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French unions will stay in the streets

Even if the French government forces the new labor law through the National Assembly without a vote, the unions in…

July 8, 2016

Bangladesh terror attack ‘a bad sign for future’

Workers World received the following statement from the Socialist Party of Bangladesh, a revolutionary organization in that country, following the…

July 7, 2016

Puerto Rico’s new phase: People resist financial junta

On June 30 when President Barack Obama signed the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act -- PROMESA (meaning…

July 6, 2016

Okinawans resist U.S. military bases

Resistance is alive and well in Okinawa. Some 65,000 people rallied on June 19 in Naha, the island’s capital city,…

July 5, 2016

The Brexit vote and the need for global working class consciousness

No doubt, there is hatred of the European Union on the left in Europe.  The EU is an anti-worker, reactionary…

July 4, 2016

The battle of the Somme 1916

Political leaders from France and Britain, along with observers from other countries, met in France on July 1, the centennial…

July 4, 2016

French unions hold 10th protest, defy restrictions

Faced with defiance by the unions at the government’s attempt to prohibit their 10th national protest over new anti-labor “reforms,”…

July 3, 2016

Historic agreement in Colombia: ‘Let this be the last day of the war’

After nearly four years of talks, on Thursday, June 23, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) and the…

July 1, 2016

Venezuela, Mexico and the media

The U.S. corporate media demonize Venezuela’s government while it prettifies the Mexican regime. Consider this: People in some Venezuelan cities…

July 1, 2016

Bloody attack on teachers’ union leads to uprising in Mexico

A full-scale workers’ uprising in the Mexican state of Oaxaca has shut down transportation and businesses throughout the region. Access…

June 30, 2016