Opinion

Illinois primary yields new challenges. NewsAnalysis.

March 31, 2006

CHICAGO — Broad unity is the key challenge facing the anti-ultra-right electoral coalition in the wake of Illinois’ March 21 primary. Victory in two congressional battleground races in suburban Chicago will also require winning independent and...

Young Communists offer hope for rising generation

March 25, 2006

If you are a young person under the age of 30 you probably know more about the elimination and under-funding of social services and programs for youth than your parents’ generation ever did. Vocational education, which...

EDITORIAL: Tell Senate: Uphold immigrant rights!

March 25, 2006

It’s a recurring theme in American history: The mass media plays up the demagogy of reactionaries who use ignorance and prejudice to blame immigrants for major social ills. Reactionary politicians who rely on disunity to achieve...

NewsAnalysis: Next steps in transit workers fightback

March 24, 2006

Many New Yorkers were inspired by the strike of Transport Workers Union Local 100 against the efforts of the Metropolitan Transit Authority to cut back on workers’ pensions and health care. People understood that the two-tier...

Revolution in Bolivia: a special case

March 24, 2006

Evo Morales is Bolivia’s first indigenous head of state in 500 years. The day before his inauguration on Jan. 22, a huge assembly of Bolivia’s indigenous people, who represent two-thirds of the country’s population, ceremonially granted...