Politics

Anti-worker venom fueled government shutdown

January 29, 2019 By Tim Libretti

Though the U.S. government has opened for business again, it is worthwhile to understand the anti-worker venom that motivated and prolonged Trump’s shutdown.

Before Venezuela: The long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America

January 25, 2019 By Special to People’s World

U.S. interference in Venezuela is just the latest in a history of coups and invasions stretching more than a hundred years.

Trump scores win on trans ban; activists condemn military’s predatory recruitment

January 24, 2019 By Michelle Zacarias

Absent from the conversation around the transgender ban is the role capitalism plays in creating a co-dependency between the military and trans individuals.

Brexit: UK pulling out of the EU is a complicated issue

January 23, 2019 By Al Neal

The truth is that the EU, originally called the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), was a part of efforts to jumpstart capitalist redevelopment in the 1950s.

2019 Women’s March increases resistance to Trump

January 23, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

“Having someone who’s a misogynist fascist like Trump in the White House reminds me of Germany. I think he’s as dangerous as Hitler.”