Human needs before profits

Workers are not robots! Racism, high-tech speedup and the Amazon union drive

A historic organizing drive is underway in Bessemer, Ala., at the Amazon BHM1 warehouse. Almost 6,000 majority-Black workers — almost…

March 8, 2021

Vaccines: China vs. Western imperialism

Vaccine Racism: How wealthy nations stockpile life-saving vaccines while poor countries and poor people within these countries are ignored. How…

March 5, 2021

Todo el mundo está mirando 

“Un ataque contra uno es un ataque contra todxs.” Este famoso lema laboral, popularizado por los Trabajadores Industriales del Mundo…

March 5, 2021

Raise the minimum wage to $15 — at least!

A $15-per-hour minimum wage cannot be included in the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill proposed by Congressional Democrats. So ruled…

March 1, 2021

‘Rubin never lost a case’ – Rubin Kanowitz, 1931-2021

Some younger Workers World Party members met Rubin Kanowitz for the first time when he was a communist elder, still…

February 26, 2021

COVID crisis drags down U.S. life expectancy

The number of deaths due to COVID-19 in the United States is now over 500,000.  According to the National Center…

February 24, 2021

Texas freeze – Rich get richer, workers suffer

Houston An unprecedented winter storm hit Texas Feb. 15, bringing subfreezing temperatures. One week later, huge sections of the population…

February 23, 2021

India: Rail roko protest and growing state-sanctioned terror

Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the farmer unions’ umbrella body, launched a rail roko protest to halt train transit in many parts…

February 22, 2021

Portland, Ore. — Police stop hungry people from retrieving food from dumpster

Portland, Ore.  As a massive winter storm swept across the U.S. last week, knocking out power from Oregon to Texas…

February 22, 2021

Reparations, health care and the pandemic

The late John Conyers — U.S. Representative from Michigan and a member of the Congressional Black Caucus — introduced bill…

February 8, 2021