Analysis
“Negro Comrades of the Crown” should be required reading
January 15, 2014Horne focuses on the reactionary nature of U.S. slavery and racism, and demonstrates the vanguard role of African Americans in the struggle for freedom.
Read moreDoes December jobs report mean recovery?
January 13, 2014Here the big question on the minds of most working people I talk to: is the talk of economic recovery from the 2008 depression BS? or for real?
Read more“The Great Dictator” of New Jersey crosses a bridge too far
January 13, 2014No one who is knowledgeable about Jersey politics knows of a more reactionary, anti-labor, and personally abusive governor in the state's recent history.
Read more“Opposing Jim Crow”: How African Americans helped shape Soviet antiracism
January 7, 2014"Opposing Jim Crow: African Americans and the Soviet Indictment of U.S. Racism, 1928-1937" critically investigates what she calls "Soviet antiracism."
Read moreAgrarian-based oligarchy exerts control over post-coup Paraguay
January 7, 2014The so-called "legal" coup that removed Fernando Lugo from power set the stage for large agricultural corporations to establish control over Paraguay's government.
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