U.S. and Canada

Revolutionary reflections on bourgeois elections

Under capitalism, especially here in the United States, so-called “democracy” serves the wealthy. Whoever wins elections, the Pentagon and weapons…

November 15, 2012

Pennsylvania environmental department fronts for frackers

For years, Pennsylvania families living near natural gas drilling activity have relied on the state’s Department of Environmental Protection to…

November 15, 2012
Workers World, IAC deliver aid to Occupy SandyWorkers World, IAC deliver aid to Occupy Sandy

Workers World, IAC deliver aid to Occupy Sandy

New York — Members and supporters of Workers World Party and the International Action Center helped to deliver more than…

November 14, 2012

Sanitation and other public workers deserve support

By a New York City Sanitation Department Worker On top of sanitation workers laboring 12-hour workdays and seven-day workweeks, needed…

November 14, 2012
Anti-racist youth counter fascistsAnti-racist youth counter fascists

Anti-racist youth counter fascists

On Nov. 10, the "National Socialist Party," commonly known as neo-Nazi scum, joined with the Ku Klux Klan to organize…

November 14, 2012

Chrysler workers fuming over new speed-up

At Chrysler’s Warren, Mich., stamping plant, more than 400 workers have signed petitions opposing a new work schedule known as…

November 11, 2012

Detroit struggles continue to stop foreclosures, evictions

Tens of thousands of foreclosures have occurred in Detroit over the last five years. As a result, communities have been…

November 11, 2012
Boston tenants fight rent hikes, evictionsBoston tenants fight rent hikes, evictions

Boston tenants fight rent hikes, evictions

Tenants and supporters marched to the offices of Alpha Real Estate in Boston to oppose the unprecedented, forced, mass, “no-fault”…

November 11, 2012

Hurricane Sandy, climate change and capitalist crisis

A crisis arising out of a major natural disaster tends to reveal a society’s strengths and weaknesses, values and priorities,…

November 8, 2012
Community meets to condemn killer copsCommunity meets to condemn killer cops

Community meets to condemn killer cops

It was a meeting held against all odds. Hurricane Sandy had just swept up the Eastern seaboard. Public transit was…

November 8, 2012