Climate and Environmental Crisis

Release of Fukushima wastewater threatens workers

The Japanese government began releasing wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 24. The controversial…

September 4, 2023

The race for moondust: U.S. imperialism vs. China

This article updates and supplements “Astronomical imperialism!” (workers.org/2019/10/43849) and “As Amazon workers struggle for a union, Bezos sends exploitation to…

August 30, 2023

Protect Wet’suwet’en land!

New details have emerged about the militarized campaign of state and corporate persecution targeting land defenders of the Wet’suwet’en First…

August 29, 2023

‘Stop Cop City’ solidarity protest in New York City

A solidarity protest occurred in New York City on Aug. 26 against the construction of “Cop City” in Atlanta, and…

August 28, 2023

Disaster capitalists target Native lands on Maui

The destruction from the wildfires still raging on Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) lands in Hawaiʻi continues to worsen. The worst…

August 22, 2023

Wildfires devastate Native Hawaiian lands

This week, wildfires are devastating Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) lands in U.S.-occupied Hawaiʻi. The largest fires have erupted on Hawaiʻi…

August 15, 2023

Environmental racism links Lāhainā and Katrina

August 29 will mark the 18th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history, which devastated…

August 15, 2023

Heat waves’ uncounted death toll on workers

In most of the United States, bosses forcing workers to labor in deadly heat is totally legal.  July 4, 2023,…

July 25, 2023

Our right to be Marxist-Leninists

This commentary, reprinted from Havana Times, was given May 7, 2015, by late Cuban President Fidel Castro Ruz. We share…

July 21, 2023

NATO deploys depleted uranium weapons to Ukraine, nuclearizing war

This article updates the article published at workers.org on June 15, entitled: “Chinese translation available: ‘Metal of Dishonor-Depleted Uranium.’” The United…

July 9, 2023