Climate and Environmental Crisis

Who created the Saharan dust cloud?

Each year, massive dust plumes rise from the Sahara, lifted by local winds after being unmoored by desert conditions. However,…

July 29, 2020

Standing Rock wins legal victory against Dakota Access Pipeline

In a victory for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe against the Dakota Access Pipeline, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled…

July 20, 2020

Carrizo Comecrudo Tribunal for Human Rights: ‘The Indian Wars are not over’

An important online tribunal — the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribunal for Human Rights — will take place on May 22-23 and…

May 21, 2020

On the picket line

‘Lessons from the First Union Climate Strike in the U.S.’ The one-day, unfair-labor-practices strike on a very cold Feb. 27…

May 5, 2020

Pandemia y capitalismo están detrás del aumento del hambre en EE.UU.

Los productores lecheros están vertiendo millones de galones de leche en las lagunas. Los productores agrícolas están volcando las verduras…

April 28, 2020

Impacto a largo plazo de caída histórica del precio del petróleo

Por primera vez en la historia, el 20 de abril, el precio del petróleo estadounidense cayó a menos $38 por…

April 28, 2020

The U.S. aims at Greenland, targets the Arctic

By G. Dunkel and Paddy Colligan The United States, even in the midst of a pandemic, doesn’t want to relax…

April 28, 2020

Fighting for health, for us and the planet

Workers World celebrates the historic 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Launched by a mass outpouring of demonstrators in 1970, this…

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

Climate change and COVID-19 on Earth Day 2020

If there is a silver lining to be found in the horrific coronavirus pandemic, it may be that major industrial…

April 16, 2020