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The midterm elections came and went last week without any surprises. As was expected, these …

Every two and four years the elections come to town like a big circus. For …

Last Friday, another 400,000 secret documents about the US war in Iraq were leaked to …

From young to old, the French workers are fighting against the attacks of the government. …

“What the legislature has done, the streets can undo!” This was the slogan on many …

Last Friday, state politicians finally voted on a state budget. The budget was due in …

Young people in America are victims of a system that is denying them a future. …

On Saturday, October 2, tens of thousands of workers from all over the US., attended …

Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old Black man, was murdered early in the morning on New Year’s …

Last week, eight city officials from Bell, California, including the mayor, were arrested and taken …

On August 31, the Obama administration announced that the war in Iraq is ending, and …

Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau reported a massive increase in the federal poverty rate. …

The uproar over building an Islamic center a few blocks away from the site of …

For months now the media has been full of stories of the so-called Tea Party …

For many workers this past weekend was a rare moment to actually spend time with …

With last week’s heat wave came a wave of violence and death. In San Jose, …

The Obama administration announced recently that troops in Iraq are withdrawing from the country and …

If you’ve paid any attention to the news lately, you could not have avoided the …

Proposition 8 was passed in California in November, 2008. It ruled that marriage must be …

Last week, 75,000 secret military documents exposing the brutal reality of the US war in …

The war on the people of Afghanistan has been raging since 2001. The war on …

Summer usually brings the expectation of good times – when people can look forward to …

The news is giving us a distorted picture of reality. It is a picture which …

The distorted news coverage of the trial of Johannes Mehserle is just one example of …

The shocking verdict in the case of Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop who killed Oscar …

The verdict is about to come down in the case of Johannes Mehserle, the BART …

Oscar Grant was just one of many young Black men shot by police officers in …

Oakland faces a budget deficit of $31 million. The city has less money from property …

The British Petroleum oil leak is the biggest oil-related disaster in history. But its size …

On Monday of last week, a fleet of humanitarian ships approached the Gaza strip, a …

For one month now millions of gallons of oil have poured into the Gulf of …

Last Friday, Governor Schwarzenegger announced his revised budget proposal, which looks a lot like the …

On April 20th, the Deepwater horizon, a British Petroleum (BP) oil rig off the coast …

This past Sunday, more people in the U.S. usually go out to eat in restaurants …

A horrific anti-immigration law (SB 1070) was passed last week in Arizona. Under the new …

Immigrants in the U.S. • The U.S. has always been a country of immigrants. The …

One of the most important working class holidays, May 1 or May Day, originated in …

Tax (noun) – definition 1. an amount of money levied by a government on its …

The massive explosion in a mine in Montcoal, West Virginia last Monday, April 5th, killed …

Last week, Congress finally passed the healthcare bill it has been debating for months. People …

The U.S. war on Iraq is entering its eighth year. George Bush, with the agreement …

In October 2001, the U.S. Government began a war on the people of Afghanistan. Within …

All across California, an outright assault is being waged against working people. Currently, the official …

This past Thursday, there were protests all over California – in elementary schools, middle schools …

The Super Bowl has come and gone. The New Orleans Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts, …

(August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) On January 27th, Howard Zinn passed away. Zinn …

Last week Ford announced profits of $2.7 billion in 2009. After workers made all sorts …

Recently, the San Francisco School District announced it is facing a $113 million budget shortfall. …