Mattie Starrdust

Prisons censor WW call for May Day strike

Workers World Party and its editorial staff received notices on Feb. 22, March 31 and April 5 from the Pennsylvania…

May 6, 2017

Regime OKs discrimination against trans students

Protests against the Trump regime erupted across the country once again on Feb. 23 in response to the administration’s rollback…

March 1, 2017

A young worker’s take on Syria

The following slightly edited commentary was posted on Facebook by WW contributor Mattie Starrdust on Dec. 14 after the liberation…

December 19, 2016

J20resist.org: Launching #J20 resistance

Workers World Party announces the launch of J20resist.org -- an online resource to help build the resistance against racist, sexist…

December 10, 2016

Activists plan to resist Trump

Activists and concerned community members gathered in Philadelphia Nov. 17 for a town hall meeting to plan the resistance to…

November 27, 2016

Prisoners’ strike sparks solidarity actions

On Sept. 9, the 45th anniversary of the heroic Attica prison uprising in New York, inmates across the country struck…

September 15, 2016

Mississippi counties lose slave labor as prisoners are released

Mississippi's prison population, long ranked as one of the highest per capita in the U.S. and the world, has undergone…

August 23, 2016

On the picket line

United flight attendants demand unified contract United Airlines’ flight attendants may soon see across-the-board pay increases, some as high as…

July 17, 2016

Prisoners harness power of labor strike

As movements for freedom and against mass incarceration continue to build behind prison walls, more prisoners are looking to the…

July 3, 2016

Queer solidarity kicks cops out of Pride

Members of Philadelphia’s multiracial LGBTQ community came together to oppose the nomination of the Philadelphia police Gay Officers Action League…

June 9, 2016