The expectation of a Democratic sweep hasn't changed since the campaign got underway last year--yet polls show the presidential race is unexpectedly close.
: Paul Heideman Thai workers' anger over neoliberalism is being hijacked by ruling-class forces intent on forcing through even more brutal attacks on living standards.
The countries that have masqueraded as socialist--from the former USSR to China and Cuba--turned the basic tenets of Marxism on their head.
It's the 25th anniversary of War Games, a movie gem with an all-too-relevant take on the arms race.
: Elizabeth Schulte Anyone can watch the stage-managed convention extravaganzas on television, but to see the real action, you have to pay big bucks for access.
: Cindy Sheehan One of the best-known voices in the antiwar movement explains why she's running against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the November election.
It's a fact that the U.S. invades, bombs, occupies and interferes in the internal affairs of other countries far more than any other country on the planet.
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The Democrats should be poised for a landslide victory, but Barack Obama is barely ahead of John McCain going into the Democratic convention. Why?
After dragging out the process for weeks, Barack Obama's selection of Joe Biden as vice president is the most conventional possible choice.
: Nicole Colson Barack Obama is a favorite politician of the agribusiness industry, which is making record profits off the ethanol boom.
: Eric Ruder The ferocity of the fighting in Afghanistan shows that the stakes for the U.S. are getting higher--as are the demands on the U.S. antiwar movement.
Thugs attacked union activists in Valencia, but a "socialist" judge is threatening union leader Stalin Pérez Borges and 20 others with jail time.
More than 450 of the poorest students in the community of Pétion-Ville may not have a school to go to this year if Mayor Lydie Parent has her way.
: Lee Sustar The Bush administration's inability to counter the Russian invasion of Georgia highlights the crisis of U.S. imperialism.
Opponents of the death penalty are celebrating a last-minute ruling that stopped a Texas man from being executed for being in the wrong place.
: Darrin Hoop IAM members went on a 28-day strike at Boeing in 2005 and could soon be on the picket line again.
Hundreds of workers rallied August 21 at the University of Washington and Harborview Medical Center to demand a decent wage increase.
Some 200 Cooley Dickinson Hospital nurses and supporters turned out for an informational picket called by the Massachusetts Nurses Association.
Some 65 union members and supporters turned out to picket an anti-union event being held at the Sheraton Commander Hotel in Harvard Square.
Immigrant rights activists are coming together to prevent the deportations of workers from the French Gourmet Bakery.
The moment they stepped on China's soil, the U.S. media made a choice about what questions wouldn't be investigated, or even asked.
: Eamonn McCann If John McCain is right in his views on when life begins, then millions of women have had multiple abortions--because they used birth control pills.
I spent time in Cook County Jail and personally witnessed and experienced the routine human rights violations that are the subject of a federal report.
There's the beauty of the Olympic Games, and there's the ugly pervasive undercurrent that can leave you queasy. Both things are especially true of women's gymnastics.
People who have no interest in sports aren't just expressing a matter of taste, they're wrong, as much as someone who dismisses music or theater.
: Leon Trotsky Leon Trotsky's immense account of Russia in 1917 documents one of the most pivotal and hotly debated events in world history.
: Joe Allen Forty years ago, the world was shocked by images of violence from America's second-largest city--outside the Democratic Party convention.
Joseph Nevins' new book traces the economic and political developments that have compelled so many Mexicans to migrate to the U.S. and have made the journey so dangerous.
A recent experience at work illustrates the way capitalism pushes workers into struggle, and shows how we can win if we stick together.
I've learned a great deal about how the for-profit mental health care industry treats the workers who dedicate their lives to helping people.
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