Human needs before profits

Raise the minimum wage to $15 — at least!

A $15-per-hour minimum wage cannot be included in the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill proposed by Congressional Democrats. So ruled…

March 1, 2021

‘Rubin never lost a case’ – Rubin Kanowitz, 1931-2021

Some younger Workers World Party members met Rubin Kanowitz for the first time when he was a communist elder, still…

February 26, 2021

COVID crisis drags down U.S. life expectancy

The number of deaths due to COVID-19 in the United States is now over 500,000.  According to the National Center…

February 24, 2021

Texas freeze – Rich get richer, workers suffer

Houston An unprecedented winter storm hit Texas Feb. 15, bringing subfreezing temperatures. One week later, huge sections of the population…

February 23, 2021

India: Rail roko protest and growing state-sanctioned terror

Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the farmer unions’ umbrella body, launched a rail roko protest to halt train transit in many parts…

February 22, 2021

Portland, Ore. — Police stop hungry people from retrieving food from dumpster

Portland, Ore.  As a massive winter storm swept across the U.S. last week, knocking out power from Oregon to Texas…

February 22, 2021

Reparations, health care and the pandemic

The late John Conyers — U.S. Representative from Michigan and a member of the Congressional Black Caucus — introduced bill…

February 8, 2021

Imperio de E.E.U.U. libra guerra de 30 años contra Irak 

Desde la perspectiva de los jóvenes del mundo, el imperialismo estadounidense ha estado librando una guerra contra Iraq durante toda…

February 6, 2021

NFL union’s solidarity with Bessemer Amazon workers right to a union

Following the May 25, 2020, public murder of 46-year-old George Floyd by Minneapolis police, masses of people took to the…

February 2, 2021

Capitalist greed kills six poultry workers in Georgia

Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 31 — Prior to Jan. 28, most of us were likely unaware of the death-rendering results of…

February 1, 2021