Read the details of Hank Skinner's case and why the State of Texas does not want to submit evidence that would probably exonerate him. He is scheduled to be killed by the State of Texas four days from today, on March 24, 2010. Please go to the "how to help"... » read this article

Seven years since the US invasion of Iraq 20 March 2010 On this, the seventh anniversary of the US war against Iraq, we are reposting a statement by David North, chairman of the international editorial board of the World Socialist Web Site, which was originally published by the WSWS on... » read this article

The scheduled start of drilling this month by China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) in Iran’s South Pars gas field could be both a harbinger and explanation of much wider geopolitical developments. First of all, the $5 billion project – signed last year after years of foot dragging by western energy... » read this article

It is being billed as the largest immigration protest since the mass demonstrations of 2006. In immigrant neighborhoods nationwide the expectation ahead of Sunday’s march in Washington, D.C., was palpable. In New York, immigrants gathered days before the protest to paint signs with messages like “Obama, keep your promise.” Popular... » read this article

People from all over the country are organizing to converge on Washington, D.C., to demand the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan and Iraq. On Saturday, March 20, 2010, there will be a massive National March & Rally in D.C. A day of action and outreach in... » read this article

For the first time in the University of California history, the UC Berkeley Student Senate has approved a bill to divest from two US companies in response to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and to Israel’s siege and bombardment of the Gaza Strip. The Senate bill directs both the UC Regents and... » read this article

The display shouldn’t be so shocking. President Barack Obama was a professor before a politician, and that scholarly charm and cool helped get him elected. As if explaining a basic science problem - what goes up must come down, and vice versa - Obama calmly dismissed the suggestion that US-Israeli... » read this article

Labor unions are flexing their muscle this month in scores of protests against the country's largest banks, which are lobbying heavily to influence financial overhaul legislation. Unions will hold roughly 200 events by March 26 aimed at Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Wells... » read this article

Kucinich had been given an offer that he felt he could not refuse. The Obama administration has finished the job it started in January, 2009: crush the progressive wing of the Democratic Party to clear the way for corporate governance. Rep. Dennis Kucinich's was the last Left opposition to Obama's... » read this article

Housing is on the rocks and prices are headed lower. That's not the consensus view, but it's a reasonably safe assumption. Master illusionist Ben Bernanke managed to engineer a modest 7-month uptick in sales, but the fairydust will wear off later this month when the Fed stops purchasing mortgage-backed securities... » read this article

Last week, Mexico's Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare Javier Lozano Alarcon announced a series of legislative proposals which, if approved, would constitute a major blow against Mexican workers and especially embattled independent unions. The measures presented to a meeting of the Business Coordinating Council will be included in a... » read this article

18 March 2010 The past week has seen a marked intensification of the steady drumbeat of threats and provocations against China that has characterized the policy of the Obama administration since last September. That month, the White House signed an order imposing punitive tariffs on Chinese tire imports. This was... » read this article

WASHINGTON- In an attempt to further pressure EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to enforce the Clean Water Act and halt mountaintop removal coal mining (MTR), activists early this morning erected two 20-foot-tall, purple tripod structures in front of the agency's headquarters. A pair of activists perched at the top of the... » read this article

This coming Sunday, March 21, thousands of immigrants and their allies from unions, community and faith based organizations will converge on the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. to call for the passage of comprehensive immigration reform. A progressive immigration reform that protects the rights of both immigrant and U.S. born... » read this article

Come Home, America a national network of Americans from across the political spectrum is forming on the 7th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq to oppose U.S. war and Empire. “After 7 years of the Iraq war, 8 years of war in Afghanistan and in the midst of a ‘Long... » read this article

ROBERT FERGUSON'S nearly eight-year prison sentence in early March for shoplifting a bag of shredded cheese from a California convenience store made headlines around the world. How could such a petty crime trigger such a lengthy sentence? Whether from a moral or public policy point of view, the outcome seemed... » read this article

Axis of Logic - The curtain is going down on the lone-superpower world we know and it is now a most urgent question if and when and how forces for true democracy, human rights, peace and civilization can come out and dissipate the cloud that has spread over what was once... » read this article

Participants in a 260-mile trek from Bakersfield to Sacramento attended a rally at Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park as part of the “March for California’s Future” to highlight how budget cuts have forced the closure of state parks throughout California. Marchers reached Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park after walking almost... » read this article

The Islamic Republic of Iran busted a spy racket linked with the US intelligence agency CIA and arrested 30 people for operating an internet network to gather secret data. In 2006, America's Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, drew up a plan for destabilizing Iran and the Congress allocated a 400 million... » read this article

Why is Barack Obama getting away with constitutional outrages that would have caused an outburst of protest if George Bush committed them, asks Eamonn McCann. GEORGE BUSH was denounced around the world for allowing his intelligence agencies to install wiretaps without warrants from the courts. But Barack Obama authorizes the... » read this article