Climate and Environmental Crisis

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

Eyewitness Harvey: Toxic chemicals, biased coverage and prisons

Houston, Aug. 28 — I grew up in Oklahoma’s “tornado alley.” I’ve lived on the Texas Gulf Coast for almost…

August 29, 2017

Texas, Louisiana under water: Capitalist crime scene

Aug. 29 — The coasts of Texas and Louisiana have become an ongoing crime scene. The crime is against the…

August 29, 2017

‘Unprecedented’ storm exposes gov’t failure as Harvey covers Houston with a lake

As of Monday evening, Aug. 28, 10 deaths have been reported since Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coast near Corpus…

August 28, 2017

Global warming and Arctic roads

Anchorage, Alaska — The Arctic is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the world. As its ice…

August 20, 2017

Eastern North Carolina: Culture eroded by capitalism

Eastern North Carolina residents are fighting to save their ancestral lands and waterways from corporate contamination. Generations of poor Black…

August 13, 2017