Human needs before profits

Capitalism: The cause of COVID-19 deathsCapitalism: The cause of COVID-19 deaths

Capitalism: The cause of COVID-19 deaths

June 23 — Does the COVID-19 virus operate differently in capitalist countries than in socialist countries? Based on a comparison…

June 24, 2020
Domestic violence: ‘The epidemic within the pandemic’Domestic violence: ‘The epidemic within the pandemic’

Domestic violence: ‘The epidemic within the pandemic’

“My husband won’t let me leave the house” has become an all-too-familiar cry for help since the mandatory lockdown was…

June 10, 2020
The real looters pocketed $11.7 billionThe real looters pocketed $11.7 billion

The real looters pocketed $11.7 billion

Who are the real looters? They wear elegant business suits, not hoodies or jeans. They dine at fancy restaurants, not…

June 5, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic: a historic event that will intensify global working-class struggleThe COVID-19 pandemic: a historic event that will intensify global working-class struggle

The COVID-19 pandemic: a historic event that will intensify global working-class struggle

Below is an article first posted online on April 24 by Tom Soto, who died on May 31. Comrade Soto…

June 3, 2020
Economics behind the rebellionEconomics behind the rebellion

Economics behind the rebellion

Between March 18 and April 10,  over 22 million people lost their jobs as the unemployment rate surged toward 15…

June 3, 2020
Trump, WHO, the pandemic and big pharmaTrump, WHO, the pandemic and big pharma

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

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 citiesFight budget cuts in cities

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 cutsCUNY and the struggle against COVID-19 cuts

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

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