Where used, the sit-down has always instantly, clearly and visually separated the oppressed from the oppressors, the peaceful from the violent

We may look back on this calamitous year as a pivotal moment when unions regained support as being critically important to building a fairer economy and society

Like Trump in the U.S. and Bolsonaro in Brazil, the Philippine strongman’s utter failure to contain COVID-19 may kneecap his authoritarian ambitions

The beauty of the foregoing strategy is that it seeks a viable new party through a graduated series of accomplishable, grassroots-based electoral successes

“We should understand the roots of this pandemic”

Whether their needs are addressed in the Coronavirus Depression is likely to depend largely on whether the unemployed organize themselves to demand it

Let’s dream new worlds into being with the protests we stage, and let’s survive together, so that we might live to see those dreams realized in a freer, more beautiful world

Source: Center for Economic and Policy Research Moderna, a relatively new biotech company, has generally been seen as the leading U.S. contender…

Teachers across the country are insisting that schools should only be reopened when it can be done safely — and they might just go on strike to fight back against the billionaires

Health care giants are taking COVID-19 relief money while cutting jobs and paying CEOs millions

In war-torn Yemen, the crimes pile up. Children who bear no responsibility for governance or warfare endure the punishment

The excuse for sending federal police here is to protect federal property. The reality is that this is a cynical re-election ploy aimed at earning support for a law-and-disorder president

County Council votes to fund promised transit raises one day after rally called by Organized Workers for Labor Solidarity (OWLS) to coincide with Seattle Strike for Black Lives.

One recent study of the kind of proactive policing that the VCIS and GTTF engaged in found that “contact with law enforcement predicts increases in black and Latino adolescents’ self-reported criminal behaviors 6, 12, and 18 months later.”

Single payer doesn’t just cut costs by eliminating the waste caused by a multiplicity of for-profit insurers – but also because the purchasing power of a federal plan can rein in pharmaceutical and other exploding costs. 

The idea behind many laughable conspiracy theories is rather straight forward. They are purposefully invented and spread, even when conspiracy theorists know that they are false, to manipulate public opinion

The reports about late night street battles in Portland between some demonstrators and local police, and now Federal Protective Services and other federal militarized units, have reminded me of experiences at demonstrations I’ve had over the years.

The very basic levels of reciprocity have been broken; our government could care less if we live or die.

Since the British left was defeated at the ballot box in December – and subsequently in the Labour Party – Labour members have wrestled with the pros and cons of remaining in the party

The U.S. presidential election has so far involved and will undoubtedly continue to involve a clash over voting strategy for the left