Health Care

‘The real criminals are not in prison’

The following excerpted remarks were made by Gloria Rubac, a longtime Texas anti-death penalty activist, on an April 9 Workers…

April 21, 2020

How the World Health Organization supports Africa’s response to COVID-19

As of April 18,  according to the African Centers for Disease Control, there were 21,990 cases of COVID-19 in Africa,…

April 21, 2020

Comentario de WW/MO Organizar asambleas obreras, ¡construir un mundo obrero!

Quemando las comunidades como un fuego furioso, el COVID-19 nos quita a los más vulnerables. Ya envenenado por el racismo…

April 21, 2020

Unemployment explosion reveals class conflict

April 19 — The explosion of unemployment applications during the COVID-19 crisis underscored the vicious class contradictions in the United…

April 20, 2020

A prescription for health care justice

After much discussion, the health care workers caucus — comprised of Workers World Party members working in various areas of…

April 20, 2020

Fighting for health, for us and the planet

Workers World celebrates the historic 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Launched by a mass outpouring of demonstrators in 1970, this…

April 20, 2020

The viral debt trap

The International Monetary Fund is giving itself a pat on the back for approving “immediate debt service relief” to 25…

April 20, 2020

U.S. economy crumbles as millions of workers lose jobs

At least 17 million workers in the United States lost their jobs from the second week of March to the…

April 17, 2020

Philadelphia failure to empty jails causes COVID-19 death 

The first COVID-19 death in Philadelphia jails occurred on April 14. She was Yvonne Harris, a 48-year-old woman incarcerated at…

April 17, 2020

Seeking psychotherapy under capitalism during a pandemic

Harris is a clinical psychologist in New York City. To paraphrase Marx, a society’s mode of production — how workers…

April 17, 2020