Human needs before profits

Spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) exposes profit system

March 2 -- As this is written, the coronavirus (COVID-19) has become a pandemic reaching around the world, almost entirely…

March 3, 2020

The coronavirus in perspective

What will it mean for the people in the U.S. when the coronavirus spreads around the world? What preparations are…

February 26, 2020

A revolutionary view of the Sanders campaign

The competition for the Democratic presidential nomination has become a focus of political life in the United States. For revolutionaries…

February 21, 2020

Anti-pipeline protests block traffic at Niagara Falls

Transportation blockades and demonstrations have brought traffic to a standstill on rail lines and ports across Canada in opposition to…

February 18, 2020

What kind of socialism?

A sea change has been taking place in the United States. At last, the polls show that socialism is no…

February 18, 2020

On the picket line

Struggle over employment benefits for striking workers in N.Y. state On Feb. 6, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a…

February 18, 2020

Report from Puerto Rico, Part 2/ PROMESA and earthquakes

On Jan. 8, Workers World reporter Phebe Eckfeldt interviewed Alberto Barreto Cardona, a leading member of Partido Mundo Obrero/Workers World…

February 14, 2020

Sanders campaign reflects disgust with capitalism

Bulletin: Bernie Sanders is the winner of the Feb. 11 New Hampshire primary with 26 percent of the vote.  The…

February 12, 2020

Report from Puerto Rico — Part 1: Organizing against earthquakes and austerity

On Jan. 8, WW reporter Phebe Eckfeldt interviewed Alberto Barreto Cardona, a leading member of Partido Mundo Obrero/Workers World Party.…

February 11, 2020

New employment analysis shows that a good job is hard to find these days

The constitutionally mandated State of the Union address opened Feb. 4 with the first of many boasts: “Jobs are booming,…

February 11, 2020