Perspectives
Drones come to the US
By Bill Van Auken, February 21, 2012
The legalization of drone flights inside the United States has ominous implications for democratic rights.
Obama hails record GM profits
The wage-cutter in chief
By Patrick Martin, February 20, 2012
President Barack Obama has taken credit for the record-setting profits of General Motors this week, after the largest US automaker reported it raked in $7.6 billion for 2011, the most ever.
Honduras’s prison inferno: A crime of capitalism
By Bill Van Auken, February 18, 2012
The horrific fire that killed over 350 prisoners in Honduras is not only a tragedy but a crime for which the country's ruling families and foreign capitalist exploiters bear ultimate responsibility.
Franco’s heirs prosecute Spain’s judge Garzón
By Alejandro López and Chris Marsden, February 17, 2012
The prosecution of Judge Baltasar Garzón by Spanish authorities is both politically and morally obscene.
The Egyptian revolution and the struggle for workers’ power
By Johannes Stern, February 16, 2012
The failure of strike calls by petty-bourgeois “left” parties in Egypt highlights the need for an independent political struggle by the working class with the aim of taking power and establishing socialism.
Greece heads toward a revolutionary explosion
By Peter Schwarz, February 15, 2012
The militant protest by 100,000 people in front of the Greek parliament Sunday evening marked a sharp turn in the mood of the Greek population.
US secret armies gear up for global war
By Bill Van Auken, February 14, 2012
The head of the Pentagon's Special Operations Command, who directs what amounts to a secret and unaccountable army, has asked for greater autonomy in dispatching elite killer squads to every corner of the globe.
The foreclosure fraud settlement: An amnesty for Wall Street criminals
By Barry Grey, February 13, 2012
Last Thursday, the Obama administration announced its latest windfall for Wall Street—a settlement of charges of rampant law-breaking committed by banks in their rush to foreclose on families and seize their homes.
Australia lines up with US for war with China
By Peter Symonds, February 11, 2012
The Australian defence posture report is the latest sign of the Obama administration’s aggressive push against China on all fronts.
The looting of the Greek working class
By Peter Schwarz, February 10, 2012
The “troika” of the European Commission, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank is demanding no less than the complete ruination of the Greek working class.
Fight Ontario Caterpillar plant closure! Unite North American workers against wage-cutting!
By Keith Jones, February 9, 2012
Caterpillar's decision to close its London, Ontario locomotive plant exemplifies the ruthlessness of big business and the urgency of workers in North America and around the world uniting their struggles against the corporate offensive on jobs, wages and workers’ rights.
Syria and the seeds of world war
By Bill Van Auken, February 8, 2012
The Russian-Chinese veto of a UN resolution paving the way for intervention in Syria has provoked a furious reaction from the United States and its imperialist allies.
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