Phebe Eckfeldt

‘Only socialism would bring emancipation for women’

The liberation and leadership of women was a cornerstone of Vladimir Lenin’s thinking and actions as the leader of the…

November 16, 2023

Resistance behind bars : Walpole prisoner strike 50 years on

March 15 will mark the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Walpole Prison takeover in Massachusetts by incarcerated workers. It ended…

February 25, 2023

Yvonne Swan Wanrow set precedent for self-defense cases

Record numbers of women and gender-oppressed people are being locked up.  Writing for the Guardian, Marianne Kaba estimated that between…

August 29, 2022

Women and gender-nonconforming people: Nothing to lose but our chains

This is a slightly edited version of a talk given during the “What Road To Socialism?” webinar held by Workers…

May 20, 2020

Report from Puerto Rico, Part 2/ PROMESA and earthquakes

On Jan. 8, Workers World reporter Phebe Eckfeldt interviewed Alberto Barreto Cardona, a leading member of Partido Mundo Obrero/Workers World…

February 14, 2020

Report from Puerto Rico — Part 1: Organizing against earthquakes and austerity

On Jan. 8, WW reporter Phebe Eckfeldt interviewed Alberto Barreto Cardona, a leading member of Partido Mundo Obrero/Workers World Party.…

February 11, 2020

Historic 1974 Boston March Against Racism commemorated

Boston Dec. 14 -- Today marked the 45th anniversary of the 1974 March Against Racism in Boston, when 25,000 people…

December 16, 2019

Graduate student workers on strike at Harvard

Cambridge, Mass. On Dec. 3, 4,000 graduate student workers went on strike at Harvard University at both the Cambridge and…

December 11, 2019

Hotel workers win again in Boston

Boston: On Nov. 22, strikers at the Battery Wharf Hotel voted 100 percent to approve a new contract and returned…

December 10, 2019

Hundreds pack State House to resist mass incarceration

Hundreds of families, friends and supporters of prisoners packed the Massachusetts State House Oct. 8 to support “An Act to…

October 15, 2019