Human needs before profits

Trump, WHO, the pandemic and big pharma

Smack in the middle of the biggest pandemic in a century, President Donald Trump has announced he is withdrawing the…

June 2, 2020

Big banks profit from COVID-19 as food, shelter, even water at risk for millions

On top of COVID-19, another epidemic — one of growing hunger, evictions and foreclosures — now looms over millions of…

June 2, 2020

Fight budget cuts in cities

Philadelphia Dozens of Philadelphia city workers wearing masks, standing on chalked X marks 6 feet apart, chanted, “Kenney’s cuts hurt”…

May 29, 2020

CUNY and the struggle against COVID-19 cuts

Special to Workers World The City University of New York is the largest urban public university system in the United…

May 28, 2020

As COVID-19 deaths surge, evictions and raids resume – WW commentary

Federal, state, county and city governments are quick to raid and displace a group of people who are unhoused but…

May 27, 2020

In dire economic crisis, lessons from the most oppressed

The U.S. is in a historic, crushing economic crisis, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the Bureau of Labor Statistics…

May 27, 2020

Georgia ‘reopens’ with questionable data

Atlanta Even as Georgia reopens certain businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the state’s Department of Public Health continues to make…

May 27, 2020

U.S. tries to deflect COVID fiasco onto China

A growing world confrontation is roaring onto the political and economic scene. Not a day goes by without the corporate…

May 26, 2020

Carrizo Comecrudo Tribunal for Human Rights: ‘The Indian Wars are not over’

An important online tribunal — the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribunal for Human Rights — will take place on May 22-23 and…

May 21, 2020

Organizing health care for patients, not profits

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

May 20, 2020