U.S. and Canada

WW commentary
The monuments of racism continue to fall

On June 27, Trump signed a reactionary executive order saying that states and cities could lose their federal funding for…

June 29, 2020

Facing 45 years’ imprisonment for property damage

Released by Center for Constitutional Rights New York June 22 — The undersigned civil and human rights organizations, legal associations,…

June 29, 2020

Editorial Mundo Obrero: ¡Defund significa abolir la policía!

“¡Defund a la policía!” (Quitarles fondos economicos a la policia), ha saltado a la cima de las demandas que las…

June 29, 2020

Fallos de SCOTUS: la lucha masiva y la solidaridad ganan concesiones

Esta es una versión ligeramente editada de una charla dada en un seminario web del Partido Mundo Obrero el 25…

June 29, 2020

 ‘Ready to die for their just demands’ in Attica, 1971

In September 1971, prisoners at Attica Correctional Facility in New York state staged a rebellion that drew international attention to…

June 29, 2020

Supreme Court rulings: Mass fightback and solidarity win concessions

This is a slightly edited version of a talk given on a June 25 Workers World Party webinar on “LGBTQ2S+…

June 26, 2020

Students and workers say:  ‘Cops off our campus!’

Abolitionists are renewing their calls to abolish or at least defund campus police departments. This was first raised in Minneapolis,…

June 26, 2020

On the picket line

Workers stage 540 wildcats in support of BLM in June As of June 19, Payday Report’s “Strike Tracking Map” showed…

June 26, 2020

Coast-to-coast rallies demand: Keep U.S. Postal Service viable

Rallies demanding the U.S. Senate approve funding that would "SAVE OUR POSTAL SERVICE" were held on June 23 from coast…

June 26, 2020

Denying health crisis won’t save jobs

June 21 – For the thirteenth week in a row, the number of initial claims the Bureau of Labor Statistics…

June 25, 2020