Climate change legislation - one of the next big battles
Among the next big things — climate change legislation looms large.
Limited government: good in 1787, a fraud today
By 1816, Thomas Jefferson was warning that our new government would have to "crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations."
Land grab: Something new in capitalist arsenal
A new wave of land takeovers by international monopoly capital is taking place.
Not just any movement
Only a particular kind of movement has the capacity to challenge the array of forces on the other side of the class struggle at this juncture.
New Haven marches for immigrant rights
The magnificent outpouring of over 200,000 people in the nation's capitol for comprehensive immigration reform on March 21 will have a profound impact across this country.
Health care reform: One battle won, more battles to come
The signing into law of the new health care reform package has all the earmarks of a historic victory in more ways than one.
People's movement asserts new power
It appears that the grassroots movement that helped elect Obama and the Democratic Congress has reemerged. Even the president himself hit the road, mobilizing folks.
How capitalist health care lets women die
The United States ranks 41st in maternal mortality. Between 1987 and 2006, the U.S. rate doubled, from 6.6 deaths per 100,000 births to 13.3 deaths.
Racial profiling of Muslims continues charges speaker
Racial and religious profiling and assaults on constitutional freedoms enacted by the Bush Administration have continued unabated.
What's next for the immigrants' rights struggle?
The huge immigrants' rights demonstration in Washington D.C. on March 21 was a triumph in many ways, but the battle has only started.
