Author: Sharon Black

The bourgeois media, from the New York Times to Reuters, have gleefully though somewhat prematurely hyped stories of a “potential second Arab Spring” in Syria.  In August, demonstrations broke out in response to the lifting […]

Crimes of capitalism: New Orleans 2005, Lāhainā 2023. Aug. 27 — As many people prepare for last-minute summer outings and back-to-school shopping this Labor Day weekend, it is important to remember the anniversary of Hurricane […]

 The recent ouster of elected Tennessee House Representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, both young and Black, stunned and angered people everywhere, especially in the Black community. It effectively disenfranchised 200,000 voters in Memphis […]

On many holidays recognizing people’s struggles and their leaders — for example, the civil rights movement and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — the present-day celebrations are both sweet and sour.  The only reason for […]

In President Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address on Feb. 7, there was one honest moment. Biden said, “I am a capitalist.” Well, he fudged a bit; he should have said, I am […]

February 9 — The death toll from the unprecedented scale of the 7.8-magnitude quake that hit Turkey and Syria is now over 23,000. As of this writing, almost 70,000 people have been injured, and some […]

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 […]