Workers World staff

Roanoke, Va., Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade

The annual Roanoke, Va., Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade Jan. 16 was sponsored by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference,…

January 19, 2017

Virginia’s first-ever MLK Day march in Lexington

Rejecting white supremacy and embracing unity and solidarity, hundreds took to the streets on Jan. 14 in Lexington, Va., for…

January 16, 2017

Celebrating Dr. King the fighter in Newark, N.J.

By Johnnie Stevens and Steve Millies Over 100 people demonstrated in Newark, N.J., on Jan. 15 to celebrate the Rev.…

January 16, 2017

Labor launches new fightback

Workers and community members across the country began the new year in emergency actions to fight a vicious anti-union, anti-people…

January 11, 2017

#J20: The working class must unite

All out for #J20 Counter-Inaugural! The working class must unite! DON’T GIVE RACIST, FASCIST, UNION-HATING TRUMP “A CHANCE” The presidential…

December 19, 2016

Virginia voters reject anti-union move

A ballot initiative that would have made the state’s “right-to-work” (for less!) law part of the state constitution was defeated…

December 18, 2016

Protesters at U.N.: ‘Stop war on children’

Parents, teachers, youth and anti-war activists rallied outside U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 10, International Human Rights Day,…

December 18, 2016

Alameda Labor Council calls for protests

The Alameda Labor Council, representing unions throughout Alameda County, Calif., has passed a resolution encouraging all unions to organize actions…

December 14, 2016

Roanoke, Va., rallies for ‘Justice for Kionte Spencer’

Dozens of community members from numerous cities across Virginia joined in solidarity here on Dec. 10 for a People’s Rally…

December 12, 2016

Virginia for Standing Rock

Dozens of community members from throughout the Roanoke Valley of Virginia participated in a Solidarity with Standing Rock protest in…

December 8, 2016