2012 saw the world’s workers and students still pummeled by the ruling-class austerity drive — and still fighting back in record-breaking ways, from Athens and Moscow to Calcutta and Chicago…. Read more »
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Freedom Socialist opinion: Class, climate, and the need for free transit
December is wet and bone-chilling in Seattle. So, imagine climbing from bed two hours early to catch three busses to work. Welcome to the reality of commuting in the wake… Read more »
Georgia’s war on the poor
Privately run food banks desperately attempt to provide for those in need. Over 300,000 families in the state of Georgia live in poverty. Despite this, the number of people receiving… Read more »
The big “fiscal cliff” deal: Preparing to sacrifice the poor and elderly
Leading up to the January 1 fiscal cliff deadline, advocates for workers, the poor, and the elderly were eyeing nervously the compromises offered by the president. On the table were… Read more »
The deficit vs. income inequality: A focus on government debt hides the real crisis for the US majority
From 2013, an explanation of the U.S. deficit and debt — and a look at the misdirection that furor over them is meant to accomplish.
Saving City College of San Francisco: Faculty initiate campus and community coalition
City College of San Francisco, one of the nation’s most successful community colleges, is fighting for survival. A lifeline to immigrants, students of color and the poor, the school has… Read more »
Whole Foods and CEO John Mackey: Even “wholesome” capitalism is toxic
Consumers of organic and natural foods are a skeptical bunch. Yet even they can be taken in by a business that wraps itself in enough promotional fluff and little green… Read more »
WAR, INC. — The military addiction
According to the War Resisters League, the United States will spend $1.36 trillion of income tax revenue for 2013 on “defense.” That comes to 47 percent for costs of past… Read more »
Social Security: high stakes for women
Conservatives howl that Social Security is bankrupting the country. And in his State of the Union Address, President Obama called for “reforms,” code for cuts. But as wages and benefits… Read more »
Freedom Socialist newspaper — Letters to the Editor
COAL EXPORTS Solar the answer About your article on the U.S. trying to export coal to Asia: may I suggest that the best way to shut down coal mines is… Read more »
