U.S. agent’s family calls for negotiations with Cuba

January 7, 2013

As of Dec. 3, U.S. Agency for International Development contractor Alan Gross has been in jail in Cuba for three…

2013: a year to free the Cuban 5

January 7, 2013

Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González and René González are five Cuban men held unjustly for their 15th…

Socialism key to Cuba’s love for human life

January 7, 2013

  Excerpts from a talk by LeiLani Dowell, WW managing editor, at the Nov. 17-18, 2012, Workers World Party conference…

On the picket line

January 7, 2013

Chicago Teachers Union charges racial discrimination In a federal lawsuit filed Dec. 26, the Chicago Teachers Union and three teachers…

U.S. to deploy troops to 35 African countries

January 7, 2013

The Barack Obama administration revealed plans to deploy 3,500 troops to nearly three dozen African states to purportedly address a…

Anti-war group calls for vigilance as battle for Syria continues

January 7, 2013

The United National Anti-war Coalition has called upon anti-war activists across the United States to be vigilant against the growing…

East Coast ports strike looms — Feb. 6 deadline

January 4, 2013

Just days before a potential strike by more than 14,500 workers at 14 ports along the Eastern U.S. and the…

Pacific Northwest longshore workers reject cutbacks

January 4, 2013

International Longshore and Warehouse Union locals in the Pacific Northwest continue to work at terminals owned by the Grain Handlers…

Chicago teachers’ union points the way

January 4, 2013

The teachers’ strike last September was a high-water mark in the class struggle in Chicago, and it shows in which…

Emancipation and incarceration

January 4, 2013

Even as the U.S. officially celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans make up the largest portion…