Bring it home

This issue of Workers World expresses our point of view on some of the major, and often controversial, subjects of the day: Tibet, the national elections, and the housing and mortgage crisis, to name a few.

So we decided to use the editorial space to write about Workers World newspaper itself, especially some of the special coverage this year.

Since it is the 50th year of Workers World’s existence, each week we have been running one or two articles from each year of the newspaper, starting with our first issue in 1959. We’ve already gotten favorable feedback on this historical coverage. Upon reaching 1968, we realized that one week was inadequate for that momentous year of struggle, so we’re devoting several issues to reprints from that year.

Our coverage of the presidential elections and primaries has also been noticed. Specifically, it has been called “nuanced,” with this word meant as a compliment. This is because we can see the contradictory character of this election, especially of the Barack Obama candidacy. Our understanding that the Democratic Party is an imperialist party beholden to and representing the capitalist ruling class does not prevent us from seeing the historic nature of Obama’s candidacy. Or from understanding that it may be necessary to mobilize against the racist assault on him that has already begun with Obama’s demonization in the big business media via the righteous remarks of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

We also have a view on the events in Tibet that puts us squarely against the opinions expressed in all the corporate media in the imperialist world. Our big advantage here is that we base our reporting on facts and not on the inventions of the capitalist media.

This editorial is meant to point out that we express an opinion—based on facts but also on understanding how class interests color all the news—that can help explain the big events of the day. And that we deserve support—certainly from those who agree with us—so that we can express these opinions with ever-greater effectiveness.

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