Issue 672 | May 23, 2008
The global crisis caused by increasing food prices is shining a spotlight on the terrible contradiction of a world of plenty where hundreds of millions go hungry.
: Michael Schwartz Out of view of the U.S. media, American forces have been continuing an escalation in violence in Iraq that is claiming more lives.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents descended on an Iowa slaughterhouse in the largest raid in the state's history.
The California Supreme Court has opened the door to marriage equality for gays and lesbians in the biggest state in the country.
: Rania Masri A writer and activist explains the backdrop to the confrontation that led to new fighting between government forces and the Hezbollah militia.
A growing movement of immigrant workers in France is challenging President Nicolas Sarkozy with strikes and occupations.
Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign was designed to rerun the battles of the 1990s rather than face today's different political environment.
The parallels between South Africa’s white minority regime and the apartheid state of Israel were striking as Israel celebrated its 60th anniversary.
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.
Since capitalism is an international system, the working-class struggle to overcome capitalism must also be international.
Indian guest workers have begun a hunger strike outside the White House to protest the slave-like conditions they endured.
In a bid to settle a three-month strike at American Axle, UAW officials have agreed to a familiar litany of concessions.
Around 100 people turned out to support the Farm Labor Organizing Committee during a shareholders’ meeting of the Reynolds tobacco company.
Chicago Teachers Union leaders announced to a packed House of Delegates meeting that the union is $2 million in debt.
Immigrant restaurant workers win their four-month fight against a manager's sexual harassment.
With Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger threatening to cut billions from education funding, teachers across California took part in local protests May 14.
Hundreds of labor activists and organizers met in Providence, R.I., to discuss strategies for the movement.
Two activists arrested at the May 7 protests over the not-guilty verdicts for the police who killed Sean Bell describe their experience.
Highlighting Socialist Worker's disagreements with some of Wright's views seemed off point in your editorial.
The dynamics of tribal connections are sometimes crucial to understanding power relations in places where state authority is weak.
As a lifelong supporter of Stalinism and Stalin's Russia, Paul Robeson engaged in some ugly behavior that shouldn't be ignored.
What does a popular television quiz show have to say about what's wrong with America's schools?
With few exceptions, white working-class people are presented on TV via the same stereotypes that pervade American culture.
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