Editorials
The American “left” and Obama’s State of the Union address
By Janel Flechsig, February 7, 2012
The response of representatives of left-liberal and pseudo-socialist circles to Barack Obama’s January 24 State of the Union address confirms their role as adjuncts of the Democratic Party and supporters of Obama’s reelection campaign.
The trade unions and Obama’s State of the Union speech
By Barry Grey, January 28, 2012
The American trade union leadership can be counted on to resort to demagogy and lies in pursuit of its narrow self-interest. In its response to Tuesday’s State of the Union address, the union brass did not disappoint.
The Egyptian Revolution, the Muslim Brotherhood and the apologetics of the Revolutionary Socialists
Part 2
By Jean Shaoul, January 6, 2012
This is the second in a three part article on the political apologetics extended by the Revolutionary Socialists for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
The Egyptian Revolution, the Muslim Brotherhood and the apologetics of the Revolutionary Socialists
Part 1
By Jean Shaoul, January 5, 2012
This is the first of a three part article on the political apologetics extended by the Revolutionary Socialists for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
The 2012 US presidential campaign begins: A cynical exercise in duping the people
By Patrick Martin, January 5, 2012
The January 3 Iowa caucus, the first contest for the Republican presidential nomination, marks the official beginning of 2012 US election campaign, an exercise in mass deception.
Democrats and Republicans conspire to impose cuts on Detroit workers
By Socialist Equality Party, December 28, 2011
The campaign by sections of the Democratic Party establishment against a state takeover of Detroit has nothing in common with a defense of the rights of working people.
The Russian Socialist Movement—a political trap for the working class
By Vladimir Volkov, December 23, 2011
The Russian Socialist Movement (RSM), created at the beginning of this March, is trying to establish in Russia a culture of pseudo-left opportunism, completely hostile to the working class.
Journalist, scoundrel Christopher Hitchens dies at 62
By David Walsh, December 17, 2011
Christopher Hitchens began his public life as a “left” journalist in Britain and moved on, without undergoing any apparent internal struggle, to become a proponent of imperialist war and oppression, residing in Washington, D.C.
The Nation backs Obama after anti-Plan B contraception ruling
By Janel Flechsig, December 13, 2011
The Nation’s Katha Pollitt responded to the Obama administration’s decision to bar over-the-counter sales of the Plan B drug to all women by pledging to vote for Obama.
The Dover mortuary scandal and America’s disposable soldiers
By Bill Van Auken, December 10, 2011
The military’s dumping of the remains of US soldiers killed in Iraq underscores the cynicism and brutality that have accompanied a decade of uninterrupted war.
Unite the working class to defend public education and democratic rights!
By International Students for Social Equality, November 28, 2011
The attack by campus police against a peaceful protest at UC Davis raises the need for a mass movement of the working class to protect the right to education and democratic rights.
The counterrevolutionary role of the Egyptian pseudo-left
By Alex Lantier and Johannes Stern, November 21, 2011
This article analyzes the role of the pseudo-left organizations in opposing a struggle by the working class to bring down the military junta in Egypt.
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