June 4 — A small protest to keep a green space in downtown Istanbul from being turned into a giant shopping mall that began on May 30 has become a massive popular movement. Demonstrators have heroically challenged brutal police, who have used tear and pepper gas, truncheons, water cannon, smoke grenades and rubber bullets against [...]
June 3 — A small protest to hold onto a green space in downtown Istanbul that began five days ago has grown to a massive movement against the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and his Islamic-based Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has ruled the country since its first electoral victory in 2003. When [...]
Among the 1,000 speakers ready to present their ideas at the 2013 Left Forum at Pace University in downtown Manhattan this June 7-9 are a dozen participating in panels organized by Workers World newspaper. The theme of this year’s Forum is “Mobilizing for Economic/Ecological Transformation.” The times and rooms for these WW panels are listed [...]
Organizers of the Left Forum announced on May 9 that Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera will address the conference’s closing plenary and participate in some panels. The theme of this year’s Forum is “Mobilizing for Economic/Ecological Transformation.” The LF has been a center for the struggle of ideas by people within the left movement [...]
¿Evolucionarán las tradicionales manifestaciones de los trabajadores del Primero de Mayo en Europa en una gigantesca protesta anti austeridad este año? Se esperan protestas masivas en Portugal, España y Grecia, como mínimo, y en todos los países existe la posibilidad de que las acciones vayan más allá de los límites tradicionales y se coordinen a [...]
Will the traditional May Day workers’ demonstrations in Europe evolve into a gigantic anti-austerity protest this year? Massive protests are expected in Portugal, Spain and Greece, at a minimum, and in all countries there is the possibility of actions spilling beyond the traditional boundaries with coordination across national borders. Workers — including tens of millions [...]
Chilean exile and profound internationalist Victor Toro will be in court April 25 in New York to continue his struggle to win asylum and avoid deportation to Chile. He and his support committee ask progressives in the region to come show solidarity with him. Toro spoke of this at a meeting on April 14 at [...]
The United National Antiwar Coalition has announced demonstrations in 50 U.S. cities during April, which UNAC has designated “anti-drone month.” Many actions are set for April 20. These protests focus on the new dangers at home and abroad from killer and spy drones. They also call attention to the escalating U.S. war threats against north [...]
El informe mensual de la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales (BLS por las siglas en inglés), la inminente amenaza del “secuestro” (proceso de recortes automáticos en el presupuesto federal), la austeridad por parte de ambos partidos políticos y la falta general de empleos con salarios dignos retan a la clase obrera de Estados Unidos a un [...]
Denmark is a small, NATO-member country in relatively prosperous northern Europe. As you can see from the release Workers World received April 12 from the Kommunistisk Politik International, Danish workers too are facing a relentless attack from the local and European ruling class, and are fighting back. Since April 1, the Danish schools have ceased [...]
