Fast-food giant Burger King was caught with its royal pants down when reports revealed the company was spying on farmworker rights activists.
: Rania Masri A writer and activist explains the backdrop to the confrontation that led to new fighting between government forces and the Hezbollah militia.
The documentary Body of War shows the transformation of one veteran from gung-ho warrior to antiwar activist.
: Helen Redmond The students arrested in the drug bust at San Diego State University could have their young lives damaged irrevocably.
An Ohio death row prisoner speaks out against the recent court ruling rejecting Mumia Abu-Jamal's appeal for a new trial.
Better to spend your money on a couple gallons of gas than on the movie Iron Man.
As a lifelong supporter of Stalinism and Stalin's Russia, Paul Robeson engaged in some ugly behavior that shouldn't be ignored.
If you look beyond the battles among the candidates, Election 2008 is bringing into focus a political shift to the left that runs deeper than the presidential campaign.
: Adam Turl The "working class" and its much debated "bitterness" are at the forefront of the 2008 election, but with this has come a reprise of longstanding stereotypes.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents descended on an Iowa slaughterhouse in the largest raid in the state's history.
While the racist colonial jargon of old may be gone, the talk about making Iraq pay for its occupation proves that what replaced it isn’t much different.
Whenever you hear a U.S. official criticize the Myanmar junta for failing to react to the cyclone tragedy, remember the shameful federal response to Hurricane Katrina.
The sister of Georgia death row prisoner Troy Davis explains why the courts aren't letting evidence of his innocence be heard.
The debate about lethal injection and the death penalty won't be over as long as we have a government that is in the business of killing.
The brutality of Philadelphia police is on display for the world to see in a video showing a dozen officers descending on three African American men.
A growing movement of immigrant workers in France is challenging President Nicolas Sarkozy with strikes and occupations.
: Yurii Colombo The left suffered an unprecedented defeat in Italy's elections, allowing right-winger Silvio Berlusconi to take over for a third term as prime minister.
Supporters of the Freightliner Five turned out in Cleveland, N.C. and other cities for actions to protest their illegal termination.
Hundreds of labor activists and organizers met in Providence, R.I., to discuss strategies for the movement.
The struggles of May 1968 in France 40 years ago produced an enormous shift to the left around the world and revived hopes in revolutionary change.
A new book has collected writings from throughout Noam Chomsky's life as one of the world's most respected and influential thinkers.
Frederick Engels provides a materialist analysis of the rise of class society and, with it, the roots of women's oppression.
Barry Bonds broke the most hallowed record in sports, surpassing Henry Aaron's home run record, yet he's being erased from baseball history.
With few exceptions, white working-class people are presented on TV via the same stereotypes that pervade American culture.
On their new album, Rising Down, the Roots give an unflinching view of the world we live in.
What does a popular television quiz show have to say about what's wrong with America's schools?
Two activists arrested at the May 7 protests over the not-guilty verdicts for the police who killed Sean Bell describe their experience.
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