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Four Chilean Student Leaders Make the Jump to Parliament
Four of the Chilean student leaders who upended their nationu2019s political agenda in 2011 with dozens of street protests on Sunday transformed their activist power and won congressional offices …
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James Early: “Liberty and Justice for Some People”
In this series of Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, James Early talks about American identity and growing up African-American facing the deep racism of the South.
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Calle 13’s René “Residente” Pérez on Revolutionary Music, WikiLeaks & Puerto Rican Independence
Calle 13, one of Latin Americau2019s most popular bands, released a new song this week featuring an unlikely collaborator u2014 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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Three Million More in Poverty than Previously Estimated
Census reveals new poverty figures near 50 million.
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Feeding the Flame of Revolt
As our country continues to protect the corporate interests of the ruling class Jeremy Hammond reminds us that no one can save us but ourselves.
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Astroturf “Fix the Debt” Caught Ghostwriting for College Students
u201cFix the Debtu201d and its pet youth group, The Can Kicks Back, have been caught writing op-eds for college students and placing the identical articles in papers across the …
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German Expose of America’s “Secret War” Attracts Quick, Strong US Rebuttal
The US Embassy calls German allegations of privacy breach false and visa versa in the latest political mud slinging debacle caused by the NSA surveillance scandal.
Abortion Providers Are Heroes: In Defense of Abortion On Demand and Without Apology
Today, we speak with Sunsara Taylor of StopPatriarchy.org, who just returned from Jackson defending the Women's Health organization from the anti-choice group Operation Save America, described by StopPatriarchy.org as …
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Boeing Blackmails Washington Workforce on 777X Production
Boeing is threatening to move production of the huge new 777X out of Washington to avoid the union.
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‘I Sold My Sister for 300 Dollars’
Palestinian refugees reduces to immense poverty are forced to sell young family members into arranged marriages for money.