grassroots organizers will not wait around for equal rights, and is taking action.


Faces of war

antiwar

US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

Fortunes for investors, misfortune for everyone else.


COB is the largest union in Bolivia

editorial

Morales crackdown in Bolivia

World leftists must support workers on strike for a living wage.


Wall on U.S.-Mexico border

immigrant rights

Arizona's racist law sparks protest

Proposed federal bills deserve the same outrage.


Commuters on a bus

labor

Cruel cuts to public transit

Drivers and riders unite to fight fare hikes, layoffs, and service cuts.


James P. Cannon

marxist classics

"Notebook of an Agitator"

Excerpts from James P. Cannon's book on the role of labor unions in liberating the working class.


Vintage anti-pot screed

healthcare

Marijuana bans going up in smoke

How the U.S. made pot illegal in the first place is a little-known, thoroughly racist story.