Mumia Abu-Jamal: The battles of history

The events surrounding Charlottesville, Va., have a resonance far beyond the borders of Old Dominion. Even though they began as…

September 10, 2017

National protests demand $15 and a union

“Fight for $15” and “Unionize” resonated in 300 cities around the U.S., chanted by workers marching on Sept. 4, Labor…

September 8, 2017

Will labor purchase of Sun-Times make it working-class?

Chicago, Aug. 31 — In July, an investment group led by the Chicago Federation of Labor and businessperson Edwin Eisendrath…

September 8, 2017

On the picket line

Support Texas Workers Relief Fund To help the millions of Hurricane Harvey survivors on the Texas Gulf Coast, consider donating…

September 8, 2017

Hurricanes, floods and capitalism

In “Capital,” Karl Marx described capitalism as a system that is designed entirely around the exploitation of labor — but…

September 8, 2017

Elections, capitalist economics and self-determination in Africa, Part 2

From an article originally published in the Aug. 12 Pan-African News Wire. Angolan president to step down amid oil glut…

September 7, 2017

Detroiters protest Taser killing of Black youth Damon Grimes

Damon Grimes, a 15-year-old African-American youth riding an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on Aug. 26 died of injuries from an accident…

September 7, 2017

Cuba leads world in managing disasters

Reprinted from the Jan. 20, 2005, issue of Workers World. This article was written after a tsunami wreaked havoc on…

September 7, 2017

Commemorating Black August in San Diego

Over 60 people filled the Malcolm X Library and Performing Arts Center for a successful event commemorating Black August in…

September 7, 2017

Black August: Providence, R.I., honors Black prisoner resistance

Providence, R.I. — Behind the Walls, a prisoner rights program of Direct Action for Rights and Equality, along with Workers…

September 7, 2017