The world’s richest man balks at helping the homeless.
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Trump’s budget: Billions for guns and crumbs for working people
Did the Koch brothers write this neoliberal attack on the social safety net?
An answer to economic crisis
10-point program of the Freedom Socialist Party
Detroit’s racist annual tax auctions steal houses
The Black community is fighting back against sham property taxes and home auctions.
Poor, poor, pitiful me: The Billionaire’s Lament
At last, tax relief for long-suffering tycoons and jet-setters!
Trans-Tasman Union Beat: Workers organising in Australia & Aotearoa
Making history! Early childhood educators, who are members of the United Voice union, made history on 7 September, Equal Pay Day: they walked off the job, closing many childcare centres. They’ve been organising for pay justice for several years through the Big Steps campaign. Up to now, they’ve held weekend rallies, but this was their… Read more »
Letters to the Editor – October 2017
POLITICAL PRISONER Punished with solitary Jaan K. Laaman, long-time anti-imperialist political prisoner, is still locked down in segregation (minimum of 23 hours per day in a 6’×9′ cell). Jaan has been in “segregation” for months simply for issuing two statements, a clear violation of free speech and human rights. He is being threatened with transfer… Read more »
In defense of public housing
Public housing was a victory of the massive labor upsurge of the Great Depression that won the “New Deal” in the 1930s. Owned by the public, this housing is non-profit and the government is answerable to the community for how it’s run. Originally, public housing was available primarily to whites, and strictly segregated. Thanks to… Read more »
Gimme shelter: A radical, practical plan to address the housing crisis
Homelessness is one thing shared by many full-time workers, the newly unemployed, and those displaced by gentrification. Homelessness soars in cities and towns across the U.S. and millions more are at risk of losing their homes. Right to the City, a national alliance founded to oppose gentrification and fight displacement of the poor, calls today’s… Read more »
The madness of militarization: War as foreign policy
Instead of spending on infrastructure and human services for the populace, our rulers promote war — to sound patriotic as they pocket the profits.
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