Paul D’Amato Reaching out for freedom with their own hands For Karl Marx, the heart of socialism was always the self-emancipation of the working class--a struggle "from below" to create a new society.
Nicole Colson Rahm’s slush fund has money for our schools Despite the claims of Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools officials, the money is there to fund schools and pay teachers what they deserve.
Tyler Zimmer The senseless cause of crisis under capitalism When capitalists produce "too much" to sell profitably, the stage is set for a crisis--even though workers and the poorhave "too little."
From the archive In defense of the Wounded Knee militants Today's resistance at Standing Rock brings to mind past Native struggles, particularly the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee.
Liam Flynn-Jambeck Climate change is drowning us The hurricane battering the Caribbean today is the latest reminder that the fight to end the fossil fuel industry is a life or death struggle.
Steve Leigh Solidarity gets the goods at UW Two unions at the University of Washington won a new contract by coming together at the bargaining table and on the picket line.
Paul Le Blanc Murders in--and of--the Steel City A mystery set in the Pittsburgh of the 1970s and 2000s explores the lives of working people in a city shaped by the steel industry.
Elizabeth Schulte Trumpeting sexism Donald Trump's woman-hating rhetoric has real ramifications--but it's not clear that Hillary Clinton gets that beyond how it helps her campaign.
Danny Katch The trade charade Bashing foreign workers comes naturally to demagogues like Trump, but liberals aren't immune from the temptations of nationalism.
Claire Douglas San Diego demands justice for Olango Protests against the police killing of Alfred Olango, an unarmed 38-year-old Black man, are continuing each day in San Diego.
