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The pandemic crisis necessitates the need for solidarity among the working class. A revival of trade unions, focusing on new strategies that can fully adapt to the dynamics of India’s informal economy, is vital for building up this solidarity. 

Labor journalist John Swinton visited the Marx family on vacation in Southern England and wrote this dispatch showing Marx in his last years - no less astute, productive and committed to the class struggle than at any time in his adult life.

The fall of the Confederate monuments seemed impossible until the killing of George Floyd and the nationwide movement it propelled.

"In Minnesota, we know that organized people will always beat organized money. Despite outside efforts to defeat us, we once again broke turnout records. Despite the attacks, our support has only grown."

New York Democratic legislators are trying to tax stock trades and capital gains. Wall Street is horrified by such a development — but luckily, their millions in campaign contributions have helped create a solid friend in Andrew Cuomo.

Donald Trump's executive order wouldn't do much to immediately help the 20 million or so Americans who face losing their homes in the next few months.

If you're a blue-collar worker who cares primarily about bashing immigrants then Trump is your guy. But if you are a blue-collar worker who cares about your economic well-being and opportunities for your children Trump is not your friend.

A reviewer's respectful, if somewhat critical, look at a new book on the Italian Renaissance that seeks to contextualize that movement within the broader sweep of history and within the social conflicts of its time.

The China debate continues, Lebanon explodes, Bolivians rebel against coup regime, and more

Democracy Now speaks with Ziad Abu-Rish, a historian and research fellow at the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies and co-director of Bard College’s Masters of Arts program in human rights and the arts.