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Verizon workers fight backVerizon workers fight back

Verizon workers fight back

They had tried hard to reach a fair contract for 10 months and were fed up. So, on April 13,…

April 20, 2016
Verizon strikers garner solidarityVerizon strikers garner solidarity

Verizon strikers garner solidarity

On April 13, 40,000 Verizon wireline workers, represented by the Communications Workers (CWA) and International Electrical Workers (IBEW), went out…

April 20, 2016
‘Trump = hate + greed’‘Trump = hate + greed’

‘Trump = hate + greed’

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Right-wing presidential candidate and billionaire Donald Trump brought his strategy of hate-and-divide to central and upstate New York.…

April 20, 2016
Baltimore protesters disrupt Clinton spectacleBaltimore protesters disrupt Clinton spectacle

Baltimore protesters disrupt Clinton spectacle

Baltimore -- Activists from the People’s Power Assembly, the anti-police brutality movement and Workers World Party unfurled banners exposing Hillary Clinton’s…

April 20, 2016
Low-wage workers strike for $15 and a unionLow-wage workers strike for $15 and a union

Low-wage workers strike for $15 and a union

On Thursday, April 14, workers in Atlanta, Boston, New York, Los Angeles and more than 300 other cities across the…

April 20, 2016
Victory for public sector unions, for nowVictory for public sector unions, for now

Victory for public sector unions, for now

Late in March, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in the long-awaited Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case. The…

April 20, 2016
Protesters demand justice for India CummingsProtesters demand justice for India Cummings

Protesters demand justice for India Cummings

An angry crowd of protesters occupied the steps of the Erie County Holding Center in Buffalo, N.Y. on April 4,…

April 17, 2016
Veterans with disabilities denied benefitsVeterans with disabilities denied benefits

Veterans with disabilities denied benefits

“The military has long used its discharge system as a mighty club over the heads of its troops. When troops,…

April 17, 2016
Thousands trash Trump’s bigoted message, take to streets against racism, for Akai Gurley and living wageThousands trash Trump’s bigoted message, take to streets against racism, for Akai Gurley and living wage

Thousands trash Trump’s bigoted message, take to streets against racism, for Akai Gurley and living wage

Thousands of people, including large contingents of striking Fight for $15 workers, took to the streets here against racism on…

April 15, 2016
Richard Levins: Marxist scientist, communistRichard Levins: Marxist scientist, communist

Richard Levins: Marxist scientist, communist

Richard “Dick” Levins, communist and distinguished Marxist scientist, died on Jan. 19 at the age of 85. He was a…

April 15, 2016