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Basque leader Arnaldo Otegi freed from Spanish prison

Workers World welcomes the news that an acknowledged leader of the Basque Left, Arnaldo Otegi, was released after spending six-and-a-half…

March 3, 2016

Ana Betancourt: An imperishable Cuban woman

This guest article was contributed by friends in Cuba. By Rosa María Oliva Enríquez and Ildefonso Gustavo Díaz Sandoval Ana…

February 25, 2016

Palestinian-American activist Rasmea Odeh’s conviction vacated

The following is a statement from the Center for Constitutional Rights issued Feb. 25. A U.S. court of appeals today…

February 25, 2016

San Francisco Labor Council: Stand with the Haitian people – overturn the stolen elections

The following San Francisco Labor Council resolution was adopted Feb. 8 by unanimous vote. Whereas, in December 2003 the San…

February 19, 2016

S.F. union: ‘Labor action needed for Flint’

The following resolution was passed unanimously at the January membership meeting of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 10,…

February 17, 2016

Free Mohammed al-Qeeq! Hunger strike turns spotlight on G4S

New Yorkers took to the streets on Jan. 22 and again on Jan. 29 to protest the complicity of the…

February 3, 2016

Black Lives Matter extends solidarity to people of Flint, Mich.

The Black Lives Matter National Network on Jan. 22 issued the following statement of solidarity with the people of Flint,…

January 26, 2016

Jan. 27 social media campaign to support Rasmea Odeh

We publish the following appeal from #Justice4Rasmea on their important campaign this week. Join the Rasmea Defense Committee for a…

January 25, 2016

Syria and ISIS: Some anti-imperialist observations and analysis

This article was submitted to Workers World by U.S. political prisoner Jaan Laaman. With the mid-November ISIS-claimed terrorist attacks in…

January 21, 2016

Oscar López Rivera to Puerto Ricans: ‘Refuse to pay the debt!’

The following is a letter written by Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López Rivera, who has been in a U.S.…

January 21, 2016