Climate and Environmental Crisis

#NoDAPL water protectors sent to jail

Following the directions of Big Oil’s Dakota Access Pipeline company, North Dakota Judge Thomas Merrick on Oct. 19 convicted and…

October 29, 2017

Why FEMA can’t protect us

First came the devastation of hurricanes Harvey in Houston and Irma in Florida. Now, an even more terrible disaster is…

October 4, 2017

Capitalism, environmental racism and injustice

More than just torrential rains and flooding from Hurricane Harvey have put Houston in the spotlight. The fourth-largest city in…

September 24, 2017

Post-Irma Florida: Poor suffer most for lack of gov’t preparation

The aftermath of Hurricane Irma, despite the storm hitting Florida with less force than at first expected, again highlights the…

September 20, 2017

Hurricane Irma’s devastation: Nothing ‘natural’ about it

Sept. 11 — Scientists know it. The rash of powerful storms to hit the Caribbean and the Southern states of…

September 11, 2017

Irma hits Florida: Who will help those most in need?

As of Sept. 11, people around the world have read millions of words and seen extensive television reports and photos…

September 11, 2017

Hurricanes, floods and capitalism

In “Capital,” Karl Marx described capitalism as a system that is designed entirely around the exploitation of labor — but…

September 8, 2017

Cuba leads world in managing disasters

Reprinted from the Jan. 20, 2005, issue of Workers World. This article was written after a tsunami wreaked havoc on…

September 7, 2017

Eyewitness Harvey: Working-class rescue, gov’t neglect

Houston, Sept. 4 — The flood waters have not receded in parts of southwest Houston. Cities near the Louisiana border…

September 6, 2017

Trump poised to open Bears Ears to corporate plunder

In another attack on Indigenous rights and the environment, President Donald Trump is expected to announce his decision to shrink…

September 1, 2017