Editors' Blog
Stealing from workers...
This new piece by Steelworkers President Leo Gerard cuts to the chase about the Republican Party's agenda in Congress:
Wikileaks bombshell about Iraq wars I and II
Here is a summary from Veterans for Common Sense:
House Republicans tap anti-immigrant bigots to oversee immigration policy
Two Republican members of Congress who favor mass deportations of undocumented Latino immigrants and have frequently used dehumanizing langauge and negative images of Latinos to push anti-immigrant hysteria will now lead their party's efforts to round-up, detain and then deport some 11 million people and block reforms of the immigration system.
Marxist Education On-Line
As capitalists become more desperate, as economic and political events move faster, everyone needs, more than ever, the tools of Marxism to keep up. There has never been a greater need for Marxist education.
David Bacon on Federal Immigration Raids
I confess I have had a long-time allergy to David's writing on globalization and immigration, for which no doubt I should be criticized.
That's capitalism: Wealth gap grows during Great Recession
New data from the Economic Policy Institute shwos that during 2009 the gap between the richest Americans and the rest of us grew to an all-time high.
Save Social Security by ending the war
Bringing the war in Afghanistan to a speedy end may be one of the most political goals for 2011.
Intersection of race and class
The following comes from the Economic Policy Insittute and demonstrates how racism in American intersects with class to intensify inequality:
Most correct position on tax cuts I've read so far
From Americans United for Change:
