U.S. and Canada

A nation in fear

Look at the United States. Really. Look at it. From north to south, east to west; from “sea to shining…

October 31, 2014

On the picket line

Costly delay for home-care workers Enforcement of the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour and overtime after 40 hours…

October 31, 2014

New York faculty, staff demand contract

The Professional Staff Congress union represents 25,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York. It has not…

October 31, 2014

Antonio Guerrero’s birthday

Baltimore’s Cuban 5 party Baltimore’s Fight Imperialism, Stand Together youth group and Workers World Party held a special birthday party…

October 31, 2014

Rasmea Odeh under attack; Defend her Nov. 4 in Detroit!

Workers World received a statement from the Rasmea Defense Committee, which we publish here: Judge Gershwin Drain handed down a…

October 30, 2014

“Cost of Injustice” is topic for Oakland meeting

Oakland, Calif. — The “Cost of Injustice” event at the Oakland Eastside Arts Alliance was an evening of culture, art,…

October 30, 2014

Bay Area activists declare historic victory over Israeli shipping company

Workers World organizers in Oakland, Calif., who are active with “Block the Boat,” sent us this news release, dated Oct.…

October 30, 2014

Ferguson struggle emblematic of national oppression

Book-length analyses could be written on the developments in Ferguson, Mo., the majority Black enclave outside St. Louis where Michael…

October 30, 2014

Block the Boat Oakland keeps ship away

Oakland, Calif. — More than 200 pro-Palestinian protesters marched from the West Oakland Bay Area Rapid Transit station to the…

October 30, 2014

Europe anti-labor law threatens U.S. workers too

In a rare note of agreement, the Wall Street Journal and Novosti, a Russian newspaper, agree on the large size…

October 30, 2014