The term "exploitation" conjures images of sweatshops, but Marxists have a broader understanding that applies to the whole working class.

THE MARK Twain we learned about in school is a less than inspiring figure: Twain, the children's author of riverside idylls; Twain, the bitter misanthrope who lashed out at society because of his ...

From interviews with striking miners in Kentucky in the 1970s to debates about how to rebuild a fighting labor movement, SW tried to bring workers’ experiences and opinions to a wider audience ...

Women are primarily responsible for labor in the sphere of reproduction--creating and sustaining the working class--at almost no cost to the system.

Historical materialism is the cornerstone of Karl Marx's theories and views--but how does this concept help us explain the world?

"Nothing can be changed until it is faced," wrote James Baldwin, and a new generation is learning from him about the challenges we face today.

What labor activists today call social justice unionism is a renewal of a long tradition of solidarity in the U.S. labor movement, writes New York City educator Megan Behrent.

One of the Nobel Peace Prize winners is a socialist opponent of U.S. drone strikes, but you wouldn't know it from the media.

The takeover of urban neighborhoods isn't the result of lifestyle changes, but capitalism's relentless pursuit of profit.

Students attend a nonprofit career fair in Chicago Service nonprofits are part of what some progressives and leftists sometimes refer to as the “nonprofit-industrial complex.” The U.S ...

SocialistWorker.org writers introduce 10 of the most important writings by leading thinkers in the revolutionary socialist tradition.

The winning strike by Chicago teachers can be an opening wedge against corporate school "reform"--and a fighting example for other unions.