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Mexico: New government attacks against electrical workers

August 19, 2011 By Emile Schepers

The Mexican government under President Felipe Calderon, of the right wing National Action Party, has launched a new attack on the militant Mexican Electrical Workers Union.

Senator Sanders got it right

August 5, 2011 By Phil Amadon

The passage of the debt ceiling bill marks a dangerous moment for the workers movement in this country.

Tea party takes America hostage on debt

August 2, 2011 By Communist Party USA

The debt ceiling crisis is the latest in a series of hostage crises instigated by the extreme right wing.

Harry Potter and the tide of history

July 26, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Viewing the story only as a well-written parable of becoming an adult misses a lot - humanity itself came of age in the 20th century.

1,000 demand “Good Jobs Now” at Progressive Caucus speakout

July 23, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

SEATTLE - People lined up at microphones at a July 23 "speak out" here to demand that Congress stop kowtowing to the corporations and do what voters elected them to do: create good jobs at a...