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Since he entered office, President Bush has made it his business to restrict and eliminate women’s rights. The man who said that he would do everything in his power to restrict abortions is indeed carrying out the mandate from the religious right.

After only three days in the White House, illegitimate President “Dubya�? Bush officially unveiled his national education plan, titled “No child left behind.�? It is a close call on what will actually be adopted by the narrowly divided House and 50/50 Senate. On the campaign trail, Bush prided himself as the “education president.�? We all predicted that what he meant by that was the dismantling of public ed as we know it, but who figured it would come so soon?

Youth and students are feeling the brunt of the right-wing attack today. The struggle to preserve and improve public education is one of them and boils down to our fundamental democratic rights. Bush and associates have on their agenda to decimate social services and education is one of them. Their solution is simply privatization.

Lucy Parsons was a Black woman, a communist, a fighter for the working class and a valiant defender of political prisoners. Yet she is almost unkown here among U.S. progressives.

For many Americans, Inauguration Day is an elaborate ceremony held to acknowledge their country’s new president. In the past, I sat by passively as presidents were sworn in as the holders of America's highest office. This Inauguration Day was different. This Inauguration Day, I joined with thousands of others in Washington, DC to protest the illegitimate “election�? of George W. Bush.

Thousands of young people from around the world will gather in Algiers, Algeria August 8-16, 2001, for the 15th World Festival of Youth & Students (WFYS). This year’s festival will mark the continuation of the festival movement that began in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1947 and has continued up through the 14th Festival in Havana, Cuba, 1997.

The accusations of racism regarding the experiences of many Blacks and Latinos at the polls in Florida echo the historical exclusion of people of color from American political life. This is the real crisis – not the chads – and it should come as no surprise.

While Americans sit watching television, listening to the talking heads in order to figure out this mess of an election, the rest of the world has been making its own judgements. The world is seeing not only the hypocrisy of the U.S. elections but an even clearer example of blatant anti-democratic practices:
Imagine that our U.S. politicians, corporate media and ruling class observe elections in an “emerging democracy�? be it in the third world or a former socialist country, finding ...

George W. Bush delivered his “victory speech�? almost a week ago even though the recounts were still ongoing. So much for the will of the voters.

The November 2000 popular vote proves that all the pre-election polls did not reflect the true sentiment of the majority in our country. Labor, along with other progressive forces like the NAACP, Coalition of Black Trade Unions, National Organization for Women and Rainbow/Push Coalition turned out the “unlikely voters.�?

Facts gathered by various news sources, yet basically ignored by major news networks...

The November election is rare in that all three branches of government are up for grabs. We need to decide if we are going to spend the next four or more years fighting to expand civil rights, increase the minimum wage, improve healthcare, strengthen our public schools and more, or struggling to preserve what is already in place.

Even though there is only a "one-foot" difference between Bush and Gore, there's a lot riding on that difference. For the mass of low wage workers, the difference is that Bush would veto a minimum wage hike, but Al Gore would sign it.

On Sept. 14, the New York club of the YCL joined a crowd of 500 in Newark, NJ, for a Hip-Hop Celebrity Auction.

The next President will have the power to nominate at least two, and maybe up to four, Supreme Court justices. This is a critical point because the court is closely divided on a number of important issues.

So where does socialism start? Well, let's just say it can start on Wally's farm in Geneva, Ohio, with 33 YCLers revved up to discuss Marxism, coalitions, and elections. The buckeye state hosted students and young workers from 14 different cities. A "tent city" was built that was called home for four days along with the chickens, cows, pigs, and cats.

Working families are asking: If this is what Bush has done for Texas, what would he do for America as president?

Workers on strike endure long and somtimes lonely hours on the picket line. When young people come out to show support, it's not only good politics--it's also good fun. At the end of our June 1999 National Council meeting, members of the Young Communist League USA, joined in solidarity with the kitchen workers of Angelo and Maxie's at their picket line for the right to organize.

Every day in America, millions of television viewers are bombarded by their class enemy, right in the comfort of their own home. Television is the prime source of news information for the majority of Americans. And what do we get?