West Asia/ North Africa

Hunger strike in NY opposes Egyptian repression

The international campaign to oppose President Abdul Fatah el Sisi’s repression in Egypt has come to New York City. Medhat…

August 5, 2021

Israelis prevent political prisoner from attending daughter’s funeral

The latest cruelty the Israeli state inflicted on the Jarrar family followed the tragic and untimely death of Suha Jarrar…

July 22, 2021

After the First Intifada: ‘Prisoners build their own weapons of defense and strength’

Dr. Amal Wahdan is the founder and editor of the Arab Gazette, as well as an organizer with One Democratic…

July 19, 2021

After 64-day hunger strike, Palestinian activist released 

Ghandafar Abu Atwan, a 28-year-old Palestinian man, has finally been released after a 64-day hunger strike. He was protesting his…

July 15, 2021

Philadelphia: March against Israeli apartheid

Hundreds of people carrying Palestinian flags, protest signs and banners gathered at City Hall for a March Against Israeli Apartheid…

July 13, 2021

U.S. out of Afghanistan

The Pentagon withdrew its forces from Bagram Air Field in Kabul July 2. Corporate media presented this event as an…

July 5, 2021

How U.S. destroyed progressive secular forces in Afghanistan

First published in Workers World in October 1996, and then republished on Sept. 27, 2001, just before the U.S. invasion…

July 5, 2021

Palestinian resistance forces changes in Zionist regime

The U.S./NATO-backed Israeli settler state has been forced into a change in leadership by the steadfast unity and resistance of…

June 23, 2021

Solidarity with Palestine at Port of Seattle

Seattle In response to the U.S.-backed Israeli bombing of Gaza and the ongoing dispossession of people in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah…

June 17, 2021

Palestinian youth defiant despite retaliation, mass arrests

Hundreds of Palestinians have been arrested in retaliation for the May 2021 uprising across Palestine, including prominent twin activists Muna…

June 16, 2021