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Only a militant left can defeat new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson

July 24, 2019 By Morning Star

"If we fall into the trap of alliance with the “status quo” wing of the Establishment for fear of Johnson making things worse, we will dig our political graves."

Crimes against humanity at the border: Hold people responsible

July 23, 2019 By Ismael Parra

The Nuremberg Trials taught us that “just following orders” could not be a legitimate defense for crimes against humanity.

AOC & Co. are not communists—I should know

July 23, 2019 By Joe Sims

As a younger man, I was organized as a communist not via Moscow, Russia, and the KGB, but in Youngstown, Ohio, by U.S. Steel and the collapse of the steel industry.

How could we ever bring ourselves to join the Communist Party?

July 22, 2019 By Victor Grossman

Victor Grossman, a Cold War exile from McCarthyism, responds to Kevin Baker's New York Times book review of "A Good American Family."

Republican Senate + Republican president = Extreme right-wing federal courts

July 19, 2019 By Michael Arney

Flippant attitudes about control of the White House and progressive litmus tests quickly become capitulation to the extreme right when it comes to the federal court system.