Opinion – Page 80 – People's World

Socialist-minded people still need to discuss implosion of Soviet socialism

January 9, 2015 By Rick Nagin

All socialist-minded people should be encouraged to discuss Sam Webb's "Season's Reflections on Socialism."

Police unions and the challenge of solidarity

January 7, 2015 By Roger Toussaint

There is no justification for attacks on individual police officers who have little or nothing to do with the policies that have created the dehumanizing of the lives of black people.

The wealth gap and its threat to democracy

January 5, 2015 By Tim Libretti

How we organize our economy and distribute and allocate resources can either facilitate or undermine a democratic socio-political culture.

The right’s working class philosopher

December 15, 2014 By Peter Cole

Nicknamed the "longshoreman philosopher," Eric Hoffer was the best-known working-class author and intellectual in postwar America.

“Lead Me On”: Being thankful in an unfriendly land

November 26, 2014 By Kelly Sinclair

Let Lincoln's words lead us back to remembering that this is a day of humility and healing, not of seeking bargains before the sun has set.