Editorials

WWP salutes Chicago teachers strikeWWP salutes Chicago teachers strike

WWP salutes Chicago teachers strike

Workers World Party’s 2016 Presidential Election Campaign released the following statement on April 1. On April 1, 25,000 members of…

April 5, 2016
Billionaires and the minimum wageBillionaires and the minimum wage

Billionaires and the minimum wage

Ah, the contradictions of capitalism. You can’t get away from them. Capitalist bosses want to pay their workers the lowest…

March 31, 2016
First came the warsFirst came the wars

First came the wars

Two items appeared in the news on the same day this month, March 22. One was that, finally, months after…

March 24, 2016
Why People’s Korea needs a strong defenseWhy People’s Korea needs a strong defense

Why People’s Korea needs a strong defense

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has a right to respond to U.S. imperialism’s attempts to encircle it militarily and…

March 8, 2016
Women, struggle and socialismWomen, struggle and socialism

Women, struggle and socialism

Struggle. Solidarity. That’s the essence of International Women’s Day, as intended by its founders at the 1910 International Socialist Women’s…

March 1, 2016
Tear down the walls!Tear down the walls!

Tear down the walls!

At last. After 43 years and 10 months banished to a 6-by-9-foot cell by Louisiana prison authorities, Albert Woodfox was…

February 24, 2016
Scalia, SCOTUS and democracyScalia, SCOTUS and democracy

Scalia, SCOTUS and democracy

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, known for his reactionary, racist, anti-woman, anti-gay and anti-working class decisions, which he disguised as…

February 16, 2016
In defense of north KoreaIn defense of north Korea

In defense of north Korea

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea achieved another scientific-technological breakthrough on Feb. 7, lofting a space satellite into orbit. It…

February 9, 2016
Free Julian AssangeFree Julian Assange

Free Julian Assange

The United Nations panel that heard the case that Julian Assange’s attorneys brought before it hardly ever decides against the…

February 8, 2016
What Iowa showsWhat Iowa shows

What Iowa shows

It would be rash to read too much into the caucuses held Feb. 1 in Iowa, so far as predicting…

February 2, 2016