Corporate media and ‘moderate’ democrats are defending the oligarchy against Bernie Sanders
If Biden, Buttigieg, Klobuchar or Bloomberg win the Democratic presidential nomination, that would be a triumph for oligarchy in the midst of rising grassroots opposition.
How workers and management at one company teamed up to fight the pandemic
PCI and Local 286 recognized early on the importance of protecting workers from the virus and preparing for a possible role in distributing vaccines.
Shrewd deceptions: Lying by omission
Understanding how misguided and arguably insane our military priorities and spending are.
How workers and pro-union politicians team up for fair trade
"You’ve got to be really vigilant about it. You’ve got to pay attention all the time."
Dodging Biden’s moral collapse is no way to defeat Trump
Biden apologists go on and on with evasion and verbal gymnastics to defend the indefensible.
Five groups of Americans who’ll get shafted under Trump’s hiring freeze
This freeze is a bad idea, but there will be more where this came from.
Five Prerequisites for War Against ISIS
As we move toward war against ISIS, we must be vigilant – to fairly allocate the burdens of who’s called on to fight the war, to protect civil liberties, to protect innocent civilians abroad, to avoid hate and bigotry, and to fairly distribute the cost of paying for war.
Washington Asks, ‘Who Lost Ramadi?’ But Washington Never Had Ramadi
Why do Republicans think that if the U.S. occupied Iraq for longer, Ramadi would have somehow become a U.S. protectorate? The whole debate over “who lost Ramadi” is no debate because Washington never had Ramadi.
On Patriotism
True patriots don’t hate the government of the United States. They’re proud of it. They may not like everything it does, and they justifiably worry when special interests gain too much power over it. But true patriots work to improve our government, not destroy it.
The meaning of America
We are forgetting the real meaning of America – the ideals on which our nation was built. We are losing our sense of the common good.







