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Joe Allen uncovers an important document about developments in the working class movement half a century ago--with lessons activists can apply today. "THE RANK and file revolt against long-incumbent ...

Bernie Sanders kicked off his campaign for the Democratic Party presidential nomination with a large and enthusiastic rally in Burlington, Vermont, on May 26. Sanders' candidacy has prompted ...

Helen Scott, editor of the recently published book The Essential Rosa Luxemburg, introduces one of the classic works from the Marxist tradition on the revolutionary power of the working class. WHEN ...

WHEN TRYING to come to a decision--whether it is a trade union meeting or a group of student activists organizing against sweatshops--participants naturally are happiest when everyone ends up on the ...

The centerpiece of Barack Obama's health care law is now online, but those who hope it will fix the system have some disappointments ahead.

Christine Darosa reports on the fight of a transgender union activist in Service Employees International Union Local 1021 to remove a union supervisor from his position because of his reported ...

Quality health insurance provided by employers is already rare, but it could soon become extinct, thanks to Barack Obama's health care law.

Previously published by the International Socialist Organization. Material on this Web site is licensed by SocialistWorker.org, under a Creative Commons (by-nc-nd 3.0) license, except for articles ...

Previously published by the International Socialist Organization. Material on this Web site is licensed by SocialistWorker.org, under a Creative Commons (by-nc-nd 3.0) license, except for articles ...

KURT VONNEGUT is one of America's best-known novelists, with half a century of writings and close to 20 books to his name. He's also earned a reputation as an opponent of war and injustice, both in ...

A CHALLENGE from the left has shaken up Brazil's presidential election, which the incumbent, Luis Inácio "Lula" da Silva, was expected to easily win. Despite a series of corruption scandals involving ...