The united front: key to the essential fight against fascists
A self-defense strategy against Nazis of whatever era, obstacles in organizing this, and what it all has to do with capitalism.
“White Lives Matter” rallies shut down and shouted down
From coast to coast, the white supremacists were out-organized and mostly failed to show up for their announced April protests.
After the reckoning for George Floyd’s killer, what road to ending systemic racism?
Derek Chauvin’s conviction was welcome news. Where to from here?
Rebellion in Colombia
A solidarity statement by Partido Socialism y Libertad (PSL) Argentina to the Colombian people.
High hopes, a tough loss, and the road ahead
What can we learn from the valiant effort to unionize the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama?
Standing up to dirty politics in Seattle
In Amazon's host city, a shameful attempt to pit a vaccine clinic against a rally to support Bessemer warehouse workers falls flat.
Battling racist polluters in Cancer Alley
In Louisiana, Black women lead an urgent fight against Formosa Chemical complex.
China-bashing fuels rising anti-Asian violence
Some sharp political analysis and good advice on how to defend AAPI residents in the U.S.
New bill filed in NYC for community control of cops
The five-year campaign for an elected police review board, led by New York FSP with broad community support, is now before the City Council. A first.
Reactionaries aggressively target trans kids
Students, parents, teachers, doctors, and athletes are speaking out against a massive legal assault on trans youth.
A broad, historic revolt in Myanmar against a ruthless military
For the first time in this country’s history, millions of very diverse peoples are rising up in combative solidarity.
Is destruction of sacred Indigenous sites a mistake by a rogue company?
No, just business as usual. Rio Tinto, the world’s second largest mining company, operates on six continents and has a sordid history of destroying Indigenous land.
Robin Hood program for working-class survival
A 10-point plan that advocates taking from the rich and the Pentagon to give to those hit hard by economic blows.
Stirring Judas and the Black Messiah leaves more to tell
A vital film that leaves the viewer wanting to know more about the extraordinary life of revolutionary Fred Hampton and the Black Panther Party.
Big Pharma makes me sick
Are the drug companies the pandemic superheroes that the mainstream media are making them out to be? Hardly, says neurologist Steven Strauss.
Defend Kshama Sawant, Seattle’s elected socialist
A right-wing funded effort to recall Kshama Sawant, Socialist Alternative, from her seat on Seattle City Council, needs to be stopped.
Palestinians rise up in self-defense
Whatever precipitates it in a given instance, deadly conflict in Gaza has one primary cause.
LGBTQ Equality Act … pass it now!
Time to demand that the Democrats take their pro-equality platform seriously.
Kids in prison for life, no way
Right-wing Supreme Court justices have okayed life without parole for juveniles. Madness!
Letters to the editor, June 2021
Readers from Germany, Canada, Australia and the United States write in.