Capitalism, in brief

A short primer on capitalism: 1. The current crisis is a crisis of capitalism. It is not a crisis of…

June 3, 2016

African liberation struggles drove Portugal’s April 1974 revolution

It was April of 1974. A popular folk song serving as a secret signal to the captains in Portugal’s Armed…

June 3, 2016

Interview with the GDR’s Margot Honecker — ‘The past was brought back’

Margot Honecker, born in 1927, former minister of education of the German Democratic Republic and widow of longtime Socialist Unity…

June 3, 2016

Black Lives Matter, the elections and self-determination

Let’s be honest, Bernie Sanders and his campaign of “democratic socialism” have struck a chord with young people and the…

June 2, 2016

Trump rally, cops and protest

Families from San Diego’s African-American and Latino/a communities met at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on May 21, the sixth…

June 2, 2016

Oakland, Calif., City Council says: ‘End Cuba embargo’

On May 27, the International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity announced that Oakland, Calif., is the latest U.S. city…

June 2, 2016

Vote for a revolutionary socialist future – VOTE JOHN PARKER!

The U.S. presidential campaign is being deluged by racist backwash from the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee Donald Trump. But in…

June 1, 2016

Virginia rallies vs. Verizon

Communication Workers Local 2204 hosted a rally May 28 in Roanoke, Va. Union members and labor and community supporters drove…

June 1, 2016

Thousands march on McDonald’s for $15/hr and a union

Despite heavy rains and winds, fast food workers and their supporters converged May 25 on McDonald’s corporate headquarters in Oak…

June 1, 2016

#JusticeForEricHarrisNOLA

New Orleans — Eric Harris, only 22 years old, was killed here last Feb. 8 by a hail of bullets…

June 1, 2016