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Tea party takes America hostage on debt

August 2, 2011 By Communist Party USA

The debt ceiling crisis is the latest in a series of hostage crises instigated by the extreme right wing.

Harry Potter and the tide of history

July 26, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Viewing the story only as a well-written parable of becoming an adult misses a lot - humanity itself came of age in the 20th century.

1,000 demand “Good Jobs Now” at Progressive Caucus speakout

July 23, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

SEATTLE - People lined up at microphones at a July 23 "speak out" here to demand that Congress stop kowtowing to the corporations and do what voters elected them to do: create good jobs at a...

Fight against privatization roils a Maryland county

July 22, 2011 By Vivian Weinstein

Hundreds of Frederick County workers packed the county hearing room to speak to the five county commissioners two days in a row this week.

Celebration marks 32nd anniversary of Nicaragua’s Sandinista revolution

July 20, 2011 By Luis Rivas

Thirty-two years ago, a Marxist-led national liberation movement forever changed the history and political dynamics of Nicaragua.