Capitalism

The working class and the global capitalist crisis

The following excerpts are from remarks by Larry Holmes, Workers World Party First Secretary, at a May 19 New York…

May 27, 2022

Capitalism kills as health workers lack protection 

Over the last three months, the U.S. government has proven its inability to protect and incompetence at caring for the…

April 9, 2020

Women’s Equality Day speak-out on today’s struggles

August 26 was the 95th anniversary of U.S. women’s hard-won right to vote, fought for by a fierce national suffragist…

September 3, 2015

Capitalism’s war on children

The Black Lives Matter upsurge gained national and international prominence almost a year ago in the aftermath of the police…

July 30, 2015

Keystone XL and Climate Change: Game Over for Capitalism

Until his veto of the Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline on Feb. 24, President Barack Obama had kept the entire world…

March 9, 2015

Fast-food worker: Strike is our main weapon

Talk by Tommy Cavanaugh at the 2014 National Conference of Workers World Party in New York on Nov. 15. It…

November 23, 2014

Capitalism on trial in Boston

The grievance chair and founder of the Boston School Bus Drivers’ Union will be in court on Nov. 24, facing…

October 31, 2014

Capitalism, greed and DNA

When some 5,000 people — mainly CEOs and other executives — gather at New York’s Radio City Music Hall for…

October 3, 2014

Capitalism increases Ebola dangers

Aug. 7 — Ebola was identified 40 years ago in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, then called Zaire. Two…

August 9, 2014

Class struggle and income inequality

Thomas Piketty has become famous because he’s pointed out that there has been a significant increase in wealth inequality in…

May 31, 2014