Opinion

EDITORIAL: Marx was right

October 18, 2008

It was only yesterday that “free market” ideologues were dancing on Karl Marx’s grave with scornful shouts that “greed is good” and “TINA” — “there is no alternative” to capitalism. These fat men guffawed contemptuously at...

Nationalize banks, employ unemployed

October 17, 2008 By John Case

Last week the major economies of the world, including the United States, European Union, United Kingdom, China, Russia and Brazil carried out an unprecedented and coordinated reduction of interest rates. The effort itself was not immediately...

Editorial: Talking about race

October 10, 2008

Two conversations about race are taking place in our country. One is reviving the ugly past. The other is looking to a brighter future. Stirring a lynch-mob atmosphere reminiscent of the worst in our nation’s history,...

Letters: October 11

October 10, 2008

Taking issue I am insulted by Bruce Bostick’s article “Unity — the only road to victory” (PWW 9/20-26). He insults third parties and their supporters as having “no understanding” of the corporate power around Bush/McCain and...

The Great Election Swindle

October 10, 2008

“The Great Rock and Roll Swindle,” a movie that is alleged to be the true story of the ’70s punk rock band the Sex Pistols, tells a tale of how Malcolm McLaren, the band’s founder and...