The shadow of war has hung over the Korean peninsula for six decades — almost a lifetime. That is how long the Korean people have been waiting for a peace treaty to be signed since the fighting ended in 1953. By not sitting down with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and agreeing to a [...]
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Protesta contra legislación anti-inmigrante en Kansas
Por redacción de Workers World/Mundo Obrero Miembros del Sunflower Community Action, una organización comunitaria pro derechos de inmigrantes y trabajadores/as con sede en Wichita, Kansas, viajaron cientos de millas al Capitolio del estado en Topeka el 6 de marzo para llevar a cabo una Asamblea Popular sobre la Reforma Migratoria. En la Asamblea, celebrada en [...]
South African ambassador to present prestigous award to ILWU Local 10 activist
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Editor March 19, 2013 » Add the first comment.
The following press statement was issued by International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10. Leo Robinson Memorial Recognizes Bay Area’s Historic Role Against Apartheid in South Africa On Saturday, March 23, ILWU Local 10 honors the life and struggle of Leo Robinson, who will receive a posthumous prestigious award from the South African Ambassador at [...]
Chávez’s Venezuela promotes solidarity with U.S. poor
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From the robber baron days of Carnegie and Rockefeller to today’s Bill Gates, billionaires, with great fanfare, have spent a tiny fraction of their vast fortunes on “charities” of one kind or another. This has always been accompanied by a chorus of adulation from the capitalist press and politicians alike. These “gifts” are designed to [...]
New York City cemetery workers file federal lawsuit against racism
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The following media statement was released March 11 by the workers involved. Four workers, activists in a campaign to eradicate racism at the famous Historical Landmark Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, recently filed a federal lawsuit against Woodlawn alleging serious civil rights violations by cemetery officials. The lawsuit names the president of the cemetery and [...]
WWP celebrates Int’l Working Women’s Day
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By Workers World Detroit and Buffalo bureaus Workers World Party in Detroit commemorated International Women’s Day on March 9 with a forum called “Women Rising, Fighting Back” featuring Workers World managing editor and queer activist LeiLani Dowell of New York City. Dowell reported on her recent trip to a revolutionary women’s conference in India. Dowell’s [...]
International Women’s Alliance: Fight capitalism, imperialism
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The International Women’s Alliance is a global alliance of grassroots-based women’s organizations, institutions, alliances, networks and individuals committed to moving forward the liberation of women. For more information, go to internationalwomensalliance.wordpress.com. Read the entire Feb. 25 statement at workers.org. The International Women’s Alliance calls on women all over the globe to advance their ongoing struggles [...]
From Cuba’s revolutionary government on Hugo Chávez: Farewell, Commander
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The following statement was released on March 5, 2013. It was with profound and searing grief that our people and the Revolutionary Government learned about the decease of President Hugo Chávez Frías and are therefore preparing to pay a heartfelt and patriotic tribute to him, for he will go down in history as a Hero [...]
¡Hugo Chávez, presente!
El Partido Workers World – Mundo Obrero se une al pueblo venezolano en el duelo por la pérdida del gran líder revolucionario Hugo Chávez. La muerte de un líder gigante como Chávez es difícil de aceptar. Millones de personas alrededor del mundo lloran profundamente la pérdida de su personalidad vibrante, su cálido abrazo de la [...]
Emergency action called for two women political prisoners in U.S.
Following are excerpts from an International Action Center news release announcing a press conference for Friday, March 8, International Women’s Day, in the Zenger Room, National Press Club, in Washington, D.C. [The conference] will focus on the emergency situation of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and the health crisis of attorney Lynne Stewart. The gathering will also pay homage [...]
