Brooklyn, N.Y.: ’No to gentrification’

July 22, 2014

The Equality for Flatbush Project held a “Save Affordable Housing/Fight Gentrification Visibility Day” on July 19 to demand an end…

Essence of neoliberal empire — Social chaos and world destruction

July 22, 2014

Alberto Rabilotta is an Argentine-Canadian journalist specializing in economic issues. Workers World is publishing this two-part article as a contribution…

Hamas’ conditions for ceasefire

July 21, 2014

The Alternative Information Center describes itself as “an internationally oriented, progressive, joint Palestinian-Israeli activist organization, located in Beit Sahour and…

What happens when the U.S. shoots down a passenger plane?

July 21, 2014

Remember the Iranian airliner? On July 3, 1988, the USS Vincennes launched a surface-to-air missile at an Iranian civilian airliner.…

U.S., media distort facts, blame rebels for plane tragedy

July 21, 2014

July 21 — A civilian passenger plane is rerouted over a war zone. The plane crashes mysteriously in rebel-held territory. Within…

Fidel Castro on Ukraine and Gaza

July 21, 2014

Fidel Castro writes a regular column for Granma. The Havana newspaper is named for the ship that in 1956 carried…

Malaysian airline crash: U.S./EU to blame

July 19, 2014

The world is shocked and dismayed that in the midst of a civil war in Ukraine, provoked by United States…

NSA spy campaign against Muslims exposed

July 17, 2014

On the one hand, the U.S. government, through its Supreme Court, has decided that corporate bosses, if their religious biases…

Bankruptcy court addresses Detroit water shutoffs

July 17, 2014

July 16 — A dog and pony show put on by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Detroit municipal bankruptcy…

The U.S. dollar: A tool for Washington’s arrogance

July 17, 2014

It was just another small story on the business pages and in the blogs devoted to economic news: The U.S.…