For all its difficulties and outright calamities, the year 2019 gave the workers and oppressed of the world a lot to celebrate.
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A farewell from one class-war prisoner to another
Political prisoner Jaan Laaman pays tribute to his Ohio 7 comrade Tom Manning, who died at Hazelton prison on July 30.
The trigger for the bullets of El Paso: racism
“What tears the flesh cannot be stopped by prayers or gun laws.” Disponible en español.
Corruption brings down Austria’s hard-right vice chancellor
In a thumping for the far right and an upset for the government, Austria’s vice chancellor was compelled to resign over corruption that surfaced in mid-May.
The lucrative business of “fighting hate”
In-house bigotry rocks the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Nazi militias down home
Written in 1995 after the Oklahoma City bombing, this article explores how fascist-inspired “patriots” are created.
The far right makes gains, but fails in bid to control EU Parliament
Despite a well-orchestrated attempt, the ultra-nationalistic, anti-immigrant Identity and Democracy coalition failed to win control of the EU Parliament in May’s elections.
Israeli rampage of destruction in Jerusalem village
From the Electronic Intifada, news and gripping photos of the demolition of Palestinian homes in a neighborhood on the outskirts of East Jerusalem.
Defend Ilhan Omar and all the targets of right-wing bigotry
Trump’s escalation of his xenophobic crusade has spurred his frenzied followers to take up the racist chant “send her back.”
A political awakening in the age of Trump – Why I joined the Freedom Socialist Party
An émigré to Seattle from the right-to-work state of Idaho recounts how the 2016 election “shattered my apathy.”
