Revolution in 1930s Spain: The Second Republic
Spain had entered the 20th century as one of the most backward countries in Europe. An aged, decrepit monarchy…
The Indypendent
Spain had entered the 20th century as one of the most backward countries in Europe. An aged, decrepit monarchy…
It’s Time to Lift the Debt Burden Wall Street Loaded Onto Our Backs
Politicians never tire of tropes, and there’s one tickling many on their tongues these days: Americans want Washington to…
With the scandal around Rupert Murdoch growing by the day, a full-fledged boycott of News Corp. has been launched…
Reading the World In a Loaf of Bread
What can a humble loaf of bread tell us about the world? The answer is: far more than you…
FedEx Package Handlers to Vote on Teamsters
If 71 package handlers at the FedEx Ground warehouse in Brockton, Massachusetts, win the union election scheduled for August…
Tug-of-War over Nuclear Energy in France
The nuclear disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant has upended the politics of atomic energy worldwide. Following the disaster,…
Resistance to Political and Business Assaults on Indigenous Land and Resources in Honduras
“The historical, political and cultural significance of the Constitutional Assembly of Indigenous and Afro Honduran women recently held in…
Are Gangs Organizing the California Prison Hunger Strike?
On the first day of this month, inmates at Pelican Bay State Prison, joined by inmates in other prisons…
What Did the Murdochs Know, and When Did They Know It?
It just keeps getting dirtier and dirtier—and that was before yesterday morning’s report that Sean Hoare was found dead…
The increasingly shaky position of Afghan President Hamid Karzai–and the U.S.-led NATO occupation that props him up–was further exposed…