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If Dr. King were alive today, he’d be marching

April 3, 2018 By People’s World Editorial Board

Many have tried to tame the radicalism of Martin Luther King, Jr. over the past fifty years; rekindling his legacy today means joining the fight for a radically different future.

Social democracy abandoned workers; now, workers are doing likewise

March 21, 2018 By Conn Hallinan

The fall of the center-left has more to do with social democrats' 1990s accommodation to capital than with any rightward shift by European voters.

Federal court: Bankster profits come first, consumer needs come second!

March 20, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

New court ruling puts workers, retirees and savers on the back burner.

New Jersey governor proposes state-owned bank

February 20, 2018 By Ken Bank

As large commercial banks and investment institutions put the squeeze on mutual savings banks, there are fewer financial resources available for communities, small businesses and consumers.

U.S. capitalism lets children and mothers die

January 26, 2018 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Why do children and mothers living in other OECD nations, all capitalist, escape the dangers facing those in the U.S.? The answer: stronger labor movements.