Human needs before profits

Banks bailed out — themselves

Detroit, Feb. 1 — When the Troika — the International Monetary Fund, European Commission and European Central Bank — disbursed…

February 3, 2015

Vast wealth inequality will drive class struggle

Jan. 26 — President Barack Obama and the New York Times have apparently just discovered something every worker in the…

January 26, 2015

Oil prices swoon, banks fear defaults ahead

Jan. 12 — As the extent of overproduction in the oil and gas industry sinks in with the markets, oil…

January 15, 2015

How capitalism ravaged Detroit

Excerpt from talk by Jerry Goldberg at the national WWP conference in New York City, Nov. 15-16, 2014. If anyone…

January 8, 2015

Capitalist overproduction and stagnation behind sharp decline in oil prices

Jan. 5 — For tens of millions of members of the working class in the United States, a car is…

January 5, 2015

Eric Garner killed by police and capitalism

It is an outrage that Eric Garner was killed by a wolfpack of racist cops and a chokehold. It is…

December 21, 2014

Los Angeles activists petition for $15 minimum wage

The city of Los Angeles has a $15 Minimum Wage Ballot Initiative, introduced by the Los Angeles Workers Assembly, which…

November 15, 2014

Retirees take brunt of cuts as judge approves Detroit bankruptcy

The “plan of adjustment” to end Detroit’s Chapter 9 bankruptcy means that city worker retirees shoulder virtually the entire burden…

November 11, 2014

In Los Angeles: My experiences working on $15 an hour initiative

I’ve had the opportunity to travel to Los Angeles for the “$15 Minimum Wage” campaign, which includes a ballot initiative…

November 6, 2014

Profit system spreads misery: Time to expose capitalism, fight for socialism

The time to openly attack and expose capitalism and advocate for its opposite, socialism, has not been this ripe since…

November 6, 2014