Opinion

Senator Allens monkeyshines

August 22, 2006

Mel Gibson drove drunk and, when stopped by a traffic cop, slurred some anti-Semitic slurs. Some defended him thus: “it was just the liquor talking.” Trouble is, liquor does not talk, but people do, and as...

Lieberman defeat shows anger with status quo

August 18, 2006

NewsAnalysisAn uprising of Democratic voters in Connecticut delivered a stunning victory to peace candidate Ned Lamont over three-term incumbent U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Aug. 8 primary. It was a revolt against the policies of...

EDITORIAL: A vote heard round the world

August 11, 2006

Connecticut Democratic voters took a dramatic stand that shook the nation in last Tuesday’s primary. Their vote to send Joe Lieberman home and put Ned Lamont in the U.S. Senate changes the political landscape and adds...

The economic mainsprings of U.S. foreign policy

August 11, 2006

From 1961 to 1999, Victor Perlo’s “People vs. Profits” column in the Daily World and the People’s Weekly World set the standard for a Marxist analysis of U.S. capitalism. Two collections of these columns have been...

Coming to a town near you: the battle over immigrant rights

August 4, 2006

NewsAnalysisAction in Congress on immigrant rights legislation is suspended at least until the fall session. But action is intensifying in state legislatures, in municipal councils and within the nooks and crannies of our social system. The...