RASMEA ODEH Support her appeal Show your support for Palestinian rights activist and political prisoner Rasmea Odeh at a rally in front of the courthouse on Wednesday, October 14, and… Read more »
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A warning to the global working class: Europe’s rulers discipline Greeks
Imagine a power so callous that with a stroke of a pen it degrades millions of people, mandating Sundays a day of work, increasing retirement from 62 to 67 years,… Read more »
Cómo Wall Street y el colonialismo de Estados Unidos dio luz a la crisis de deuda en Puerto Rico
La mayoría de turistas ven a Puerto Rico como La Isla del Paraíso sin preocupación alguna. Pero durante su visita en el 2014, esta autora se enteró directamente de los… Read more »
Business interests foil Worker Bill of Rights
A volunteer for the Worker Bill of Rights campaign distributes flyers calling for desperately needed raises in Spokane. Photo: Courtesy of Sagi Bresgal Spokane, Wash., the second largest city in… Read more »
In defense of rent control
Boston residents protesting housing conditions march along Charles St. in Fields Corner. Photo: Wendy Maeda / Globe staff From San Francisco to cosmopolitan New York City, urban tenants are beleaguered… Read more »
How Wall Street and US colonialism created Puerto Rico’s debt crisis
Thousands of government workers protested proposed cuts to education and freezing of public union wages and hiring in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 11, 2015. Photo: Alvin Baez /… Read more »
New course needed to deliver change for Nepal’s poor
As 2009 drew to a close, the class struggle in Nepal continued to escalate. Several General Strikes – including a 3-day strike in the capital, Kathmandu, starting on 20 December… Read more »
Workers and young people paying for Australia’s economic slump
Now into its third year, the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) shows no sign of abating. In fact the World Bank recently revised an already gloomy forecast downwards. It now predicts… Read more »
Nowhere to hide: In a global economy, Australia cannot dodge the credit crunch
If you believed the propaganda of the previous Howard government, China’s economy was a bulletproof shield against any downturn in Western economies. Of course, no one believed John Howard in… Read more »
Wage increases do not cause inflation!
For months, the Rudd government has been repeating the same economic message: the “inflation genie,” it tells us is, “out of the bottle” and so a “wages breakout” must be… Read more »
