Opinion

Communists call for ouster of far right

November 16, 2007

NEW YORK — Members of the Communist Party USA national committee meeting here Nov. 10 heard Sam Webb, the party’s chairman, say that “in the struggle against the ultra-right we are at the cusp of a...

Unite against racism

November 2, 2007

Commentary Racist provocations and violence are on the rise and a cause for great concern. Racism represents a grave danger to our nation. James Watson, awarded a Nobel Prize 50 years ago for DNA research, prompted...

Circular migration of labor: a global corporate trend

October 5, 2007

The defeat of the Senate’s flawed comprehensive immigration bill last spring and the Bush administration’s escalating of factory and neighborhood raids, deportations and militarization of the border are largely blamed on right-wing forces who see legalization...

Global climate change is a working-class issue

September 21, 2007

The 60th Annual United Nations Nongovernmental Organization (NGO) Conference took place at the UN headquarters in New York in early September. The conference focused on climate change as one of the key issues facing the world....

Zones of conflict: challenge to African unity

September 21, 2007 By Libero Della Piana

There is a new danger plaguing Africa: zones of conflict are expanding into regional wars that take an ever-increasing human toll. In the recent past, Africa was wracked by wars for liberation from colonial rule, coups...