U.S. and Canada

Gaza assault protested

The U.S.-backed Israeli attacks on Gaza were protested by outraged activists outside the Philadelphia Israeli Consulate at rush hour on…

November 20, 2012

Walmart workers gear up for ‘Black Friday’

Federal Way, Wash. — Walmart workers walked out at four Seattle-area Walmart stores on Nov. 15 against low pay and anti-worker…

November 20, 2012

Solidarity with strikes in Europe

In front of the Greek, Spanish and Portuguese United Nations missions in New York, around 150 workers and progressives came…

November 20, 2012

On the ground with Occupy Sandy

Letter to the editor As part of a delegation from Workers World Party and the People’s Power Assembly movement, I…

November 16, 2012

Workers World Party stands in full solidarity with the people of Gaza and Palestine

The following statement will be read at the opening session of the Workers World Party conference in New York on…

November 16, 2012

Bosses meet global slowdown with mass layoffs

Big business economists breathed a public sigh of relief at the announcement that the U.S. economy grew by an annual…

November 16, 2012

Why we need to demand a shorter work week

In February, the Detroit Free Press reported that the United Auto Workers union was preparing “arguments over the thirty-hour week,…

November 16, 2012

NYC Transit workers want to be paid

A 2011 study from Columbia University estimated that it would take several weeks, or longer, for the New York City…

November 16, 2012

Community, unionists march on bank to stop foreclosure

Detroit — More than 100 friends and neighbors of the Cullors family in northwest Detroit, including anti-foreclosure activists and dozens of…

November 16, 2012

Oakland, Calif., marches against police killings

Oakland, Calif. — “We just commemorated the six-month anniversary of my son’s death. I am here today to speak for…

November 15, 2012