: Lee Sustar
The uprising in Syria is being hammered by state repression--while Western governments seek to manipulate the movement to their own ends.
Read our Internet pamphlet on the "Revolution in Egypt," featuring eyewitness reports from Cairo and articles on the background to the struggle.
: Elizabeth Schulte
No matter what he says about war and civil liberties, Ron Paul isn't a candidate anyone on the left should support.
: Shaun Harkin
Some 1,300 union workers in three states are demanding what they deserve--and refusing to let a profitable corporation get its way unopposed.
: Scott Johnson
An Oakland activist tries to make sense of the complaints that he's been getting from a certain East Bay newspaper.
: Brian Ward
The slaughter of hundreds of Lakota women, children and men 121 years ago marked the end of the "Indian Wars."
: Juan Manggagawa
The fate of the labor movement in the Philippines hangs on the outcome of an airline employees' union struggle.
: Shaun Harkin
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to set up his own personal police state ahead of the NATO/G8 summit meeting in May.
: Eric Ruder
Chicago will host the elite of the global elite in mid-May as the Group of Eight meets alongside the NATO military alliance.
The labor council for the Longview, Wash., area is calling for protests against the first scab ship loaded at the EGT terminal.
: Paul Nipper
Occupy Longview is calling on activists everywhere to support the ILWU's fight against union-busting on the docks.
If University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman was serious about states investing in higher education, Occupy UM wouldn't have to mic-check the regents.
: Chris Williams
Angry that they have not received accurate information about the radiation threat, the people of Fukushima have taken matters into their own hands.
Occupy Wall Street and the unions
: Aaron Petkov
The U.S. awarded a military contractor $395 million to build tanks for Egypt's military dictators--but it can't find a dime for workers in Detroit.
Egypt's military rulers have escalated a deadly crackdown against those standing up for democracy and justice--but the revolution has not been silenced.
: Duncan Hallas
Capitalists' profits come from the unpaid labor of workers--which is why socialists say that capitalism is organized theft.
: Alan Maass
Tensions are escalating again in the Persian Gulf region over U.S.-led military and economic threats against Iran.
: David Goodner
Occupy activists turned out during the Iowa caucuses to protest banks and corporations, and the politicians who serve them.
The Republican primaries are getting underway--in a race in which the candidates have gone out of their way to take the most extreme right-wing positions.
: Shaun Harkin
Republican lawmakers are pushing legislation that would turn Indiana into an anti-union "right to work" state.
: Frank Couget
Congress delayed a vote on legislation that could result in some 120,000 layoffs of postal workers--but plans for massive cuts remain.
Egypt's Revolutionary Socialists respond to a propaganda campaign aimed at whipping up a hysteria against them.
Egypt's military has carried out a horrific attack on demonstrators protesting the generals' continued hold on power.
: Jenin Juffri
The guilty verdict against Tarek Mehanna is part of a climate of Islamophobia whipped up by the "war on terror."
: Johnny Mao
A Justice Department report reveals the Seattle Police Department's disregard for civil liberties and long history of abuse.
: Dan Trocolli
Hundreds of high school students from all over Seattle walked out of class to protest another round of proposed cuts in education funding.
: Alexander Super
The Panel for Educational Policy got a visit from teachers, students and parents angry about New York City public schools.
: Shaun Harkin
Locked-out workers are standing strong in Findlay, Ohio, with round-the-clock pickets at the Cooper Tire & Rubber plant.
: Alexander Billet
Lupe Fiasco's Friend of the People: I Fight Evil is an example of the right mixtape coming out at the right time.
Ahora, en EE.UU., los militares pueden detener indefinidamente, y sin juicio, a sus propios ciudadanos--uno más de nuestros "inalienables derechos" fue sacrificado por el demócrata en la Casa Blanca.
Del Medio Oriente y África del Norte a Europa y Estados Unidos, el 2011 fue un año de resistencia mundial del que se leerá en los libros de historia.
The scandal that took down energy giant Enron 10 years ago exposed the lie of the free-market "miracle" of the 1990s.
The U.S. military can indefinitely detain U.S. citizens without trial--that's the latest of our "inalienable rights" sacrificed by the Democrat in the White House.
: Sandy Boyer
Bankruptcy may be a disaster for the 99 percent, but it can be a wondrous thing for million-dollar corporations.
For more than 25 years, I've tuned in to the bowl games to cap each college football season--but not this year.
A coalition of U.S. organizations has come together to demand an end to the military's savage crackdown in Egypt.
From the Middle East and North Africa to Europe and the U.S., a worldwide resistance took shape in 2011 that will go down in history.
A discussion about tactics and strategy has emerged after the successes of the December 12 West Coast Port Shutdown.
: Brian Tierney
The 1989 strike at Pittston Coal saw miners occupy company property in a long--and ultimately victorious--struggle.
: Lee Sustar
In 2001, labor activists around the country rallied behind the Charleston Five--South Carolina longshore workers targeted for union activism.
Activists holding a meeting at a former community garden in the Bronx were arrested for "obstructing the sidewalk."
The man who once promised to close Guantánamo Bay has betrayed us by authorizing the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens.
