Opinion – Page 870 – People's World

Movies for Black History Month

February 14, 2009 By PWW Editorial Board

Viewing suggestions from our readers and staff.

People before Profits: Peasants, rural workers wait in the wings

February 12, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Discontent of the rural poor in the global south and the hunger of almost a billion humans fill the tinder box of revolution. Great corporations control both land and agricultural production. Dispossession and desperation follow; so...

Closing Guantanamo only a first step

February 12, 2009

Two days after taking office, President Barack Obama announced that the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would be closed by the end of this year at the latest. This step, which was acclaimed worldwide, is...

News Analysis: U.S. financial stability plan fails to thaw market

February 11, 2009

U.S. President Barack Obama's administration on Tuesday unveiled its long-expected reshaped financial rescue plan.

People Before Profits: Falling off a cliff

February 10, 2009

Last September, employment in the United States fell off a cliff. It is still falling. The economy had been losing jobs since the beginning of 2008, and the pace has been accelerating since the summer. Over...