By MICHAEL SCHREIBER A grassroots movement to achieve a significant increase of the minimum wage, to $15 an hour, is gaining momentum around the United States. The urgency of a higher minimum wage is shown by the fact that the number of “working poor” in the U.S. now exceeds 47 million people. “People are busting Read More >>
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U.S. creates secret ‘Cuban Twitter’ plan
By JEFF MACKLER A startling but perhaps, in these repressive times, routine April 3 Associated Press (AP) story entitled, “U.S. secretly created ‘Cuban Twitter’...Read More >> -
Risks mount for catastrophic climate change
By CHRISTINE FRANK At a meeting last month in Yokohama, Japan, the UN’s IPCC Working Group II issued its risk assessment—the second of three...Read More >> -
‘One Nation Under Surveillance’
By ERNIE GOTTA “I ask you, how many times does Barack Obama have to lie to you before you get it?” journalist and author...Read More >> -
UPS rehires fired Queens drivers
By DAVID BERNT (UPDATED April 10) In a victory for labor, on April 9, UPS agreed to union demands that it rehire 250 drivers...Read More >> -
Crimea secedes from Ukraine, joins Russia
BY JEFF MACKLER (UPDATED April 9) Crimea’s overwhelming vote to secede from Ukraine and its annexation by Russia have been followed by mass demonstrations and...Read More >> -
12 Years: What happened to slave rebellion?
By MARC NORTON “12 Years a Slave,” the story of a free Black man kidnapped by slave traders, has won an Oscar for Best...Read More >> -
Immigrants say: Stop deportations!
By LISA LUINENBURG President Obama stated in a recent speech on immigration reform, “Real reform means stronger border security, and we can build on...Read More >> -
Partial victory for victimized antiwar activists
By CHRISTINE MARIE On Feb. 26, the U.S. District Attorney in Chicago was forced to unseal the applications and affidavits submitted in advance of...Read More >> -
UPS attacks workers who protested firing
By DAVID BERNT On March 6, some 250 UPS workers were given notice of termination after engaging in a workplace protest of the firing...Read More >> -
Tangled up in dogma
By MARK T. HARRIS — Religious Freedom or Reproductive Freedom? — If there weren’t already enough problems involved in the start-up to the Affordable Care...Read More >> -
Book review: ‘Coolie Woman’
By CHRISTINE MARIE March 8 was declared International Women’s Day by the Socialist International in 1910. On this day, we can gain inspiration for...Read More >> -
U.S. imperialism’s Ukraine coup
BY JEFF MACKLER The recent Ukrainian Maidan (Independence Square) mobilizations are a grotesque caricature of the mass protests of workers and youth in Egypt...Read More >> -
80 years ago: Minneapolis Teamsters strike
By LISA LUINENBURG The year was 1934. It was a cold February in Minnesota, as many Februaries in Minnesota are cold. The temperature had...Read More >> -
U.S. hands off Venezuela!
By ERNIE GOTTA As rebellions spread across the globe in response to the harsh realities of neo-liberal austerity, it is important to examine each...Read More >> -
Ukraine workers need independent party
By NICK KEYS The astonishing outcome of the Ukrainian protests is an important testament to the power of mass action, although the professed goals...Read More >> -
Interview with Amazigh activist
Socialist Action conducted this interview with Nuunja Kahina (the pen name of an Amazigh activist) in Minneapolis in late 2013. Imazighen (the plural form...Read More >> -
Chattanooga Shoo-Shoo
By BILL ONASCH In a stunning setback for labor, workers at a Volkswagen assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., voted 712 to 626 this month...Read More >> -
S. Africa: Toward a mass workers party
By SHAWN WHITTAKER This talk was presented at a meeting on “South Africa today: A turning point in the struggle,” organized by the Connecticut...Read More >> -
Freedom Charter key to S. Africa struggle
By GLEN FORD We reprint this article by Glen Ford of Black Agenda Report as a contribution to the discussion on new political developments...Read More >> -
Bush vs. Clinton in 2016?
By MARK T. HARRIS If mainstream politics is a petrified forest, there are signs of life at the grassroots. The way American politics works...Read More >>