Climate and Environmental Crisis

What’s behind Christie’s sweetheart deal with ExxonMobil?What’s behind Christie’s sweetheart deal with ExxonMobil?

What’s behind Christie’s sweetheart deal with ExxonMobil?

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he wants to settle an $8.9 billion environmental lawsuit against ExxonMobil for just $250…

March 9, 2015
Women fight oppression in BangladeshWomen fight oppression in Bangladesh

Women fight oppression in Bangladesh

As I walked through the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, I became aware of so much suffering, especially for women.…

March 6, 2015
Yet another profit-driven accident as oil train derails, explodes in West VirginiaYet another profit-driven accident as oil train derails, explodes in West Virginia

Yet another profit-driven accident as oil train derails, explodes in West Virginia

Huntington, W.Va. -- A 109-car CSX train derailed along the Fayette-Kanawha county line 33 miles southeast of Charleston, W.Va., on…

February 20, 2015
Second near-disaster as shale oil train derailsSecond near-disaster as shale oil train derails

Second near-disaster as shale oil train derails

Philadelphia -- For the second time in just over a year, a train carrying Bakken Shale crude oil derailed in…

February 4, 2015
Rosebud Sioux say House Vote for Keystone XL is ‘act of war’Rosebud Sioux say House Vote for Keystone XL is ‘act of war’

Rosebud Sioux say House Vote for Keystone XL is ‘act of war’

Workers World reprints this Nov. 14 article by Wica Agli, of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, published by the Earth First!…

November 21, 2014
‘Flood Wall Street!’‘Flood Wall Street!’

‘Flood Wall Street!’

Mobilizing via the hashtag #FloodWallStreet, thousands of anti-capitalist protesters confronted the profiteers responsible for climate change by sitting down outside…

September 24, 2014
Peoples Climate March protesters say: ‘We know who is responsible’Peoples Climate March protesters say: ‘We know who is responsible’

Peoples Climate March protesters say: ‘We know who is responsible’

Activists in over 2,808 cities in 166 countries participated on Sept. 21 in the first international Peoples Climate March. The events took…

September 23, 2014
NorCal People’s Climate rallyNorCal People’s Climate rally

NorCal People’s Climate rally

More than a thousand people gathered at the Lake Merritt Amphitheater on Sept. 21 for the Northern California People’s Climate…

September 23, 2014

Seattle protesters challenge polluters

Two thousand people marched in Seattle after a big downtown rally on Sept. 21.  Protesting coal ports and oil trains,…

September 23, 2014

Planet’s warming caused by capitalism

Over the last few years numerous scientific studies have reported that the pace of global climate change is accelerating and,…

September 20, 2014