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The following is excerpted from Chapter 2 of Marcy’s “High Tech, Low Pay: A Marxist analysis of the changing character of the working class,” first published in 1986. [ . . .]
WW commentary: Spirit of Harper’s Ferry raid lives on

This is a slightly edited version of this article (subheads were added), published on Oct 21, 2009, in Workers World. For the masses of workers and oppressed people in this [ . . .]
San Francisco Labor Council resolution: Abolish U.S.-imposed economic sanctions

The following resolution was passed unanimously on Feb. 10, 2020. Whereas sanctions and economic blockades are being imposed by the United States and its allies — in [ . . .]
Big Oil and Gas spread the ‘Big Lie’ about toxic waste

Philadelphia Hydraulic fracturing, known as “fracking,” is the process of forcing chemical-laden water into underground shale formations in order to extract natural gas [ . . .]
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On Jan. 8, Workers World reporter Phebe Eckfeldt interviewed Alberto Barreto Cardona, a leading member of Partido Mundo Obrero/Workers World Party. Barreto spoke about his [ . . .]
Venezuela/Claudio Katz accepts Liberator Award for latest book

By Claudio Katz Caracas Dec. 17 — The following is from a lecture the author, an Argentine Marxist economist and political analyst, gave at the reception for the 12th [ . . .]
Anti-apartheid protest by Youth Against War and Fascism, 1976

YAWF was the acronym for Youth Against War and Fascism, the youth organization associated with Workers World Party. Founded in 1962, YAWF carried its orange banners in the [ . . .]
Sanctions Kill protests

Organized popular resistance has made it increasingly difficult for U.S. imperialism to impose its will around the world through military intervention. From Iran to [ . . .]
Reparations & Black Liberation

Workers World first published this article on June 6, 2002. Lawsuits have been filed in New York and New Jersey targeting corporations that profited from the slave trade. [ . . .]
Portland longshore workers resist union busting

By Patrick Cate and Lyn Neeley The West Coast Longshore strike in 1934 shut down docks from California to Washington state. Here, police help strikebreakers cross that picket [ . . .]

Report from Puerto Rico — Part 1: Organizing against earthquakes and austerity/

Black labor: From chattel slavery to wage slavery/ Part 2

WW commentary: Spirit of Harper’s Ferry raid lives on

San Francisco Labor Council resolution: Abolish U.S.-imposed economic sanctions

Big Oil and Gas spread the ‘Big Lie’ about toxic waste

Report from Puerto Rico, Part 2/ PROMESA and earthquakes

Venezuela/Claudio Katz accepts Liberator Award for latest book

Anti-apartheid protest by Youth Against War and Fascism, 1976

Sanctions Kill protests

Reparations & Black Liberation

Portland longshore workers resist union busting

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