Racism and Self-Determination

U.S. invades and occupies Haiti − in 1915

This slightly edited article was originally published in Workers World/Mundo Obrero, August 3, 2015. The United States began its military…

July 15, 2021

After 64-day hunger strike, Palestinian activist released 

Ghandafar Abu Atwan, a 28-year-old Palestinian man, has finally been released after a 64-day hunger strike. He was protesting his…

July 15, 2021

Hunger strikers in Pennsylvania solitary win demands

Philadelphia Prisoners in solitary confinement who went on a hunger strike June 23 in the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix…

July 15, 2021

No ‘middle ground’
Abolish the death penalty!

President Biden is under intense pressure from activists around the country to abolish the federal death penalty after a state-sanctioned…

July 14, 2021

Unequal justice in Philadelphia

Philadelphia As protests over the police murder of George Floyd engulfed the U.S. in spring 2020, in Philadelphia two polar-opposite…

July 14, 2021

‘Say her name: Sandra Bland’

July 10 marks the sixth anniversary of the day when Sandra Bland was pulled over while driving to a new…

July 9, 2021

Voter suppression – class war against workers

A July 1 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court issued a death blow to the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which…

July 9, 2021

Rally: Free Mumia and all political prisoners

A 16-foot puppet of Mumia Abu-Jamal greeted participants and passersby July 3 at a rally: “In the spirit of Consuewella…

July 6, 2021

Defund sheriff’s budget, fund mental health

Oakland, California — Youth from the Decarcerate Alameda County coalition rallied at the Board of Supervisors June 22 to demand…

July 5, 2021

Reparations! Bring Indigenous children home

There is no greater proof of genocide than the systematic theft and killing of the children of a people. The…

July 1, 2021