News and Analysis: Government

Pay freeze announced for federal workers

In brief

January 15, 2011

On Nov. 29, Pres. Obama announced a two-year pay freeze for nearly two million workers employed by the federal government which could go into effect Jan. 1.

The PSL in 2010: 'What do we do? Stand up, fight back!'

Looking back on a year of struggle

January 14, 2011

"Sit down, shut up and take it." That was the ruling class's message to workers and poor people in 2010. But the working class defiantly fought back—and the PSL helped lead the way.

California budget proposal 'a gun to the head' of workers and the poor

It is time to fight back

January 12, 2011

As he unveiled his budget plan for California, Gov. Jerry Brown—the state’s top Democrat—said “some people might say I am putting a gun to their head.” He is right.

Capitalists attack workers' pension rights

Retirement crisis shows why the system must change

January 7, 2011

For the last several decades, public workers in the United States could count on eventually retiring from their jobs with government pensions. That, however, is no longer the case.

State legislatures prepare to introduce anti-immigrant bills

in brief

January 7, 2011

In an effort to divide the working class as the economic crisis drags on, many state legislatures are set to consider draconian anti-immigrant laws when they reconvene in January.

Glenn Beck calls us the 'enemy within' ...

We're doing something right!

December 23, 2010

Clearly, we’re doing something right. The menace of a growing socialist party in the United States has caused right-wing pundit Glenn Beck and his co-thinkers to take notice.

Media spins Wikileaks cables on Iran

What isn't being covered from the revelations

December 21, 2010

The imperialist establishment is working on all fronts to minimize the dissemination, as well as the effectiveness, of the Wikileaks revelations. The most effective ruling-class tool for damage control is the corporate media - the mouthpiece of the establishment.

The Program of the PSL: Socialism and Liberation in the United States

New book from PSL publications

December 21, 2010

The Party for Socialism and Liberation is proud to announce the publication of The Program of the PSL: Socialism and Liberation in the United States. The book is comprised of two documents written by the Party for Socialism and Liberation.

Richard Holbrooke: Agent of Empire, war criminal

Imperialist "diplomat" dies Dec. 13

December 19, 2010

Richard Holbrooke, civilian overseer of the U.S. war in Afghanistan and Pakistan, died of a ruptured aorta on Dec. 13. From the viewpoint of Marxism, diplomacy and war alike are tactics used in pursuit of class interests.

Gentrification of park threatens homeless and poor people

Richmond, Va., coalition mobilizes to fight back

December 16, 2010

Poor people in Richmond often gather in Monroe Park to receive free meals from groups, but the city government and the Virginia Commonwealth University, however, plan to end this and force the homeless into further despair.

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