Front page from July 6, 2011

A public school in Albany, N.Y., slated for demolition and reconstruction (Robin Skyler Tell)

Analysis: Petrino DiLeo

Cashing in on charters

A new for-profit investment fund aimed at building charter schools marks an ominous new step for the school privatization movement.

Report: Nicole Colson

Where socialism was in the air

More than 1,300 socialists and activists from across the U.S. turned out in Chicago for "Socialism 2011: Revolution in the Air."

Comment: Giles Ji Ungpakorn

Thai vote against dictatorship

The party associated with Thailand's pro-democracy "Red Shirt" movement won a landslide victory in July 3 elections.

Column: Mark Steel

Living in public pension luxury

You might as well say we can't enjoy the luxury of a sewage system since we're flushing 35 percent more than in 1996.

Topic: Greece

Editorials

From austerity to action

Greece is only the latest flashpoint in a worldwide resistance to the austerity agenda promoted by political leaders and the business elite.

Interview: Panos Petrou

The showdown in Greece

With the country paralyzed by a 48-hour general strike, a Greek socialist describes the evolution of the rebellion--and the challenges ahead.

Topic: China

Analysis: David Whitehouse

Rebellion of China's migrant workers

Young workers in China's Guangdong province rioted after an incident of brutality, demonstrating a new willingness by migrant workers to take a stand.

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Topic: Teachers and Schools

Analysis: Lee Sustar

Latest showdown for teachers

Members and supporters of the Chicago Teachers Union picket the Board of Education's downtown headquarters (Carole Ramsden | SW)

Chicago takes center stage for teachers amid a contract fight, a union convention and a meeting of union reformers.

Comment

The charters versus democracy

The battle over school privatization has come to a head in the fight to save Clay Middle School from the charter operator Green Dot.

Topic: Fighting austerity

Analysis

Time to call Bloomberg's bluff

New York City's mayor blinked after insisting that teacher layoffs and other cutbacks were inevitable--but union leaders let him off the hook.

Statement

A step toward a stronger fight

Residents of New York City's Bloombergville encampment explain what led to their protest and what they want to accomplish.

Analysis

The "Christiecrats" attack labor

The Democratic-controlled legislature handed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie a victory with legislation stripping unions of their bargaining rights.

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Class Struggle in Wisconsin | Phil Gasper says that the weeks of demonstrations in Wisconsin and the shows of solidarity around the country are signs that the one-sided class war is finally becoming two-sided. | Read more at ISReview.org.

Topic: Gaza

Analysis: Eric Ruder

A voyage of solidarity

Israel is reaching deep into its arsenal of dirty tricks to try to delay or derail this year's Freedom Flotilla from breaking the siege of Gaza.

Topic: Marriage equality

Report

A new movement for civil rights

LGBT rights activists rally for marriage equality in Massachusetts in March 2004 (Annie Zirin | SW)

In February 2004, a new LGBT civil rights movement took to the streets in a struggle to win the right of same-sex marriage.

Comment: Jake Kornegay

A marriage equality triumph

On Friday, New York became the sixth state--and the largest one--where same-sex marriage is the law of the land.

Topic: Afghanistan

Interview: Daphne Eviatar

Disappeared into Bagram

The author of a new report explains how Afghan men disappear into the U.S. prisons at Bagram--and don't come out for years.

Topic: Our History and Tradition

Review: Rory Fanning

Racism killed his family

The case of James Hickman shines a light on the connection between racism and housing discrimination in postwar Chicago.

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Marx Matters: Articles on the Marxist tradition from SocialistWorker.org

SocialistWorker.org has collected our articles about Marxism and the Marxist tradition on one page. Take a look to learn more about the ideas of revolutionary socialism.

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The Nation's John Nichols and the International Socialist Organization's Phil Gasper on The Return of Socialism

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Topic: Britain

Analysis: James Illingworth

British public sector workers on the picket line

British unions will hold a one-day strike of as many as 750,000 public-sector workers in protest over the government's attack on pensions.

Topic: Israel and Palestine

Column: Sherry Wolf

Doubling down on slander

To defend the ongoing repression of Palestinians, Israel supporters are hurling every false accusation they can think of.

Comment: Laura Durkay

Refusing to lie in Israel

A week of nonviolent resistance against Israeli apartheid this July will open with a simple action at Israel's Ben Gurion airport.

National News

Analysis: Jordan Flaherty

New Orleans cops on trial

Five New Orleans police officers are facing charges of shooting unarmed Blacks in cold blood during the Katrina disaster.

Comment: Rebekah Ward

A crisis caused by bigotry

As a result of Georgia's anti-immigrant HB 87, agricultural workers are leaving the state and crops are rotting in the fields.

International News

Analysis: Murray Cooke

What kind of party is the NDP?

The New Democratic Party is now the main opposition party in Canada's parliament. What does that mean for the left?

Nuestra Opinión

De la austeridad a la acción

Grecia es solo el último destello en una resistencia mundial al programa de austeridad promovido por los líderes políticos y la élite empresarial.

La lucha de las plazas

Un movimiento de protestas contra la austeridad se ha tomado las plazas públicas en las ciudades a lo largo y ancho de Grecia--y está sacudiendo a un sistema ya tambaleando.