Philadelphia

Reflections on the protests and Black Liberation  – a WW commentary

Philadelphia On May 30, after sleeping in after a long work shift, I decided to make my way down to…

June 18, 2020

Too late to reform, time to disband Philly police

Philadelphia The Philadelphia Police Department, the fourth largest in the U.S., is one of the oldest municipal police agencies, founded…

June 18, 2020

Racist Rizzo statue taken down

Philadelphia Philadelphia city officials removed the hated Frank Rizzo statue, long the target of demonstrations against police brutality and white…

June 5, 2020

Car caravan: Free Our Youth! 

Philadelphia As states across the U.S. took steps to stop the spread of COVID-19 — closing schools and workplaces, canceling…

May 28, 2020

Discussion on gender oppression and imperialism in Philadelphia

Philadelphia Over 30 people participated in a March 10 discussion hosted by Workers World Party connecting the struggle for gender…

March 19, 2020

Delbert Africa speaks following release from prison

Philadelphia A historic press conference was held at the Kingsessing Library in West Philadelphia on Jan. 21 to officially welcome…

January 23, 2020

Protest in Philadelphia against corporate sexual abuse, racism

Rylinda Rhodes was loud and clear, speaking here at a Dec. 18 rally outside Comcast world corporate headquarters: “I am…

December 20, 2019

Airport workers arrested while demanding affordable health care 

“Get sick, go broke!  Our health care is a joke.” That call-and-response was chanted loudly and clearly on Nov. 26…

December 6, 2019

Notorious police department escalates war on Philadelphia

Kidnappings, robberies, racist and sexist terror, aerial bombings, murder—​there is no crime that the Philadelphia Police Department has not committed…

August 22, 2019

Philadelphians march against police brutality

Twenty-two-year-old Tyree Carroll was stopped April 3 by Philadelphia police for riding his bicycle the wrong way on a one-way…

July 22, 2015