Nancy MacLean tells the story of the Populist movement of the 1890s--when it briefly challenged the hold of white supremacy in the U.S. South. IT WAS an event without precedent in the South. On a few ...

THE NORTHERN Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Southeastern Montana lies on one of the richest coal deposits in North America. The Northern Cheyenne are a nation of a little over 4,000 people. The ...

Scott Johnson celebrates the life of "The Little Tramp," Charlie Chaplin, on the anniversary of his birth 120 years ago. Playing "The Little Tramp"--dressed in an ill-fitting suit with a toothbrush ...

HE EARNED the nickname of "Lenin of Harlem" in his early years, but ended his life as a determined anti-communist. He was known as "Mr. Black Labor," but always protected his union presidency, even ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., --More than 40 protesters joined Noelia Ramos outside her home on December 23 to successfully prevent a foreclosure auction and keep her family in their home for the holidays. The ...

A new reality show that claims to find common ground between corporate executives and workers is really a capitalist fairy tale, says Nicole Colson. "THIS WILL change the way I work every day." So ...

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MIKE DAVIS is a leading left-wing voice and author of Ecology of Fear and the forthcoming Planet of Slums. He talked to Socialist Worker about the questions we should be asking about the Indian Ocean ...

KEITH ROSENTHAL reports on the case of an Iraqi American victim of John Ashcroft's "war on terror." WHILE SADDAM Hussein remains locked up at an undisclosed location ...

NANCY WELCH looks at the causes of the health care crisis depicted in Michael Moore's Sicko. AS MICHAEL Moore's Sicko hits theaters, the simmering health care crisis appears headed for a boil. The ...

A NEW report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) criticizing Iran's efforts to develop enriched uranium has become the focus of the latest effort to isolate the country--while the U.S.

MORE THAN 120 activists from around the U.S. met in Chicago April 22 to coordinate plans for national May Day protests for immigrant and worker rights. While Congress debates "compromise" legislation ...