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The 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson's declaration of a "War on Poverty" has reignited a debate about the persistence of inequality.
Socialist Worker looks at the results of the midterms — and what they tell us about reaction and resistance in a polarized country.
Even as it was experiencing electoral successes, the Socialist Party was deeply divided--the First World War would be a crucial turning point.
Supporting the Sanders campaign will be ineffective at best for the left--and disorienting and incapacitating at worst.
Sanders' success has prompted a debate on the left about an old question: Should socialists work inside the Democratic Party?
A Vermont socialist looks behind the image to examine the real record of self-identified "independent" Bernie Sanders.
THE TET Offensive first came to the attention of the U.S. military in spectacular fashion hours after it began on the night of January 30, 1968, when 19 Vietnamese resistance fighters blew a hole ...
The first-ever strike against a U.S. charter operator has ended in a victory for educators and students. Now it can inspire others to fight.
The editors of Jacobin and Socialist Worker discuss the impact of the Sanders campaign and what it means for the efforts of socialists in the U.S.
Confronting anti-trans bigotry is not merely a matter of political principle for socialists, but a life-and-death struggle against erasure.
Flint's lead-poisoning crisis is finally getting national attention. But will the austerity fanatics and unaccountable bureaucrats be held responsible?
A U.S. socialist explains why Marxists view the working class as the social force capable of transforming capitalist society.