by Paul Prescod, May 20, 2013
On Friday, May 17th over 2,000 Philadelphia students staged a walkout, rally, and march to voice their opposition to the wave of school closures being planned by their school system. Citing a massive...
posted 05/20/13
by Barry Sheppard, May 6, 2013
In the aftermath of the bombing of the Boston Marathon, the Obama administration is broadening its definition of “terrorism” to include fighters for Black rights in the U.S.
posted 05/8/13
by John B. Cannon, May 3, 2013
I am fascinated by holidays, how they are received, and how that changes over time. I suppose my interest lies at kind of a juncture of cultural studies and something you might call political...
posted 05/3/13
by Barry Sheppard, May 1, 2013
Facing a massive hunger strike by desperate prisoners at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo, Cuba, President Obama has acknowledged that the prison should be shut down. He has said that before over...
posted 05/2/13
by Bai Ruixue and Au Loong Yu, April 30, 2013
Donate to the strikers' solidarity fund here!The strike by around 450 dockworkers at Hong Kong International Terminals (HIT) to demand for higher wages, which began almost one month ago, continues...
posted 04/29/13
by Andy Wojozen, April 29, 2013
On Saturday, April 20, at Barnard College in New York City, a coalition of Ecosocialists hosted a conference whose purpose was to call together [groups and individuals fighting ecological destruction...
posted 04/29/13
by Barry Sheppard, April 23, 2013
I attended a public socialist educational conference in Melbourne, Australia, over the Easter weekend, organized by Socialist Alternative. The conference, called Marxism 2013, featured three full days...
posted 04/20/13
from the editors of Against the Current, April 21, 2013
We present this discussion with Chokwe Lumumba to inform readers about a project combining community organizing and electoral efforts in a changing South, “under the independent banner of the...
posted 04/19/13
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