Detroit struggle ramps up vs. state takeover

April 7, 2013

Major developments took place in Detroit during the first week of the city’s rule under emergency manager Kevyn Orr. A…

Activist Dick Gregory on hunger strike to demand freedom for Lynne Stewart

April 5, 2013

The legendary African-American comedian and longtime civil rights activist, Dick Gregory — now 80 years old — released the following…

Migrant groups in South Korea: ‘No to war of aggression in the Korean Peninsula’

April 5, 2013

The following statement was jointly signed by the Federation of Filipino Workers Association in Korea, the Southern Tagalog Organization, the Association…

Protesters tell Schumer: ‘Stop deportations!’

April 5, 2013

On April 2, the newly formed Migrant Power Alliance held a noontime action in front of the Manhattan office of…

Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)

April 5, 2013

Taken from a March 27 audio column from prisonradio.org.  The writer is a political prisoner at SCI Mahanoy in Frackville,…

Russell ‘Maroon’ Shoatz transferred

April 5, 2013

Taken from a March 20 audio column from prisonradio.org. To read more on the case of political prisoner, Russell Shoatz,…

North Korea: ‘U.S. should ponder grave situation’

April 4, 2013

Editor’s note: Workers World reprints below an official statement from the Korean People’s Army on the dangerous situation created by…

Judge stops eviction of homeowner with disabilities

April 4, 2013

Detroit — S. Baxter Jones appeared before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Walter Shapero on April 4 in a desperate attempt to…

Fast food workers strike in New York City

April 4, 2013

April 4 — Fast-food workers have walked out on strike today at locations throughout New York City to mark the…

Racist violence in the North: The ‘Draft Riots’ of 1863

April 4, 2013

As the United States commemorates the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln in…