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Marvel Cooke: Journalist, labor and peace activist
Black History Month Special Reprinted from the People's Weekly World At the intersection of African American History and Women's History months is a long list of Black women who have made history as civil rights, labor and peace activists, educators, scientists, elected officials, physicians, astronauts, artists and much more. Prominent among them, and combining several of those roles, is the journalist and activist Marvel Cooke. In her long life (1903-2000),...
The two Koreas: new approach needed
The hostilities between North and South Korea are dangerous and could escalate with more tragic consequences unless voices for peace are raised.
Oklahoma's extreme anti-abortion law threatens all of us
The abortion ban is part and parcel of the ongoing fascist threats to democracy.
End all racist vigilante and police violence now!
Ending racist police and vigilante violence requires democratic community control of the police, and the repeal of all "stand your ground" laws.
Black August and the struggle for equality
Black August celebrates the history of protest against racist oppression in the U.S., and Saturday's March on Washington continued in that tradition of struggle for full racial equality.
CBTU founder Jim Wilkerson: an exemplary comrade to the end
CBTU founder and CPUSA member, Wilkerson "exemplified working class values in every area of life,” as a stalwart fighter in historic Civil Rights, anti-apartheid, and trade union struggles.
What's behind the price squeeze?
Let’s cut to the headline takeaways: One of the single biggest causes of the current inflation is the pandemic and the breaks in global supply chains that resulted. In a capitalist system, or any “market” system, when supply is restricted and demand remains high, prices rise. The second biggest cause is the U.S. “Cold War 2.0”—geopolitical economic policies directed against Russia and China, and any other country unwilling to...
The current attacks on socialist Cuba, and our response
What you can do to help turn around U.S. foreign policy on Cuba.
The marvelous Marvel Cooke, African American journalist
A radical African American journalist gets her due.
Big Picture Trade Unionism – a Discussion on the Next Steps for the Labor Movement
The labor movement is changing. Technology is changing how we work and produce. Capitalist globalization is creating new international divisions of labor. Global corporate power is restructuring class relations between labor and capital nationally and internationally.