Climate and Environmental Crisis

Hurricane Helene: Catastrophic storm created by capitalists’ priorities

With a death toll over 230 and rising, Hurricane Helene is the worst regional catastrophe to hit the United States…

October 8, 2024

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day! Support Workers World

Boston’s proclamation on Oct. 6, 2021, that the second Monday of October every year would be Indigenous Peoples Day “in…

September 30, 2024

Akron fire exposes capitalism

A major chemical fire broke out unexpectedly at SMB Products in the northeast Ohio city of Akron on Sept. 5.…

September 12, 2024

Capitalism facilitates firestorms, floods and tornadoes

Summer 2024 has been host to severe and persistent wildfires and tornadoes throughout the United States. Long before the summer,…

August 23, 2024

China leads world in renewable energy

In 2023 China produced 60% of the world’s electric vehicles, 98% of the world’s electric buses and two-thirds of all…

July 26, 2024

SCOTUS reactionary and harmful rulings

The right-wing dominated Supreme Court of the United States recently unleashed several reactionary rulings that jeopardize the health, safety and…

July 4, 2024

California activists plant Palestinian watermelon seeds

Community activists at Quail Springs in Cuyama Valley, California, planted 12 watermelon plants cultivated from seeds coming from Palestine. The…

June 24, 2024

Earth Day 2024- Stop the ecocide in Gaza

Earth Day was started by a people’s movement in 1970, but too often today has become an opportunity for  politicians…

April 24, 2024

Panamanian people score a great victory, struggle continues

Published Dec. 2 in Panamá, where the author is a professor of sociology and an anti-imperialist political leader. Translation: John…

December 13, 2023