Nationwide rallies demand justice for Marissa Alexander

September 19, 2013

Dozens of people gathered in Philadelphia on Sept. 14 as part of a Nationwide Day of Rallies calling for Justice…

Yellow ribbons & a new book to free the Cuban 5

September 19, 2013

Cubans festooned their island with yellow ribbons on Sept. 12, marking the 15th anniversary of the arrest of five Cuban…

U.S. backs brutal Egyptian military regime

September 19, 2013

Armed to the teeth by the U.S., the Egyptian military regime under General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is brutally attacking not…

Korea, Rodman style

September 19, 2013

Dennis Rodman’s skill as a basketball All-Star is matched by his penchant for making “outrageous” statements that hit home —…

Economic contraction and military expansion

September 19, 2013

This essay is reprinted from the pamphlet “Reindustrialization: The Menace Behind the Promise,” written by Workers World Party founder Sam…

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 17

September 19, 2013

From matrilineal clan to patriarchy — Feasting as an instrument for deepening social inequality The dissolution of the matrilineal clan…

U.S. solidarity & fact-finding delegation visits Syria

September 18, 2013

A delegation of anti-war and human-rights activists from the United States entered Syria Sept. 16 on a fact-finding and people-to-people…

Detroit emergency manager dictates ‘lights out’

September 18, 2013

When the lights went out at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center (CAY­MAC) in downtown Detroit on Sept. 11, it…

Income gap grows still wider

September 18, 2013

For ever so long, workers have been told that this capitalist system we live under works to our benefit. Sure,…

Michigan anti-fracking movement worries gas industry

September 18, 2013

Capitalist propaganda has a peculiar way of turning reality on its head. A case in point is the well-funded effort…