U.S. and Canada

Michigan prison authorities ban dictionaries, activists win reversal

In a June 2 story, National Public Radio broke the news that the Michigan Department of Corrections had, over the…

August 5, 2022

California Labor Federation: Convention inspired by wave of organizing

San Francisco The 2.1 million-member California Labor Federation kicked off its biennial convention here in mid-July with a special meeting…

August 5, 2022

Bill Russell was a revolutionary<br /><span class="streamer2"> Death of the basketball legend at 88 should remind us of his courage off the court</span>

By Dave Zirin The following article first appeared at thenation.com/article/society/bill-russell-obituary/. William Felton Russell revolutionized basketball with a simple innovation: jumping.…

August 4, 2022

PDF of August 4 issue

Download the PDF. Panamá: Workers strike, win price rollback Stop the FBI attack! Also: Coal barons’ climate plan Deadly floods…

August 4, 2022

Unite and fight abortion bans!

Protests continue countrywide against reactionary state abortion bans that have been implemented or will be realized any day in half…

August 3, 2022

Buffalo Starbucks strike wave

Buffalo’s Genesee Street Starbucks, the second Starbucks in the U.S. — out of more than 200 now — to win…

August 2, 2022

Pennsylvania county jails are a death trap

Philadelphia An unprecedented number of incarcerated people have died inside Pennsylvania’s county jails in the last two years, and the…

August 2, 2022

Stop the FBI attack!

Workers World has issued the following statement on the FBI attack on the African People’s Socialist Party An attack on…

August 1, 2022

Julian Assange defense files appeals, granted extension 

By Tareq Haddad This excerpted article, which originally appeared July 16 in Popular Resistance, can be read in full at…

July 29, 2022

Seattle/Workers fight back against Starbucks’ attacks

Seattle Starbucks, headquartered in Seattle, is trying with a vengeance to halt the unionization of some of its prime stores.…

July 29, 2022