Paul Fleckenstein Time to up the pressure on Shumlin Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin is proposing deeper cuts, but workers and activists are planning to send a message of resistance.
Readers’ View What is the basis for unity? Genuine solidarity requires that we struggle against any remnant of oppression that exists within our own ranks.
Eric Ruder The rivalries tearing the Middle East apart New military escalations by the U.S. and Saudi Arabia will further destabilize a Middle East of multiplying hostilities and humanitarian disasters.
Roundtable All Black children matter Two parents who have lost children to violence talk about the struggle against racism and police terror in New York City.
Sofia Arias, Keegan O’Brien and Lindie Lou Solidarity must be the guiding principle Three members of the ISO take up some of the political ideas put forward by the spoken word duo Darkmatter.
Ashley Smith Has the Maple Spring returned? More than 100,000 Quebec students are expected to join a strike that raises the prospect of a renewed campus rebellion.
Marilena Marchetti Cuomo to our schools: “Drop dead” New York legislators passed a wish list of corporate school "reforms." Now teachers, parents and students have to take action.
Editorial Who will write the next chapter in the struggle? The commemoration of the Selma civil rights march prompted many to think about how much has changed in 50 years--and how much has not.
Tom Alter No hate in this state The passage of a bill legalizing anti-LGBT discrimination has produced a welcome wave of solidarity and protest.
Darrin Hoop Will the new agreement weaken the ILWU? A tentative agreement covering West Coast dockworkers appears to trade higher wages for possible concessions on future jobs.
