COVID-19

100+ strikes demand: PPE before profits!

Since the beginning of March, workers have held over 100 walkouts, sick-outs, sit-ins, pickets and protests over their bosses’ failure…

April 21, 2020

Big money backs ultra-rightist protests to ‘open the economy’

Amidst the unending stream of grim news flowing from the COVID crisis, a new disturbing image has emerged over the…

April 21, 2020

‘The real criminals are not in prison’

The following excerpted remarks were made by Gloria Rubac, a longtime Texas anti-death penalty activist, on an April 9 Workers…

April 21, 2020

How the World Health Organization supports Africa’s response to COVID-19

As of April 18,  according to the African Centers for Disease Control, there were 21,990 cases of COVID-19 in Africa,…

April 21, 2020

Unemployment explosion reveals class conflict

April 19 — The explosion of unemployment applications during the COVID-19 crisis underscored the vicious class contradictions in the United…

April 20, 2020

A prescription for health care justice

After much discussion, the health care workers caucus — comprised of Workers World Party members working in various areas of…

April 20, 2020

U.S. economy crumbles as millions of workers lose jobs

At least 17 million workers in the United States lost their jobs from the second week of March to the…

April 17, 2020

Philadelphia failure to empty jails causes COVID-19 death 

The first COVID-19 death in Philadelphia jails occurred on April 14. She was Yvonne Harris, a 48-year-old woman incarcerated at…

April 17, 2020

Seeking psychotherapy under capitalism during a pandemic

Harris is a clinical psychologist in New York City. To paraphrase Marx, a society’s mode of production — how workers…

April 17, 2020

‘The average sailor has been politicized’: Interview with antiwar Navy veteran Jon Hutto

“Capt. Crozier’s action sharpened the contradiction inherent in military service, especially for the enlisted corps, who are by and large…

April 17, 2020