Analysis

                
  • Class struggle is a fact, not a theory

    Class struggle is a fact, not a theory

    September 1, 2006

    Let me make something perfectly clear up front. Along with some powerful disagreements, I have a great deal of respect for Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees union. He and his union have made and...

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  • Sudanese strive for peace despite U.S. schemes

    Sudanese strive for peace despite U.S. schemes

    September 1, 2006

    NewsAnalysisThe United States may be the world’s only military superpower, but attempts by the Bush administration to get its way in northeastern Africa are meeting with resistance. The latest rebuke to U.S. imperialism is taking place...

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  • Senator Allens monkeyshines

    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...

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  • Lieberman defeat shows anger with status quo

    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...

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  • Cease-fire greeted warily in Lebanon

    Cease-fire greeted warily in Lebanon

    August 18, 2006

    News AnalysisWriting from Lebanon’s capital on the eve of the UN Security Council’s adoption of Resolution 1701, which calls for a cessation of hostilities in Lebanon and Israel, Judith Le Blanc, co-chair of United for Peace...

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