Deirdre Griswold

Deirdre Griswold

Deirdre.Griswold@workers.org
Russian Revolution Nov. 7, 1917 − impact on 20th centuryRussian Revolution Nov. 7, 1917 − impact on 20th century

Russian Revolution Nov. 7, 1917 − impact on 20th century

Editor note to readers: November 7 is the anniversary of the first revolution that established working-class power in an entire…

November 7, 2024
1989: Tiananmen Square ‘massacre’ was a myth1989: Tiananmen Square ‘massacre’ was a myth

1989: Tiananmen Square ‘massacre’ was a myth

The article below was first published June 29, 2011, following a release from WikiLeaks confirming that U.S. media claims of…

June 3, 2022
Koreans tell it like it isKoreans tell it like it is

Koreans tell it like it is

From 1950 to 1953, the U.S. government waged a horrendous war against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (the northern…

July 8, 2021
How U.S. destroyed progressive secular forces in AfghanistanHow U.S. destroyed progressive secular forces in Afghanistan

How U.S. destroyed progressive secular forces in Afghanistan

First published in Workers World in October 1996, and then republished on Sept. 27, 2001, just before the U.S. invasion…

July 5, 2021
Good news from ChinaGood news from China

Good news from China

As the COVID-19 epidemic continues to ravage many countries, including the United States, China has announced that it will make…

May 10, 2021
60 years ago: The invasion that failed60 years ago: The invasion that failed

60 years ago: The invasion that failed

Sixty years ago — on April 17, 1961 — some 1,400 heavily armed right-wing exiles waded ashore at Cuba’s aptly…

April 26, 2021
Remembrances of a warehouse order pickerRemembrances of a warehouse order picker

Remembrances of a warehouse order picker

Think 1956. That’s 65 years ago — the year this writer dropped out of college and took a full-time job…

March 9, 2021
Electric cars and China: Another great leap forwardElectric cars and China: Another great leap forward

Electric cars and China: Another great leap forward

China is now the world’s biggest market for automobiles, accounting for a third of global car sales. “It is bigger…

February 1, 2021
A question about the stock marketA question about the stock market

A question about the stock market

A reader recently asked us why the stock market is still going up when the economy is being battered by…

January 28, 2021
Capitalists profit off pandemicCapitalists profit off pandemic

Capitalists profit off pandemic

Many countries around the world have successfully contained the coronavirus. Most notable is China, the most populous nation and the…

November 19, 2020