Shutdown crisis set back Tea Party, but mass struggle crucial to fight reaction and austerity

The government shutdown/debt-ceiling crisis evolved out of a civil war within the Republican Party between right-wing conservatives and the ultra-right…

October 23, 2013

U.S. in Colombia: Gen. Petraeus distorts reality

Students in New York City are so right-on to protest David Petraeus’ appointment as a highly paid professor at the…

October 23, 2013

U.S., France step up intervention in Africa

U.S. military operations on Oct. 5 in Libya and Somalia were neither isolated events nor solely prompted by the siege…

October 23, 2013

Detroit City Council tells EM and banks, ‘No!’

Oct. 21 — In a unanimous vote today, Detroit’s City Council refused to rubber stamp the state-appointed Emergency Manager’s plan…

October 22, 2013

French high school students protest racist deportation

Léonarda Dibrani was on a class trip Oct.9 in Doubs, a small community near the French-Swiss border, when French cops…

October 22, 2013

Struggle against Crown Holdings crosses borders

Philadelphia — A busload of 50 strikers from United Steelworkers Local 9176 in Toronto joined 50 other USW members and…

October 22, 2013

Demanda contra la ONU por cólera en Haití

A pesar de que su responsabilidad en la introducción y propagación del cólera en Haití ha sido establecida de manera…

October 22, 2013

Noticias de América Latina

Brasil El gobierno de Dilma Rouseff vuelve a ser enfrentado en menos de un año por movilizaciones populares. El 17…

October 22, 2013

Raíces políticas del cierre gubernamental y el techo de la deuda

Artículos en la prensa capitalista dicen que el gran capital está perdiendo su influencia en el Partido Republicano. Pero esta…

October 22, 2013

A FIST appeal to youth: Attend Workers World Party conference

The looming global financial crisis has already hurt young people, leaving nearly 75 million young people unemployed around the world.…

October 21, 2013