John Parker

Milwaukee community supports youth uprising against cops

Milwaukee Solidarity with youth fighting police terror was strong at an informal gathering in Sherman Park here on Aug. 21.…

August 22, 2016

Los Angeles Workers Assembly says ‘no exemptions’ – $15 and a union for all!

The following press statement was issued May 31 by the Los Angeles Workers Assembly in response to Rusty Hicks, head…

June 1, 2015

Los Angeles struggle wins wage increase

Activists say ‘better, but not enough’ Los Angeles Workers Assembly All the pressure created by organizations and individual activists fighting…

May 26, 2015

Women fight back against racist killer cops

Los Angeles — Women leaders in the anti-police brutality struggle that reaches from Oakland, Calif., to New York City gathered…

April 2, 2015

Autopsy confirms Los Angeles police murder of Ezell Ford

Occupy LAPD Headquarters Los Angeles -- After four months and an order from a mayor responding to pressure from protests…

January 5, 2015

The struggle for $15 an hour in Los Angeles

Excerpts from the talk given by John Parker at the 2014 Workers World Party National Conference in New York City.…

November 22, 2014

Los Angeles activists petition for $15 minimum wage

The city of Los Angeles has a $15 Minimum Wage Ballot Initiative, introduced by the Los Angeles Workers Assembly, which…

November 15, 2014

‘We still need $15 and a union – now!’

Organizations in Los Angeles are attempting to put a $15-an-hour minimum wage referendum on the ballot for that city. John…

September 29, 2014

Outside the funeral, conversations about racist brutality

Ferguson, Mo., Aug. 25 — Many thousands of people, the majority of them standing outside the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist…

August 26, 2014

Ferguson, Mo., community activists talk to WW

Ferguson, Mo., Aug. 24 — Abdul Syed marches courageously and in solidarity with the hundreds of protesters who march nightly…

August 25, 2014