Editors' Blog
Jesse Ventura's letter to the ruling class
Read the letter here...
Video: From Wisconsin to Washington, stand up for jobs, workers' rights and peace
Opening to the 1st annual Communist Party conference.
April 16 live video broadcast: “Stand up for jobs, workers' rights and peace”
Now the struggle goes to Washington where Republicans are scheming to end Medicare, gut Social Security, and make working families pay yet again for more tax cuts for the rich. The Communist Party USA joins with working families to demand a stop to the Republicans' slash and burn policies.
Hard facts from Hard Hats
I think the Republicans will lose numbers in the House and Senate in 2012. The tea-Reps at the state level have attacked the most conservative sectors of the trade union movement (including building trades, fire, police; Reagan"Democrats", Kid Rock fans, Independents, the Real Joe the Plumbers, the Middle Class) so tough that they are the main numbers at ongoing protests.
A tale of three budget plans
Yesterday, President Obama outlined a fiscal policy proposal to reduce the federal debt by $4 trillion.
A Bad Budget Deal for the People
President Obama has struck a deal with the Republicans that is reminiscent of the policies associated with George HW Bush and Bill Clinton, that is, to reduce public spending in major areas while in a less direct way, taxation.
Taxing the Rich Makes Economic Sense
Even as President Obama addressed the nation today with a deficit-cutting plan, which included the call for cuts in defense spending and higher taxes on the rich, some wealthy Americans have joined a campaign to "tax wealth like work."
Podcast: Why the Colombia Free Trade Agreement is Still a Bad Idea
On this episode PA contributing editor John Case and CPUSA labor commission chair Scott Marshall respond to the new push to pass the Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
