Opinion
Social movement unionism is coming alive
March 30, 2011It wasn't long ago that a criticism directed at trade unions was they were only in it to service their members in exchange for dues. The happenings in Wisconsin blew all that to shreds.
Read more“Potiche”: entertaining film features stars, strikes, class struggle
March 30, 2011The delightful Potiche tackles the class war in an extremely entertaining, thought-provoking, funny way.
Read moreAbe Blashko, artist and political satirist, dies at 90
March 29, 2011Abe Blashko, artist and political satirist, died at age 90 Jan. 13 from complications of pneumonia. Among his large body of work were important contributions to progressive publications, including the New Masses and People's World.
Read more“Have you left no sense of decency?”
March 29, 2011In the midst of the battle in Wisconsin, the Republican Party has revived McCarthyism to attack William Cronon, a distinguished professor of history at the University of Wisconsin.
Read moreLeonard Weinglass, defender of civil rights, dies
March 29, 2011All lovers of human and civil rights were saddened last week to hear of the passing of the outstanding attorney Leonard Weinglass, who succumbed to pancreatic cancer on March 23.
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