Court obstructs justice in Akai Gurley case

For a brief time last February, there was hope that, at last, Black lives do matter, when a jury convicted…

May 1, 2016

Moldovan political prisoners win partial victory, struggle continues

April 26 -- The Petrenko Group, seven communists and anti-oligarchy political prisoners in Moldova, have been freed from house arrest…

May 1, 2016

Baltimore campaign for people’s power

Andre Powell, left, and Sharon Black are two of the leading activists in the People’s Power Assembly and Workers World…

April 29, 2016

‘We’re going to win,’ say Bronx workers

The Laundry Workers Center launched a new campaign, “Titlanice” or “We’re going to win,” to defend restaurant workers faced with…

April 29, 2016

Low-wage autoworkers win union

On April 14, low-wage workers had a nationwide strike demanding “$15 and a union.” Now, workers at Detroit Chassis in…

April 29, 2016

Ayotzinapa cover-up

The heart-stabbing news about Mexico reported in the U.S. media is written with an appropriate tone of shock and horror.…

April 29, 2016

International monitors to visit Odessa, Ukraine

On May 2, 2014, at least 48 anti-fascists and trade unionists were killed when neo-Nazis attacked a protest encampment in…

April 29, 2016

More water cutoffs in Detroit

While the business media call it “revitalization,” the actual program of dislocation and underdevelopment aimed at long-time residents of Detroit…

April 28, 2016

Labor, environmentalists stand up for Flint

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced on April 20 that criminal charges had been brought against three individuals in relation…

April 28, 2016

U.N. debates ‘sustainable development goals’ as world crisis grows

Heads of state attended a United Nations conference in New York City in late April to address Sustainable Development Goals…

April 28, 2016