Workers World at the Left Forum

June 3, 2013

Among the 1,000 speakers ready to present their ideas at the 2013 Left Forum at Pace University in downtown Manhattan…

Too many unemployed; jobs fairs close

June 2, 2013

Philadelphia has the highest poverty rate of any of the 10 largest U.S. cities: It’s 28.4 percent. Some 31 percent…

Foreclosure struggles escalate in U.S. cities

June 2, 2013

Anti-foreclosure activists and foreclosed homeowners escalated their struggle against the federal government during the week of May 20. In Washington,…

Chicago board closes 50 schools

June 2, 2013

Despite a heroic series of demonstrations led by the Chicago Teachers Union that involved support from school pupils and community…

Obama’s peace rhetoric masks U.S. aggression

June 2, 2013

A violent, worldwide war against “terror” engenders resistance. These are not just outbreaks of individual rage as in Boston or…

Malcolm Latif Shabazz

June 2, 2013

Taken from a May 18 audio column from prisonradio.org. The writer is a political prisoner at SCI Mahanoy in Frackville,…

South Africa mineworkers union asks 60 percent pay raise

June 2, 2013

South Africa’s miners have been forced to threaten strikes following an announcement that thousands of workers would be laid off.…

René González speaks at news conference for the Cuban 5

June 1, 2013

Washington, D.C. — René González, the first of the Cuban Five to be released from U.S. jails, was the first speaker…

Detroit struggle ramps up versus emergency manager

May 31, 2013

The struggle of Detroit residents to save our city from ruin by the banks and financial institutions has gone into…

On the picket line

May 31, 2013

Low-wage workers strike in D.C. Hundreds of low-wage workers in Washington, D.C., struck on May 21, calling for a living…