News and Analysis

Government's student loan business more profitable in 2012 than ExxonMobil

Loan payments a big burden as economy stagnates

May 20, 2013

Figures released by the Congressional Budget Office show that the government generates tremendous revenue from the exploitation of students.

Food and capitalism: a crisis of waste and destruction

Hunger grows as economy stagnates

May 20, 2013

Food waste is a major problem under capitalism. Even if we went back a few hundred years, it would be impossible for most people to believe that the world could be facing a crisis of hunger and food waste at the same time.

Strawberry pickers fired for fleeing wildfire

The inhumanity of capitalism and the value of struggle and solidarity

May 16, 2013

Fifteen farm workers at Crisalida Farms, in Oxnard, Calif., left work early because a nearby wildfire had caused ash to fall from the sky and produced dangerous levels of smoke making it hard to see and breathe.

UN panel reveals effects of imperialist exploitation of Africa

Report details plunder of resources and growing inequality

May 15, 2013

Global capitalism’s exploitation of Africa has made a rare appearance in the dominant media, thanks to former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the Africa Progress Panel, which he chairs.

After bombings: Actions across Turkey oppose intervention in Syria

U.S.-backed gov't pushes intervention in Syria, suppresses local media

May 14, 2013

On May 11, large explosions rocked Reyhanlı, Turkey. Close to a main border crossing between Turkey and Syria, the explosions were assuredly part of the broader regional fallout from the civil war in Syria.

Gerardo, Antonio and Ramón send messages to René

We were, are and will always be the Five

May 12, 2013

Now our dear brother René González is enjoying his freedom in Cuba, making important statements to the Cuban and international media, and giving a special new impulse to the Freedom Struggle of the Cuban Five.

Efraín Ríos Montt found guilty of genocide!

'The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards Justice'

May 12, 2013

We celebrate the guilty verdict against former Guatemalan dictator and School of the Americas Graduate Efraín Ríos Montt, who was sentenced to 80 years in prison.

Gerardo, Antonio y Ramón envían mensajes a René

Fuimos, somos y seremos los Cinco

May 12, 2013

Ya, nuestro querido hermano René González está libre en Cuba, haciendo importantes declaraciones a la prensa cubana e internacional, dando nuevo impulso a la Lucha para la Liberación de los Cinco.

Alice Walker on Sister Assata

This is what American history looks like

May 11, 2013

I don’t know why, given where we are with dronefare, but I didn’t expect the man making the announcement about Assata Shakur being the first woman 'terrorist' to appear on the FBI’s most wanted list to be black.

Assata Shakur: La política detrás de los nuevos ataques del FBI

¡No tocar a Assata — ella no es terrorista!

May 8, 2013

El 2 de mayo, el Buró Federal de Investigaciones (FBI) repentinamente anunció de que había puesto a Assata Shakur en su lista de "Terroristas Más Buscados", haciéndo de ella la primera mujer denominada terrorista.

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