U.S. and Canada

Chicago teachers suspend heroic strike

On Sept. 18, the Delegates Assembly of the Chicago Teachers Union announced the suspension of the one-week strike. The union…

September 18, 2012

Teachers, communities stand strong on strike

Sept. 17 — The popularity of the Chicago Teacher’s Union’s struggle for the future of the city’s children against privatization…

September 17, 2012

Chicago teacher tells WW: ‘Enough is enough’

When asked by Eric Struch, a Chicago WW correspondent, what the issues that led the Chicago teachers to go out…

September 17, 2012

Capitalist electoral politics and class struggle

Adapted from a talk given at the Sept. 7 New York City meeting of Workers World Party. At the moment…

September 17, 2012

Southern labor hosts assembly: ‘Build a workers’ alliance!’

Charlotte, N.C. — Over 300 Southern workers, trade unionists and community allies gathered for the Southern Workers Assembly on Sept.…

September 13, 2012

Rank-and-file labor leader Saladin Muhammad: ’What is our charge as Southern workers?’

The following opening remarks were made by Saladin Muhammad, coordinator of the Southern International Worker Justice Campaign and retired United…

September 13, 2012

Mumia Abu-Jamal fights life imprisonment

As activists gear up for a Sept. 14 event in New York promoting the struggle to free Mumia Abu-Jamal, the…

September 13, 2012

Leslie Feinberg stays firm: ‘Free CeCe McDonald!’

  This article uses the gender-neutral pronouns hir and ze. Leslie Feinberg, an internationally known and widely respected author, editor…

September 13, 2012

Atlanta remembers Troy Davis on Sept. 21

“We need to dismantle this unjust system …” Troy Davis had written shortly before his execution by the state of…

September 13, 2012

Demonstrate against racism in Wyandotte schools

A picket line went up in front of the Wyandotte Public Schools headquarters right outside the city of Detroit on…

September 13, 2012