North, South Korea hold talks as US sanctions press DPRK

Vol. 82/No. 3 - January 22, 2018

For the first time since 2015, representatives of the North and South Korean governments met at the border village of Panmunjom Jan. 9, and “agreed to actively collaborate for the success” of the Winter Olympics taking place in South Korea…


North, South Korea discuss talks as US sanctions squeeze Pyongyang

Vol. 82/No. 2 - January 15, 2018

In his annual New Year’s speech, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his government would like to discuss with its South Korean counterparts participating in the Winter Olympics in South Korea next month. “The Winter Games will be a…


Senate probe of Green Party is threat to workers’ rights

Vol. 82/No. 2 - January 15, 2018

The Senate Intelligence Committee announced Dec. 18 that it’s opening an investigation into the campaign of Jill Stein, who ran as Green Party candidate for U.S. president in 2016, claiming the move is part of its witch hunt into whether…


Kurdish people’s independence fight under attack in Iraq, Syria

Vol. 82/No. 1 - January 1, 2018

Washington, Moscow and the Shiite- and Sunni-led capitalist governments in the Middle East have been jockeying for position to defend their national interests as the wars against both the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria and Islamic State in Syria and…


Millions of workers saddled with unpayable student loan debts

Vol. 82/No. 1 - January 1, 2018

Millions of working people in the U.S. are saddled with huge student loan debts, now at a record level of $1.37 trillion. That’s higher than any other component of the household debt that is strangling growing numbers of working people,…