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Monthly Archives: August, 2013

The historical significance of the murder of Trayvon Martin

The murderer of Trayvon Martin has been set free. A shocked and angry people have taken to the streets in protest. Articles condemning the on-going racism and injustice fill the social media ...

Forced starvation in a world of plenty

From the Editors Editor’s note: Since this article was written, the House passed a bill to subsidize agribusiness and deleted the food stamp section from...

Economic democracy is key to real freedom

The American people have always held high the ideal of democracy, and fought and died for it. From the American Revolution and the abolition of slavery after the Civil War

700 arrested in North Carolina battle for “moral high ground”

We are all aware that throughout the country the corporations and the wealthy have taken over government and continue to enact a program...

Corporate giant holds West Virginia retirees hostage

Nearly one year ago, Occupy Century Aluminum retirees were standing on this very spot, the median on Route 2 just outside of town, breaking down...

Democracy Convention in Madison WI

The Peoples Tribune’s Sandy Reid, interviewed Adam Porton, one of the organizers for the upcoming Democracy Convention...

Immigration Reform, 2013

Today’s immigration debates are occurring in an environment of enforced austerity at home, where even previously comfortable U.S. born workers...

Taxpayer Funded Voucher Schools for the Wealthy

The plan by Governor Scott Walker to expand vouchers across Wisconsin is a direct attack on public education, the latest in a reign of...

Chicago: School wars continue

In recent weeks the unelected and corporate sponsored Chicago school board has stepped up its attack on the public schools. In addition to the...

Healthcare and civility spiraling out of control

Patriots and lovers of the American people, this message is for you! The rise and powerful control that technology has over the lives...

Voting rights already crushed in Michigan

The economic foundation of society creates conditions for change based on what that society needs to maintain life...

Public Workers struggles in Oakland, CA:A new stage of working class struggle08

On Friday, June 28, community members including Women’s Economic Agenda Project (WEAP) joined workers from public...

Dark Alliance: the CIA, the Contras, and Crack Cocaine Explosion by Gary Webb

This book is really three stories in one. Firstly, it is an expose of the CIA involvement with the Contras in Nicaragua. They set up a huge cocaine...

Total media blackout on anti-corporate proposition

It’s no surprise, trawling through the media on the 22nd of May, to find that not a single mention was made about the passage of Proposition C ...

Los Angeles city elections

The campaigning for the L.A. City Mayor and a number of other offices and Propositions is over. Now that the dust has settled, we find that Los Angeles City Councilman, Eric Garcetti has clearly won over his opponent...

The People’s Streets

I write to you today with hope that somehow you will see the lies they spread before our eyes we can not just let be we must rise up, we must fight back, we mustn't let them win...

Green shadow cabinet at the Left Forum

As protesters in Istanbul flooded the streets in opposition to a plan to destroy a beloved city park and erect a shopping mall in its place, a protest that evolved into a call for political representation and freedom from an authoritarian...

Interview with Hugh Moore:The Green Party and a real peace movement

Talk about the “lesser of two evils.” The selection of the “lesser of two evils” is still choosing evil. Every time I talk about the Green Party I hear about...

Poor criminalized while rich criminals get off

June 2 marks the two-year anniversary of the Chicago Housing Authority residents' Town Hall meeting protest at the Charles Hayes...

From the darkness of night, the light of a new day: Scipio Africanus Jones

Editor’s Note: This is part two of a four-part series. NORTH LITTLEROCK, AR — In later years, Scipio Africanus Jones continued his law practice and...

Gentrification Is Alive In Benton Harbor

Benton Harbor, Detroit, and other cities—a total of six, plus three school districts—no longer have voting power in the state...

Whirlpool and Benton Harbor School Struggles

“Superintendent Seawood and Whirlpool plan to drive students from public schools into privately run charters. Whirlpool wants...