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Political Affairs is a monthly magazine of ideology, politics, and culture. Our mission is to go beyond simply giving an account of events to providing analysis and investigating what is new and changing in our world -- from a working-class point of view.

In the pages of PA we start from the most basic fact of life: the ongoing struggle between the working class and the capitalist class. This conflict happens in the workplace, in the government, the courts, on the streets, but also in the realm of ideas. We publish stories on the struggle to defeat George W. Bush and his gang of far-right thugs, the labor movement, the battle for racial justice, the end to war and imperialism, women's equality, the fight against homophobia, and working-class views of popular culture and mass media.

While we are partisan, Marxism is not the private property of any person or group. We print a wide variety of views in our quest for truth. Discussion and debate are the only ways to develop better and more useful ideas to defeat the far right, strengthen working people, and build democracy. Political Affairs is a publication of the Communist Party, USA.


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Change ’08

Change '08By Joe Sims There's "a change a-comin'." It's gonna be big, huge. Think China earthquake; think tsunami. Like an earthquake it's going to shake the foundations of US political life from the ...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:18:00 GMT

The Role of Non-violence in History

The Role of Non-violence in HistoryBy Joel Wendland"Guerrilla warfare is history." Hugo Chávez "America is weak," the Russian military officer boldly shouted at us, a group of closely-shaved raw recru...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:15:00 GMT

In Defense of All Our Families

In Defense of All Our FamiliesBy Gregory Esteven Because I have been in "same-sex" relationships in the past (as well as a same-gender, opposite-sex romance) and may well enter into one in the future...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:13:00 GMT

Mac the Knife: Cut the Needy to Feed the Greedy

Mac the Knife: Cut the Needy to Feed the GreedyBy Joelle Fishman An unprecedented discussion is sweeping the country about how to change direction for the common good. Tens of thousands of union me...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:11:00 GMT

Close the Mis-named National Endowment for Democracy

Close the Mis-named National Endowment for DemocracyBy James Jordan Haven't heard of the National Endowment for Democracy? Not many people have. Yet the NED is taxpayer funded and carries out foreign...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:10:00 GMT

¡Cierran a la mal llamada Fundación Nacional por la Democracia!

¡Cierran a la mal llamada Fundación Nacional por la Democracia!By James Jordan ¿Alguna vez has oído mencionar a la Fundación Nacional por la Democracia (Nacional Endowment for Democracy, o NED, por ...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:09:00 GMT

How the Media got "Class" Wrong in the Democratic Primaries

How the Media got "Class" Wrong in the Democratic PrimariesBy Mike Tolochko The struggle for the votes from the working class has never been more openly discussed. In the mainstream media, we've hear...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:07:00 GMT

Jazz on the Rocks: A Rap on Pulp Music

Jazz on the Rocks: A Rap on Pulp MusicBy John Gallo"I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else."  Lily Tomlin Well, Lily, he and his spawn have been. Non-stop. We...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:06:00 GMT

John Howard Lawsons Smash-up: A Lesson on Cold War Culture

John Howard Lawson's Smash-up: A Lesson on Cold War Culture By Anna Bates The mention of screenwriter John Howard Lawson conjures up images of a dauntless, spirited genius, Dean of the Hollywood Ten,...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:04:00 GMT

Book Review: The Race Beat

Book Review: The Race BeatBy Clara West The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation By Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff New York, Vintage, 2006. The gripping d...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:03:00 GMT