By a railroad worker Hurricane Sandy and capitalist disorganization have devastated railroads and transit lines serving New York and New Jersey. The railroad tunnels under the Hudson and East rivers were flooded for the first time since they were opened in 1910. These tunnels connect New York City’s Pennsylvania Station with the rest of the [...]
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New York’s railroad tunnels flooded for first time in a century
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Hurricane Sandy: Capitalism is the disaster, people’s power is the answer
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Following is the text of the Peoples Power Assembly statement: Protest Rally & March in NYC Sat. Nov. 3 — 12 noon at the Main Post Office, 32th St. & 8th Ave., Manhattan Following this join the Peoples Power Assembly in a “people to people” relief effort. We will distribute water, do free blood pressure [...]
Ford shuts Belgium plant, workers’ party protests
Following is a statement from the Workers Party of Belgium (PTB). Today, Wednesday, Oct. 24, the hard news arrived: The Ford factory in Genk closes shop, and 4,300 jobs at Ford will be eliminated, while another 6,000 jobs will disappear indirectly. The municipality of Genk is located in the Belgian province of Limburg, in the [...]
Unnatural Disasters
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The disaster known as Hurricane Sandy that hit the Caribbean, the United States and Canada at the end of October 2012 should have come as no surprise. Every possible warning sign had preceded it. For years, international conferences had been held at which scientists laid out the effects of global warming on the climate. What [...]
Will superstorm break the silence?
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Workers World Party statement As of Nov. 2, the toll from Hurricane Sandy, the huge storm that ravaged the Caribbean and then cut a swath from the mid-Atlantic states all the way up into Canada, is reported to be 67 people killed in the Caribbean and 95 people dead in the U.S., including 44 in [...]
We are the future! The future is socialism!
A call from youth to attend the Workers World Party Conference, Nov 17-18 The following statement was issued by the national youth fraction of Workers World Party. Anger at capitalism’s war against young people is growing daily. Across the world, millions of young people have taken to the streets fighting back against austerity, injustice and [...]
Holy Land 5 appeal rejected by Supreme Court
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Noor Elashi, daughter of Holy Land 5 defendant Ghassan Elashi, describes her father’s case in the following excerpted article, published Oct. 24 on The Electronic Intifada website. Actions were held on Oct. 25 in 10 U.S. cities to demand freedom for the Holy Land 5. On Oct. 26, the Supreme Court decided that it would [...]
Editorial: No es acto de caridad
Impulsada por la financiación de capitalistas racistas y de extrema derecha, está arrasando por todo Estados Unidos una campaña para restringir y negar el derecho a votar a los/as afroamericanos, latinos/as, y otras comunidades pobres y oprimidas. ¿Hasta dónde llegará? Apenas tres semanas antes de las elecciones, comenzaron a aparecer en las principales ciudades de [...]
‘WWP’s politics went further’
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Andy is a student activist and public sector health-care worker in North Carolina. He is currently working as part of the movement to build Student Power Unions, the organizing model used by students in Quebec, Puerto Rico and elsewhere, across North Carolina. He is a member of the Durham, N.C., branch of Workers World [...]
Not an act of charity
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Fueled by funding from racist, right-wing capitalists, a campaign to restrict and deny voting rights to African-American, Latino/a, and other poor and oppressed communities is raging across the U.S. Just how far will it go? Just three weeks before the elections, billboards saying, “Voter Fraud is a Felony — Up to 3-1/2 years & $10,000 [...]
