Racism and Self-Determination

‘Trayvon 2’ score partial victory

Oakland, Calif. -- Despite overwhelming evidence of the defendants’ innocence in what is being called the “Trayvon 2” case, the…

March 14, 2014

Honor Chokwe Lumumba

Build a people's assembly Jackson, Miss. -- On March 8, hundreds of people, especially from the South and particularly Jackson,…

March 11, 2014

‘Hard Times Conference’ to set socialist agenda for South

Durham, N.C. — These are hard times. In the midst of objectively worsening conditions for workers and the oppressed —…

March 11, 2014

Venezuelans pay tribute to Lumumba

The following statement was released on Feb. 26 by the Embassy of the ­Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela located in Washington,…

March 6, 2014

Spike Lee said the right thing

Brooklyn, N.Y. — When filmmaker Spike Lee made a series of pithy, crowd-pleasing observations opposing the racist effects of gentrification…

March 3, 2014

Free Mumia 60th birthday events

A broad coalition of individuals and organizations committed to seeing political prisoner and world renowned journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal released from…

March 2, 2014

Youth say: Arrest killer cop

Protesters continue to demand justice in the killing of 13-year-old Andy Lopez on Oct. 22, 2013, by Sonoma County, Calif.,…

March 1, 2014

Chokwe Lumumba: ‘The people must decide’

Workers World was saddened to learn that Mayor Chokwe Lumumba of Jackson, Miss., died at the age of 66 on…

February 27, 2014

First Trayvon, now Jordan: No justice, no peace!

Yet another travesty of justice has just occurred in a Florida courtroom.  On Feb. 15, a surprising verdict was announced…

February 25, 2014

Russell Maroon Shoats

Any victory, big or small, for the working class and oppressed population, is a step in the right direction. Even…

February 24, 2014