Human needs before profits

SCOTUS rules to exclude Puerto Ricans from SSI

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a federal law that denies disability benefits to U.S. citizens living in Puerto Rico.…

May 6, 2022

UArts rally for union rights and benefits

Philadelphia Philadelphia University of the Arts workers, students and community members rallied April 27 in solidarity with staff seeking to…

May 6, 2022

Philadelphia: Displacing low-income families for profit

Philadelphia Faced with evictions on July 8, residents of Philadelphia’s University City Townhomes and their supporters converged on the offices…

May 5, 2022

Is the ‘recovery’ stalling?

Few tears were shed when hated Amazon announced April 28 that it lost $3.8 billion in the first quarter of…

May 5, 2022

Portland says: ‘¡Cuba sí, bloqueo no!’

Portland, Oregon  May 23 – Carlos Lazo, a teacher and outspoken Cuban American activist, drove from his home in Seattle…

April 29, 2022

On the picket line

Doctors unionize By a vote of 209-59 in favor, the resident physicians at the University of Vermont Medical Center have…

April 28, 2022

Cops terrorize child, protect a bag of Doritos – a WW commentary

Syracuse, New York By now you’ve probably seen the video, if you can bear to watch yet another horrifying, racist…

April 27, 2022

France’s presidential elections – xenophobe loses, banker wins  

Emmanuel Macron, the candidate for Forward the Republic (La République En Marche [EM]), won the second round of France’s presidential…

April 27, 2022

Folkston detainees, immigrant rights activists chant together

Folkston, Georgia April 16 – Multiple organizations forming the Coalition to Shut Down ICE in Georgia have been giving special…

April 22, 2022

COVID and the capitalist crisis

The capitalist class is “reopening” the international economy, harming many workers. Controls that significantly limited the spread of the coronavirus…

April 22, 2022