Privilege - towards a Marxist analysis
The promotion of the concept of privilege is spreading like wildfire. Everybody is talking about the privilege of being of a preferred group. Preferred by whom, is the issue.
W.Va. NAACP calls for federal probe of police killing
The police report failed to answer three key questions: 1) Why was Jones arrested? 2) Why was he shot? and 3) Why was he shot 23 times?
#ImagineSocialism: Join the May 1 Google Hangout
The CPUSA will host a Google Hangout with Jacobin magazine founding editor Bhaskar Sunkara and Imagine: Living in a Socialist USA co-editor Michael Steven Smith.
"Truthful Tuesday": Moral Monday movement spreads to South Carolina
"A goal of our Truthful Tuesday protests was to get people talking, change the dialogue, and reduce the tea party influence on Republicans. That is happening," said Brett Bursey, director of the S. C. Progressive Network.
Feinstein blows the whistle on CIA torture
Feinstein believes the CIA destroyed or removed previously provided records of interrogations where numerous torture methods were used.
International Women's Day: Born in the USA
nternational Women's Day, grew from the struggle of working women to form trade unions and the fight for women's right to vote.
Today in women's history: Frances Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor
The appointment on March 4, 1933, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt made Perkins the first female cabinet member in U.S. history.
Google hangout with Sam Webb discusses today’s issues, socialism (with video)
"Taking care of the future, from here to socialism" was the subject of a wide ranging google hangout with CPUSA chairman Sam Webb.
New Hampshire retirees blast Sen. Ayotte’s voting record
The voting record of Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte has drawn the ire of New Hampshire retirees.
Oklahoma TV station comes under fire for anti-immigrant slur
Members of Dream Act Oklahoma, which has been raising awareness about how undocumented workers contribute to Oklahoma, blasted KOTV for its discriminatory report
