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Capitalism: "Horror Without End"

Editorial for issue #74 – The stream of distressing news seems to flow endlessly: School shootings from Colorado to Connecticut. Factory collapses and explosions from Bangladesh to Texas. Terrorist attacks from Pakistan to Boston. Crumbling […]

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Tragedy at the Boston Marathon

Boston, April 17, 2013—Two days later, still stunned by the horrific scene of two bombs scattering the festive crowds cheering runners crossing the finish line of the 117thrunning of the Boston Marathon, residents of the […]

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A Tribute to Hugo Chávez

Hugo Chávez is no more. Always a fighter, Chávez spent his last months in a life and death struggle against a cruel and implacable enemy – cancer. He fought bravely to the very end, but […]

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Venezuela: A Developing Coup Attempt – Urgent Action Needed

On Sunday April 14, Bolivarian candidate Nicolas Maduro won the Venezuelan presidential election by a narrow margin. With 99.12% of the votes counted, there was a 78.71% turn out, with Maduro receiving 7,505,378 votes (50.66%), […]

Review: Les Misérables

Les Misérables resonates particularly well in a society where wealth inequality has reached previously unthinkable levels, and millions of people are searching for some sense of security and freedom. Like the musical for the past […]

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Canada: NDP Convention 2013: Socialism or Austerity?

The Constitution Committee of the federal NDP has proposed a rewrite of the preamble to the party’s constitution. The new wording is supposedly a compromise, after the right-wing of the party was defeated in 2011 […]

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Thatcher Dead—We Remember Her Crimes Against Our Class

The TV is full of the sycophantic outpourings of right-wing commentators and politicians about the sudden death of Margaret Thatcher. The Establishment has rallied to praise her. The Queen has sent a personal message of […]

Causes and Conditions: Why I Joined the WIL

I am currently a graduate student at the School of Social Work at the University of Pittsburgh studying Community Organizing, and it was during orientation that I met a comrade from the Pittsburgh WIL.

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Science Under Attack

Self-proclaimed “science buff” and Missouri State Representative, R. Rick Brattin, has sponsored yet another piece of anti-evolution legislation. The bill would redefine scientific terms to make “intelligent design” seem legitimate enough to be taught alongside […]

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Taxes—and the Crisis of Capitalism

We see record profits for big business, alongside continued “tightening of the belt” for the working class, as well as the biggest federal budget crisis to date. Europe is on the precipice of financial meltdown, […]

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Does Capitalism Make You Happy?

The United States is the most advanced capitalist country on earth—but it is by no means the happiest. What is the material basis for happiness? Why is this an important topic for Marxists?

Immigration: Immediate and Unconditional Legalization for All

In the Spring of 2006, millions of immigrant workers flooded the streets of the United States to say “enough is enough!” But tragically, as with so many other spontaneous explosions of the class struggle, the […]