U.S. and Canada

Anti-pipeline protests block traffic at Niagara Falls

Transportation blockades and demonstrations have brought traffic to a standstill on rail lines and ports across Canada in opposition to…

February 18, 2020

On the picket line

Struggle over employment benefits for striking workers in N.Y. state On Feb. 6, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a…

February 18, 2020

Myles Garrett reinstated, NFL racism remains – WW commentary

Cleveland On Feb. 12, the National Football League reinstated Myles Garrett, a Cleveland Browns defensive end who was indefinitely suspended…

February 17, 2020

California grad students wildcat for COLA

In 1948 the United Automobile Workers became the first union in the U.S. to win cost-of-living allowance (COLA) language, also…

February 17, 2020

‘Fracking’: La ‘gran mentira’ sobre desechos tóxicos

Filadelfia La fracturación hidráulica, conocida como “fracking”, es el proceso de forzar el agua cargada de productos químicos en formaciones…

February 17, 2020

Black labor: From chattel slavery to wage slavery, Part 2

The following is excerpted from Chapter 2 of Marcy’s “High Tech, Low Pay: A Marxist analysis of the changing character…

February 14, 2020

Sanders campaign reflects disgust with capitalism

Bulletin: Bernie Sanders is the winner of the Feb. 11 New Hampshire primary with 26 percent of the vote.  The…

February 12, 2020

Black labor: From chattel slavery to wage slavery, Part 1

By Sam Marcy The following is excerpted from Chapter 2 of  Marcy’s “High Tech, Low Pay: A Marxist analysis of…

February 11, 2020

Anatomy of a hunger strike: A prisoner speaks

By: Demetrius Grant/ Joe Piette, editor ‘I went on a hunger strike because of the unconstitutional, inhumane and repressive conditions.’…

February 11, 2020

The coronavirus and an epidemic of racist U.S. propaganda

The novel coronavirus that first appeared in Wuhan, China, had by Feb. 10 spread to 28 countries and territories, leading…

February 11, 2020