Human needs before profits

Detroiters denounce city’s bankruptcy

Dec. 3 — Detroit residents, community activists, city retirees and workers from many unions, including teachers, firefighters and others, demonstrated…

December 5, 2013

Federal judge rules in favor of banks and political dictatorship in Detroit bankruptcy decision

Dec. 3 — Judge Steven Rhodes has ruled that a state-imposed emergency manager was acting legally when bankruptcy was filed…

December 3, 2013

All out Dec. 17 in Detroit to ‘stop the criminal banks’

Protesters will be gathering Dec. 3 outside the courthouse as Judge Stephen Rhodes issues his ruling on the Detroit municipal…

December 3, 2013

Lessons from Detroit: Socialist ideology and mass organizing

  From a WWP Conference talk by Abayomi Azikiwe. Detroit has been and will continue to be at the forefront…

November 22, 2013

Judge says no to secret fees in Detroit bankruptcy

In the struggle to stop the racist bankruptcy and emergency management imposed by the big banks on the city of…

November 18, 2013

Detroit bankruptcy means people versus banks

Federal Bankruptcy Judge Stephen Rhodes heard closing arguments Nov. 8 in the eligibility trial for what could be the largest…

November 17, 2013

Rockford, Ill., youth demand jobs

Members of Fight Imperialism, Stand Together (FIST) led a march of 30 people on Nov. 5 through the streets of…

November 17, 2013

Global struggle in era of dead-end capitalism

Based on a talk given by Larry Holmes, Workers World Party First Secretary, at an Oct. 20 leadership meeting. Mass…

November 14, 2013

African economy produces billionaires while poverty persists

Press reports from Africa indicate that there are unprecedented levels of economic growth taking place throughout the continent, which includes…

November 12, 2013

African Americans still not recovered from Great Recession

Despite claims that the country is in a gradual economic recovery, millions are being thrown into poverty and prolonged joblessness.…

November 10, 2013