Books to Help You Understand and Change the World!
Extensive books by Marx and Engels, and selected books by Lenin and other Marxist scholars and activists.
Economy continues to grind to a halt
The government, in a transparent attempt to “spin” bad economic news, said Feb. 29 that consumer spending posted a 0.4 percent rise in January and that this was better than economists had been expecting.
Journalist union denounces terrorist attack targeting prominent figure
The head of Iraqi Journalists' Union, Shihab al-Timimi, died on Wednesday 27th February 2008 in hospital in Baghdad where he was receiving treatment after being shot and seriously wounded by gunmen four days earlier.
9/11 rescue workers demand justice
Money isn’t everything for Scott Aline, a member of Operating Engineers Local 138 in New York, who spent months cleaning up the toxic remains of the World Trade Center after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001.
It can happen here, union leader warns
WASHINGTON (PAI) – Continuing his crusade against repressive immigration enforcement raids on workers, United Food and Commercial Workers President Joe Hansen declared, “workers cannot sit back anymore and say ‘it cannot happen here’ because it has.”
Needed: a red-green alliance
A few days after the 9/11 tragedies, the mayor of my town, Naugatuck, Conn., called a gathering on the town green. We were told to bring candles. We went there expecting a solemn event.
Poems of life, love, work and solidarity
“Whoever touches this book, touches a man,” wrote the poet Walt Whitman, in his epic book. “Leaves of Grass.” That is how I feel about the poetry book, “A Life in Poems,” by 93-year-old William C. Wright, just out from the Midwestern press Bird Dog Publishing.
The Academy Awards: A new generation comes into its own
After a 14-week strike, members of the Writers Guild of America won a significant victory in a new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the 80th annual Academy Awards show went on as scheduled Feb. 24.
Women voters, womens demands
The media has talked a lot about women voters during the course of the Democratic primaries, noting their historic chance to vote for a female nominee, and speculating on their choices.
