The new president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), lifted aspirations by campaigning against poverty, corruption and state violence. But what will he deliver?
Editorial
Low unemployment does not cause recession
Some economists want us to believe that high unemployment is better for the economy!
HUD refuses to desegregate housing
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson calls rules against racist segregation a “failed socialist experiment.”
Government repression fuels Nicaraguan revolt
Betrayed and sorely afflicted, Nicaraguan workers and students and campesinos are sustaining a massive uprising against a reactionary and corrupt regime.
Amazon extortion!
The world’s richest man balks at helping the homeless.
Police armed with power but no accountability
When John, a disability pensioner, installed a CCTV camera at his Preston, Australia home, he had no idea that the violent thugs he’d catch would be police!
Imperialist counterrevolution in Syria
Imperialist firepower has overwhelmed Syria’s struggle for a secular democracy — for now. Oppose deportation of Syrian refugees from the U.S.!
No to privatizing public power
Bonneville Power electrifies eight western states. Trump’s budget proposes selling off Bonneville, for the profit of a few. Thumbs down!
A lesson on defending education in the UK
Here’s to the 65,000 teachers and staff of University and College Union who went on strike across the British Isles.
Trump’s Jerusalem Insult
As usual, the president acted in an arrogant and reactionary fashion, but even he can’t destroy a “peace process” that doesn’t exist.