Karen Lewis, 1953-2021: Lessons from a teacher, leader and courageous fighter

February 15, 2021

The global working-class, Black liberation and labor movements lost a courageous fighter when Karen Lewis — former president of the…

Oregon care workers dare to strike

February 15, 2021

In Springfield, Ore., essential health workers at The Rawlin at Riverbend Memory Care facility have set a Feb. 16 strike…

Philadelphians demand COVID safety

February 15, 2021

Several dozen teachers, parents and community activists protested outside Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenny’s home on Feb 12. They were demanding…

Capitalists consolidate control over U.S. farmland

February 12, 2021

The amount of farmland in the United States has been in steady decline for most of the 21st century. While…

Petition to the new U.S. administration: End economic sanctions in the face of the global pandemic

February 12, 2021

Sanctions Kill is asking everyone to sign its new petition to the Biden administration and Congress. To sign, go to…

Immigration changes: What has Biden done so far?

February 12, 2021

Duke university student Anthony Salgado said it best in an editorial for his university paper: “We need immigration revolution, not…

On the picket line

February 12, 2021

Ohio auto parts workers move to unionize Workers at the Borger auto parts plant in Norwalk, Ohio, have experienced sexual…

Biden and Harris won’t help prisoners

February 12, 2021

The following are lightly edited remarks from a Workers World Party webinar on January 21. It’s actually been a very…

‘Progressive’ prosecutors put thousands of lives at risk

February 12, 2021

Philadelphia The novel coronavirus has claimed an unlikely victim in the United States: the Sixth Amendment. The right to a…

Two new books on a people’s response to COVID-19
‘Planète Malade’ and ‘Capitalism on a Ventilator’

February 11, 2021

COVID-19 is an evolving catastrophe for the world’s working class. You may think you have read all that can be…