U.S. and Canada

Capitalism: The cause of COVID-19 deaths

June 23 — Does the COVID-19 virus operate differently in capitalist countries than in socialist countries? Based on a comparison…

June 24, 2020

Juneteenth
Racist cops, statues under siege

On Juneteenth — June 19, 1865 —  also known as Freedom Day, enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, were told…

June 23, 2020

Coast to coast, marchers declare: ‘Black trans lives matter!’

“Say his name! Tony McDade!” These words rang out on June 20 as hundreds of Clevelanders, members of the LGBTQ2S+…

June 23, 2020

Black and Indigenous solidarity deepens

As pent-up anger against white supremacy boils over in the uprising after the murder of George Floyd, Black and Indigenous…

June 23, 2020

Why the Dreamers won

The Supreme Court for over 230 years has carried out the conservative goals of its creators. It has protected private…

June 23, 2020

EDITORIAL – Stonewall significa unirse para luchar

Los gobernantes reaccionarios de los EE.UU. intentan desalentar, dividir y derrotar a los pobres, los oprimidos y los trabajadores de…

June 23, 2020

1921 racist terror in Tulsa

This slightly edited article first appeared in the March 16, 2005, issue of Workers World. “The morning that the riot…

June 21, 2020

STEM workers join call to ‘Strike for Black Lives’

On June 10, thousands of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) educators and workers around the U.S. and worldwide organized…

June 21, 2020

Labor vs. police: Learning from working-class history

Led by oppressed youth, a working-class revolt has erupted, initially over the police lynching of George Floyd. It needs and…

June 19, 2020

Black Lives Matter in Bastrop, Texas

With the whole world exploding in support of the Black Lives Matter movement that is sweeping through large U.S. cities…

June 19, 2020