U.S. and Canada

A post-racial U.S.? Killing and demonizing Trayvon Martin shatter the myth

When Barack Obama became the first African American to be elected president of the United States in 2008, many bourgeois…

July 9, 2013

Movement keeps pressure on to release Lynne Stewart

July 8 — The struggle to win compassionate release for the imprisoned, cancer-stricken people’s lawyer, Lynne Stewart, is still very…

July 8, 2013

Defend Carlos Riley Jr. against police brutality

Durham, N.C. — On Dec. 18, 21-year-old Carlos Riley Jr., who is African American, was dropping off his companion around 10…

July 8, 2013

Struggle builds against racist principal in Queens, N.Y.

A multinational show of unity took place in front of the office of New York City School Chancellor Dennis Walcott at…

July 8, 2013

Why DOMA was unconstitutional

The following column was written on July 2 by Abu-Jamal, a political prisoner at SCI Mahanoy in Frackville, Pa. It…

July 8, 2013

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 7

The anti-communist basis of the anthropological counterrevolution We’ve made reference in this series to the ideological counterrevolution of the early…

July 8, 2013

WWP hosts forum in North Carolina

The Durham, N.C., branch of Workers World Party held a forum on June 26 called “Battleground NC: The Fight for…

July 8, 2013

Fast-food workers hit low wages

On the steps of New York’s City Hall on June 27, fast-food workers denounced the low wages, lack of benefits,…

July 8, 2013

‘Hideous and revolting’: Frederick Douglass on U.S. slavery

The following excerpts are from the powerful speech entitled “What to the slave is 4th of July,” made by Frederick…

July 2, 2013

Voting rights set back: Only struggle can reverse racist ruling

Two decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court the last week of June have provoked outrage among Civil Rights organizations and…

July 2, 2013