An open letter to Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam
"Instead of going in to work at Verizon, I stood outside with a picket sign. I'm on strike because it's time for you to listen to us."
Trump: The Great Disconnector
You see much in the country that is worrying and a seemingly endless parade of do-nothing politicians; you are going to raise your voice proudly in favor of change.
Clinton will need Sanders' "political revolution" if she's the nominee
Sanders: "Whether or not I win the nomination, we all must work together to unite the Democratic Party. We must come together to assure that the right wing does not capture the White House.
Gun control alone can't curb violence
Dealing with entrenched poverty costs real money, but less than we spend on the police, jails, drugs, alcoholism, and chronic illness - the dysfunction that comes from poverty.
The "skills gap" myth: What's really driving down wages?
There is an illusion that American workers' economic woes are attributable to their own lack of appropriate skills rather than to concerted efforts on the part of capital to disempower workers.
Back in the USSR: setting the record straight
While the meltdown of the Soviet Union didn't trigger capital's worldwide offensive, it did constitute a sea change in the balance of power and changed the dynamics of struggle.
Thank you, Rosalyn Baxandall: socialist-feminist pioneer
She cared deeply about connections: between teaching and activism, art and labor, history and practice, and above all, between people.
The significance of the socialist candidate
Bernie Sanders states that common people must unite and fight the one percent to restore democracy that has been hijacked by billionaires.
Thoughts on Greece, Syriza and its left critics, Part 2
While Greece is a tiny country and Syriza a new party of the left, their success in overcoming the current crisis would give fresh momentum to people in Europe and woldwide.
Tribune Katrina editorial shows contempt for democracy
New Orleanians are all too familiar with having the important aspects of their lives ripped from their control, but they will they retake control of their schools.
