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An open letter to Colin Kaepernick from Toni Smith-Thompson, anti-Iraq war protesterAn open letter to Colin Kaepernick from Toni Smith-Thompson, anti-Iraq war protester

An open letter to Colin Kaepernick from Toni Smith-Thompson, anti-Iraq war protester

Toni Smith-Thompson is a former member of the Manhattanville College women’s basketball team who protested the start of the U.S.…

August 30, 2016
The spirit of Jerry Brookshire in MilwaukeeThe spirit of Jerry Brookshire in Milwaukee

The spirit of Jerry Brookshire in Milwaukee

On Christmas Eve in 1974, Black teenager Jerry Brookshire was killed by white Milwaukee policeman Raymond Marlow. The cop claimed…

August 26, 2016
People’s Power puts socialist on Baltimore ballot #Socialists4BaltimorePeople’s Power puts socialist on Baltimore ballot #Socialists4Baltimore

People’s Power puts socialist on Baltimore ballot #Socialists4Baltimore

From an Aug. 24 press advisory from the Baltimore Campaign for People’s Power. Baltimore voters will have the chance to…

August 26, 2016
Legal challenges battle for Mumia’s life and healthLegal challenges battle for Mumia’s life and health

Legal challenges battle for Mumia’s life and health

To paraphrase Fidel Castro, what the imperialists fear most is the mass duplication of Mumia's exceptionally heroic example. The prolonged…

August 26, 2016
Lamont Lilly to Peace and Freedom Party: ‘True socialism must connect to the most marginalized’Lamont Lilly to Peace and Freedom Party: ‘True socialism must connect to the most marginalized’

Lamont Lilly to Peace and Freedom Party: ‘True socialism must connect to the most marginalized’

Speech by Lamont Lilly, Workers World Party candidate for vice president, to the Peace and Freedom Party convention in Sacramento,…

August 26, 2016
Wisconsin Prison authorities keep hunger strikers on brink of deathWisconsin Prison authorities keep hunger strikers on brink of death

Wisconsin Prison authorities keep hunger strikers on brink of death

Special to Workers World from Waupun, Wis. August 22 -- According to a letter from hunger striker LaRon McKinley, the…

August 26, 2016
Capitalism threatens autoworkers’ jobsCapitalism threatens autoworkers’ jobs

Capitalism threatens autoworkers’ jobs

“Constant revolutionizing of production,” Karl Marx and Frederick Engels wrote in 1848, “uninterrupted disturbance of all social conditions, everlasting uncertainty…

August 26, 2016
Philadelphia tribute to Black women killed by racism and sexismPhiladelphia tribute to Black women killed by racism and sexism

Philadelphia tribute to Black women killed by racism and sexism

Philadelphia Over 100 demonstrators gathered at North Broad and Cecil B. Moore Avenue near Temple University on Aug. 3 to…

August 26, 2016
Baltimore jury rejects cops’ storyBaltimore jury rejects cops’ story

Baltimore jury rejects cops’ story

A Baltimore jury heard the cry for justice from family and community in the case of 24-year-old Aaron Winston. A…

August 25, 2016
Atlanta police slay Black man in hail of bulletsAtlanta police slay Black man in hail of bullets

Atlanta police slay Black man in hail of bullets

Activists trying to bring to light the police killing of Jamarion Robinson marched on Aug. 19 to CNN’s Atlanta headquarters…

August 25, 2016