In the U.S.

In the U.S.

Let them eat plague!

February 1, 2023 Comrade Dremel
“When one individual inflicts injury upon another such that death results, we call that manslaughter. When society places hundreds in a position that they inevitably meet early & unnatural death … its deed is murder […]
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The ‘debt ceiling’ and our struggle to live: No limit to capitalist crimes & cutbacks

January 28, 2023 Stephen Millies
Jan. 19 was the date that the United States government was supposed to go bankrupt. Or at least had to start shuffling around bills to be paid, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. What’s called […]
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Damar Hamlin’s collapse exposes NFL greed, racism

January 26, 2023 Lev Koufax
Another chilly Monday night, another football game, and another demonstration of the racist callousness at the very heart of the National Football League.  The entire country watched in horror as Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin […]
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Taking ‘gaslighting’ to a new level: Gas stoves as a political diversion

January 21, 2023 Stephen Millies
News flash from the 1880s: Tom Edison wants to steal your gas and kerosene lamps.  The government is trying to force you to buy Edison’s new-fangled electric light bulbs. Nothing like that happened 140 years […]
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Honoring Dr. King’s legacy: Speak out against racism, poverty and World War III

January 19, 2023 Gary Wilson
A standing-room-only crowd packed St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Harlem, New York, for a “speak out to stop racism, poverty and World War III.” The event honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy on the […]
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King Day in LA: For justice, against police terror and U.S. war

January 18, 2023 John Parker
Activists from the Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice, CodePink, Socialist Unity Party, Young Communist League, Organization US, and community activists joined a street meeting for justice and against police terror and U.S. war along […]
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Fighting inflation trickery: Capitalists cut jobs rather than bring down prices

January 7, 2023 Gary Wilson
The year 2022 will be remembered as a year of inflation shock. Energy (oil, gas, electricity) prices are up a painful 17.6%. Food-at-home prices have increased by 10.9%. Eggs are now 25.6% more expensive than […]
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Nuclear fusion hype: A boost for U.S. armaments, not clean energy

January 7, 2023 Scott Scheffer
Jennifer Granholm, the U.S. Secretary of Energy, led a press event on Dec. 13 to announce a major scientific breakthrough at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.  There, researchers had aimed an array of the world’s […]
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Cases reopened: Maryland’s former chief medical examiner covered up police killings

January 7, 2023 Lev Koufax
A little over two years ago, David Fowler stepped onto the witness stand during the prosecution of George Floyd’s murderers, including Derek Chauvin. The defense called Fowler as an expert witness. His purpose at this […]
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Buffalo’s real bomb cyclone: Racism, capitalism and poverty

January 6, 2023 Sharon Black
Capitalist government failure requires working-class organization and action As of Jan. 5, at least 60 people nationally and 39 people in Erie County, New York, have been reported dead from Winter Storm Elliott.  The majority […]