Elections
Class battle lines drawn in Chicago council elections
January 25, 2011Chicago City Council elections are shaping up to be a contest between a coalition of organized labor, the many racially and ethnically diverse communities, their organizations and small businesses against the big financial and corporate interests...
Read moreThinking strategically between now and 2012
January 24, 2011With profit margins soaring and capital and labor locked in a deadly, unequal embrace, what are working people to do?
Read moreOn “Citizens United” anniversary, calls to overturn Supreme Court decision
January 24, 2011Thousands demanded that the Supreme Court overturn its decision to give corporations the rights of citizens.
Read moreMurkowski returns: what it means for Alaska
January 7, 2011Now that the far-right Joe Miller is out of the picture in Alaskan politics, the left has to pull together to push legislation toward supporting policies that stop the GOP agenda.
Read moreChicago grassroots to mayoral candidates: we want a people’s agenda
December 17, 2010CHICAGO - What are the most urgent issues this city's next mayor must address? That question was mulled by over 2,000 grassroots community activists Dec. 14 in a political style convention.
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