history

Historian: Air Controller strike a turning point for the U.S.

December 16, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The 1981 PATCO strike permanently changed U.S. labor relations and opened the door to the bitter, ideological polarization now rife in U.S. politics.

“Why Marx Was Right”: lively challenge to 10 myths

December 16, 2011 By Frederick Barr

Eagleton's bright, witty book marches forward into the usual stumbling blocks erected over the decades in the environment of popular ideology and topples them.

Gene Sharp has half a recipe for revolution

December 6, 2011 By Gene Lantz

I first heard of Gene Sharp from a commentator on National Public Radio. He said that he had examined the "Arab Spring" upsurges in Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Libya and Yemen.

Stop police brutality against peaceful protesters!

November 23, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

It is time for the federal government move in and stop what has become a pattern of attacks on the fundamental rights not only of Occupy protesters across the country, but on the rights of all...

Occupy Memphis rallies for Zuccotti

November 15, 2011 By James Raines

In response to the unprovoked attack by the NYPD on peaceful protesters and the liquidation of the OWS encampment at Zuccotti Park, Occupy Memphis called an emergency General Assembly.