Front page from October 10, 2013

President Obama speaks at a press event celebrating the Affordable Care Act (White House)

Welcome to new and unimproved health care

The centerpiece of Barack Obama's health care law is now online, but those who hope it will fix the system have some disappointments ahead.

A revolutionary front in Egypt

A united front of Egyptian revolutionaries has issued a founding statement outlining its strategy for continuing the struggle

Taking on El Quimbo Dam

A Colombia environmental activist describes the united struggle to block construction of a dam that would destroy homes and lives.

A birthday spent in prison

In a statement to supporters on her 74th birthday, ailing and imprisoned lawyer Lynne Stewart calls for justice.

Putting their politics on trial

In defending socialists charged with sedition in 1941, a radical attorney explained the true meaning of freedom of speech.

The shutdown circus the last time

Newt Gingrich with other Republican "revolutionaries" after the 1994 election

The details of the last federal shutdown are eerily familiar--complete with Republican fanatics and Democrats pursuing an austerity agenda.

The love-hate relationship with the state

Every Republican will tell you they're against "big government"--but there's other parts of the state they and their corporate masters don't mind.

Does GOP spell "bad for business"?

The battle over the government shutdown has highlighted a rift between the Republican Party and its corporate masters.

The "let them eat cuts" Congress

The cruelty of the budget-cutting maniacs in Congress was proved once again when House Republicans proposed deep cuts to the food stamps program.

Washington's warring brothers

During the shutdown circus, Republicans and Democrats have seemed unalterably opposed to each other--but this obscures how much they agree on.

"Broken windows" is a broken idea

We need to challenge the liberal establishment any time they put forth policies like New York's "broken windows."

Profiting off of Islamophobia

Building on the intersection of racism and capital in the U.S. anti-Muslim hysteria has become a lucrative business for some.

The 99 percent finds their voice

Two years ago, the Occupy Wall Street movement was spreading from city to city, igniting a long-awaited resistance to social inequality.

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Syria’s uprising vs. the counterrevolutions

A veteran socialist analyzes the Syrian revolution, the repression and violence used against it, and the maneuvering of imperial powers.

Petro-political flows

Popular opposition to limitless fossil-fuel projects is growing, but that isn't stopping the frenetic efforts of Canadian business.

Who cares about the planet anyway?

The conventional wisdom of Wall Street is to plunder and extract every last drop of fossil fuels, no matter what the environmental cost.

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Confronting urban war games

Activists with the Facing Urban Shield Action Network protest during a hearing in Oakland (IndyBay)

Urban Shield is a SWAT team training exercise that turns the city of Oakland into a sprawling stage for war games.

A life stolen by Angola

Herman Wallace spent the last four decades of his life fighting against all that is unjust in the criminal justice system.

A new look at the drug war

After 40 years of an unrelenting drug war, the Obama Justice Department says it will reform mandatory minimum sentences.

She gave 25 years and her life

Margaret Mary Vojtko was buried in a cardboard coffin after working for decades as an adjunct professor for poverty wages.

Insult of a contract at UC

The University of California has imposed an austerity contract on thousands of service workers--but it may still face resistance.

Solidarity with the teachers

Educators in the U.S. offer their support for teachers in Mexico as their strike against "reforms" enters its seventh week.

Thrown behind bars in Cairo

Dr. Tarek Loubani and John Greyson are on a hunger strike to protest their incarceration in Egypt for more than a month.

Oil and water mix in Colorado

In the aftermath of flooding in Colorado, the oil and gas industry is trying to downplay the threat of contamination from spills.

A new obstacle to justice

A requirement to notify relatives of crime victims is delaying justice for those who say they were tortured by Chicago police.

Speaking up for public housing

The assault on working-class communities in New Orleans and other cities goes on--only now, Barack Obama leads the charge.

Queens in the crosshairs

Along Roosevelt Avenue in Queens (Marty Kirchner)

Activists are fighting gentrification in Queens that threatens to evict local immigrant-owned businesses to make room for a mall.

For all my liberation

Eddie the Kid, a new novel by Leo Zeilig, tells the story of an activist struggling against war, loss and the police.

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Queens en la mira

Los pequeños comerciantes inmigrantes de Queens luchan por no ser desplazados por la construcción de uncomplejo comercial.

Una camorra entre hermanos

Republicanos y demócratas parecen acérrimos enemigos, pero el drama del cierre gubernamental oculta en qué tanto ellos están de acuerdo.

Solidaridad con los maestros

Docentes en EE.UU. ofrecen su apoyo a los maestros mexicanos entrando en su séptima semana de huelga contra una "reforma" educacional.

Guatemala, historia de lucha

Un izquierdista guatemalteco cuenta la historia de decadas de lucha y resistencia en su país contra dictaduras militares y la intervención gringa.

¡Viva la amnistía!

Un proyecto de "reforma" migratoria muere en el Congreso, dando tiempo a los activistas pro-inmigrantes luchar por verdadera justicia.

Defeating the neo-Nazis

Greek anti-fascist protesters march in Athens after the murder of Pavlos Fyssas

The Internationalist Workers Left looks at the tasks ahead for anti-fascists following the arrest of Golden Dawn leaders.

Greece's anti-fascist struggle

The fight against Golden Dawn--the most pernicious and entrenched neo-Nazi force in Europe--has reached a critical moment.

An energy price apocalypse

If energy companies are going to be asked to get by on less than $9 billion in profits a year, they might as well not bother.

A new era for Boston?

Instead of addressing segregation, poverty, health care and a living wage, Boston's mayoral candidates narrowed the debate.

The sliming of Josh Freeman

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' quarterback is being smeared by his own team and the media over allegations of drug use.

A front-line state against China

The Philippines government wants to allow a greater U.S. military presence as tensions with China continue to rise.

Telling the stories of Syria

Jihad Asa'ad Muhammad reported the conditions of Syria's "wretched of the earth"--until he was imprisoned by the regime.

Britain's gulag in Kenya

Today's leaders of imperial Britain and apologists for the empire want us to move on and forget the atrocities of the past.

Comintern and the united front

In the early 1920s, the Communist International needed to develop tactics that worked in a non-revolutionary situation.

Reform and revolution

In the collective fight for reforms, ordinary people are radicalized and gain a sense of their own power.

Views in brief

A stolen life | The ruling class and the state | Imperial overreach in the Philippines? | Exploitation at Whole Foods | Socialism and the environment

Profiting from neoliberalism

A recent New York Times article ignored the economic conditions that have allowed corporations to profit in Mexico.