Shelley Ettinger

San Antonio activists take on phony cop ‘unions’

San Antonio — Black Lives Matter activists in San Antonio came out April 16 and 17 to demand an end…

April 21, 2021

‘Save public housing!’ in San Antonio

Scores of public housing residents and their supporters gathered outside the San Antonio Housing Authority’s so-called “housing assistance office” Nov.…

November 23, 2020

As poverty deepens / Black community fights police terror

San Antonio After summer-long mobilizations against racism, white supremacy, and killer cops, activists in San Antonio continued fighting on several…

September 28, 2020

Book review: ‘Against the Loveless World’

“Against the Loveless World,” Susan Abulhawa’s third novel, is that rarest of treasures, a bona fide masterpiece. The kind of…

September 8, 2020

Black entertainers & the roots of anti-Semitism — WW commentary

The commentary below, “LeBron James’ apology & the roots of anti-Semitism” first appeared Dec. 29, 2018, on workers.org.  Its reprint…

July 24, 2020

Larry Kramer, 1935-2020: An appreciation

I joined ACT-UP/NY soon after it formed, in the spring of 1987. Thirty-three years later, I still have vivid memories…

June 1, 2020

WW commentary: Spirit of Harper’s Ferry raid lives on

This is a slightly edited version of this article (subheads were added), published on Oct 21, 2009, in Workers World.…

February 14, 2020

160 years since ‘Bloody Kansas’/The legacy of John Brown

May 9 marks the 220th anniversary of this great abolitionist’s birth. This article was originally published in Workers World on…

February 10, 2020

Migrant punishment ‘protocols’ protested in Texas

Immigrant-rights activists and advocates gathered in protest outside a San Antonio, Texas, courthouse on Jan. 29, the  anniversary of the…

February 5, 2020

WW commentary: LeBron James’ apology & the roots of anti-Semitism

A beloved athlete posts a brief song lyric on social media. Commentators denounce the lyric as offensive and him as…

December 29, 2018