Human needs before profits

Pandemic & capitalism are behind the rise of hunger in the U.S.

Dairy farmers are dumping millions of gallons of milk into lagoons. Produce farmers are plowing fresh vegetables back into the…

April 22, 2020

<div class="streamer">WW Commentary:</div> People with disabilities fight to be counted in the battle vs. COVID-19 and depression

“When the able-bodied community gets the sniffles, we get pneumonia. … The difficulties are multiplied tenfold,” said Damien Gregory, an…

April 22, 2020

100+ strikes demand: PPE before profits!

Since the beginning of March, workers have held over 100 walkouts, sick-outs, sit-ins, pickets and protests over their bosses’ failure…

April 21, 2020

Big money backs ultra-rightist protests to ‘open the economy’

Amidst the unending stream of grim news flowing from the COVID crisis, a new disturbing image has emerged over the…

April 21, 2020

A prescription for health care justice

After much discussion, the health care workers caucus — comprised of Workers World Party members working in various areas of…

April 20, 2020

The meek won’t inherit the Earth: Mass action will save the planet

This article by Workers World Party founding member and chairperson Sam Marcy was published in WW on April 26, 1990.…

April 17, 2020

Uncounting 40% of deaths

April 14 — How many people have actually died of the COVID-19 virus and related conditions? Already more people have…

April 15, 2020

Vital health care workers face massive layoffs

Health care workers are suddenly facing the largest layoffs and pay cuts in three decades.  These workers are being justifiably…

April 15, 2020

WW editorial: Why we say ‘Free them all!’

There were 27 progressive demands made by a united front of Black, Latinx and anti-racist white incarcerated men who carried…

April 14, 2020

Virus statistics reveal class truth

Because China is the most populous country in the world, and also the first to become infected with the COVID-19…

April 14, 2020