Opinion – Page 439 – People's World

Everyone’s talking about socialism, but what is it?

January 4, 2016 By Susan Webb

Bernie Sanders may or may not win the Democratic presidential nomination, but he has already put socialism into the mainstream political debate in the U.S.

The “skills gap” myth: What’s really driving down wages?

December 31, 2015 By Tim Libretti

There is an illusion that American workers' economic woes are attributable to their own lack of appropriate skills rather than to concerted efforts on the part of capital to disempower workers.

Revisiting Baltimore and changing the “racial conversation”

December 31, 2015 By Tim Libretti

Does "Black lives matter" ask for something from the dominant culture that would require economic loss or will it mean gains and not losses, morally and economically, for most Americans?

Straight outta everywhere: Learning to listen in the “racial conversation”

December 29, 2015 By Tim Libretti

The white dominant culture is more interested in critiquing the rap music rather than critiquing the conditions to which the music bears witness.

Venezuelan official explains left wing losses to U.S. audience

December 28, 2015 By Scott Hiley

The best way forward is to "deepen" the revolution by expanding the role of the Communal Councils and pushing for even more grassroots democracy.