New York

WWP Conference grapples with strategies to overturn dead-end capitalism

Workers. Youth. Detroit. Boston. These are now in the forefront of the consciousness of many of the political activists who…

November 20, 2013

Young people say: ‘Fight back! Build people’s power’

By Andy Katz and Ben Carroll New York Young people from across the U.S. mobilized to attend the Workers World…

November 20, 2013

De Blasio and New York workers

The multinational working class of New York City — who seemed to have been submerged as a political factor during…

November 14, 2013

Large TWU protest for a decent contract

More than 4,000 people — mainly members of Transport Workers Union Local 100 — protested in front of the Metropolitan…

November 10, 2013

Boston bus drivers defend labor leaders

'Union busting is disgusting' Boston, Oct. 28 — It was a true indication of what workers’ power means. A mass…

October 29, 2013

U.S. in Colombia: Gen. Petraeus distorts reality

Students in New York City are so right-on to protest David Petraeus’ appointment as a highly paid professor at the…

October 23, 2013

Haitians seek reparations from U.N.

Around 100 people, mainly Haitian, gathered in New York’s Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, opposite the U.N. headquarters, for an eight-hour demonstration…

October 6, 2013

Behind the New Haven rail fiasco

By a railroad worker Metro-North Railroad’s New Haven line, the busiest commuter line in the United States, came to a…

October 3, 2013

Protests charge Petraeus = war criminal

Whether he shows his face in Los Angeles or New York, David Petraeus — the retired general who commanded U.N.…

October 2, 2013

Protests save Brooklyn hospital

Brooklyn Judge Johnny Lee Baynes ruled Sept. 12 that New York state’s justification for the closing of Long Island College…

September 18, 2013