U.S. and Canada

On the picket line

The purpose of “On the Picket Line” is to report positive, fightback developments in the labor movement, which includes both…

June 30, 2013

Mass march commemorates ‘Great Walk to Freedom’

June 22 represented a highpoint in Detroit when tens of thousands of people gathered on Woodward Avenue in midtown and…

June 28, 2013

Struggle on to ban fracking in Michigan

Hundreds of grassroots activists across Michigan are working to make this state the second, after Vermont, to ban horizontal hydraulic…

June 28, 2013

Teachers and students encircle Pennsylvania Capitol protesting cuts to education

Harrisburg, Pa. —  Days before state legislators completed the 2013-2014 Pennsylvania budget, over 1,200 teachers, parents, students and community members from…

June 27, 2013

United call for actions against war on Syria

The following is a call issued by dozens of organizations in the United States for national days of action from…

June 27, 2013

Study on poverty shows LGBTQ people need jobs!

By Imani Henry and Johnnie Lewis The societal myth that the vast majority of LGBTQ-identified people in the U.S. are…

June 26, 2013

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 6

Hominin origins and evolution We turn now to speculation on the origins and evolution of humanity. In this section, we…

June 26, 2013

The 9th annual NYC Trans Day of Action for Social & Economic Justice points of unity

The following excerpted points of unity were initiated by TransJustice of the Audre Lorde Project, a lesbian, gay, bisexual, two-spirit,…

June 26, 2013

Workers World Party launches new website

Workers World Party is pleased to unveil its new website, workers.org/wwp. This site features a variety of interesting and engaging…

June 25, 2013

500 legal lynchings mark ‘modern era’ of death penalty in Texas

Texas is poised to carry out its 500th execution on June 26 at 6 p.m. at the Walls Prison Unit in…

June 25, 2013