West Asia/ North Africa

War against Syria defines today’s imperialism

The war against Syria is not just another imperialist adventure. It is not just some pirate ships leaving the port…

December 7, 2016

Wars on Iraq, Afghanistan costing $5 trillion

Sept. 18 — Professor Neta Crawford of the Watson Institute at Brown University released a report detailing the costs, both…

September 25, 2016

An open letter to Colin Kaepernick from Toni Smith-Thompson, anti-Iraq war protester

Toni Smith-Thompson is a former member of the Manhattanville College women’s basketball team who protested the start of the U.S.…

August 30, 2016

Display to honor Gazan children killed by Israel

Des Moines, Iowa The American Friends Service Committee will honor the victims of Israel’s 2014 military assault on Gaza with…

July 29, 2016

No RE/MAX sales of Palestinian land!

Speakers from two groups concerned with the rights of Palestinians spoke to the international shareholders’ meeting of the RE/MAX company…

May 13, 2016

U.S. plans new escalation of Iraq war

At a briefing with U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on March 25, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford…

April 8, 2016

End the siege of Gaza!

New York -- For seven weeks last summer, Israeli missiles, warplanes and ground troops assaulted the small Palestinian enclave of…

September 4, 2015

A conversation with Iraqi immigrants

Morgantown, W.Va. War has become an everyday reality for humanity. Since 2001, the United States has been given a clear…

July 16, 2015

Bombings kill more in Yemen as hunger, thirst spread

Warplanes deployed by the Saudi Arabian monarchy, the Gulf Cooperation Council and their allies, all backed by U.S. imperialism, are…

July 6, 2015

Tariq Aziz, former deputy prime minister of Iraq

Workers World publishes the following obituary for Tariq Aziz, written by two former United Nations humanitarian coordinators for Iraq who…

June 13, 2015