U.S. and Canada

Fight for 15 links racism, low-wage economy

Richmond, Va. Thousands of Black Lives Matter activists and low-wage and migrant workers -- representing 64 million U.S. workers taking…

August 22, 2016

Milwaukee community supports youth uprising against cops

Milwaukee Solidarity with youth fighting police terror was strong at an informal gathering in Sherman Park here on Aug. 21.…

August 22, 2016

Moorehead to PFP convention: ‘Solidarity with most oppressed must be central to our movement’

Below is a slightly abridged version of remarks by Workers World Party presidential candidate Monica Moorehead to the nominating convention…

August 22, 2016

Detained immigrant women start hunger strike

Women immigrants held in the Berks County Family Detention Center in Leesport, Pa., launched a courageous hunger strike on Aug.…

August 22, 2016

August 1968 – Fort Hood, Texas, Black GIs resist ‘riot-control’ duty

Anger radiated through the barracks when orders reached the Black troops of the 1st Armored Division that they would be…

August 22, 2016

Angola 3 book-signing honors political prisoners

New York - For the many veterans of the human rights struggles, past and present, who were in the room,…

August 21, 2016

Abolition Square action says: ‘Abolish police’

Abolish the police! A revolutionary concept has sprouted organically from the intense ferment and combative spirit of the Black Lives…

August 21, 2016

Workers School lifts up Southern organizing

Raleigh, N.C. Workers from 12 Southern cities, several workplaces and a number of unions gathered here for the Southern Workers…

August 19, 2016

After the Black Panthers: moving forward

This article was first published by the New Black August Prisoners’ Collective on Aug. 10. For more information, go to…

August 18, 2016

Election reflections: Where next after the conventions?

Now that both the Republican and Democratic national conventions are over, the political character of these capitalist parties in the…

August 18, 2016