U.S. and Canada

Oakland moms take over vacant house; say, ‘Housing is a human right!’

Oakland, Calif. Dec. 30 -- What happens when virulent, corporate-led gentrification meets the resistance and resilience of the Black community…

January 6, 2020

Social Trans Initiative goes socialist

A New Year’s statement from Socialist Trans Initiative Pensacola, Fla. Jan. 1 -- Over the past five years, Strive has…

January 6, 2020

Plant closings, poverty and overdose deaths

The Journal of the American Medical Association published a study on Dec. 30 on the correlation between automobile plant closings…

January 6, 2020

Fighting gentrifiers for the rights of the homeless

On New Year’s Eve, Cleveland City Councilwoman Dona Brady looked out her upstairs window at demonstrators outside her home. A…

January 3, 2020

Durham, N.C.: Housing is a human right!

Durham, N.C. As the rate of evictions in this rapidly gentrifying city reaches a fever pitch, people here have banded…

December 30, 2019

Union busting? It’s a crime! – a WW editorial

The corporate media constantly tell us that the United States is a great democracy because of its “free elections.” Never…

December 30, 2019

WW editorial: Making liberation more than a word

On Dec. 10, dictionary-maker Merriam-Webster announced that, after a 313 percent increase in “look-ups,” the pronoun “they” was declared Word…

December 30, 2019

Venezuela: Five coup attempts by opposition foiled in 2019

Caracas Published in Sputnik Mundo, Dec. 18. Translation by Michael Otto. Five major violent right-wing operations in Venezuela were put…

December 30, 2019

1974 March Against Racism: ‘An important experience for a young revolutionary’

Here are edited excerpts from a talk given by Workers World Party First Secretary Larry Holmes in Boston Dec. 14…

December 28, 2019

Rally defends special education in Puerto Rico and U.S.

Austerity imposed on Puerto Rico's educational system by the unelected colonialist fiscal board was the target of a street rally…

December 28, 2019