On a bitterly cold Sunday evening in December, a heavy snow blanketed the pup tents that tightly packed the parking lot of University Congregational United Church of Christ in Seattle’s… Read more »
economy
Unity needed to stop lethal state budget cuts
Across the u.s., the economic meltdown is having a disastrous effect on the state tax revenues that fund vital social services. So the budget ax is swinging in most state… Read more »
A socialist feminist answer to corporate bailouts: Let’s spread the wealth — to working people!
Corporate crime pays. Just ask the automakers or insurance giant AIG. They and other criminally mismanaged companies are being bailed out with taxpayer dollars. This massive transfer of public funds… Read more »
Standing up for the evicted and the homeless
On Friday, Feb. 20, the four-generation family of Carolyn Connolly was evicted from their foreclosed home in Miami-Dade County, victims of a fraudulent refinancing scheme. The next Monday, alongside members… Read more »
Hard times: sacrifice profits, not people!
As the Freedom Socialist goes to press, banks and stocks are rallying — at least for the moment. Why wouldn’t Wall Street feel giddy after receiving trillions in tax dollars?… Read more »
Single-payer: a healthy start
Working people in the U.S. have long demanded changes to a medical system that places private profit before their health needs. But now that the failing capitalist economy itself is… Read more »
GM predicament not so complicated
Auto giant GM’s problems are not nearly as complex as the pundits and politicians and economic wizards want us to believe. Saving GM senior management and bondholders’ wealth is the… Read more »
Labor’s ranks crank up the heat for a fightback on state budget cuts
In New York and Washington, Democratic Party state governors are aiming their budget axes at public-sector unions and the services those workers provide. To stop this wrecking operation will require… Read more »
Blacks and joblessness: the toll of racism
The U.S. economic upheaval – the worst since the Great Depression that began in 1929 – is destroying jobs, housing, retirement plans, healthcare, education and social services at every level…. Read more »
As growth stalls in China and the West, the so-called “lucky country” suffers the effects
If you’ve ever watched a slow-motion video clip of an airline crash or a train wreck, you have an idea of how the global financial crisis (GFC) has hit Australia…. Read more »
