capitalism

World facing “new extremes” in the widening wealth gap

January 25, 2016 By John Bachtell

Wealth inequality will grow, and with it greater instability, continued crisis, and deepening misery for the world's working people.

Everyone’s talking about socialism, but what is it?

January 4, 2016 By Susan Webb

Bernie Sanders may or may not win the Democratic presidential nomination, but he has already put socialism into the mainstream political debate in the U.S.

Today in labor history: The American Federation of Labor is founded

December 8, 2015 By Special to People’s World

The original constituent craft unions of the AFL were disaffected from the Knights of Labor, a national labor association.

Back in the USSR: setting the record straight

November 4, 2015 By Sam Webb

While the meltdown of the Soviet Union didn't trigger capital's worldwide offensive, it did constitute a sea change in the balance of power and changed the dynamics of struggle.

The significance of the socialist candidate

October 29, 2015 By Michael Arney

Bernie Sanders states that common people must unite and fight the one percent to restore democracy that has been hijacked by billionaires.