Human needs before profits

Mass layoffs loom, GM gets bailed out, workers get sold out

Workers in Michigan, Maryland, Ohio and Ontario, Canada, are in a state of shock after learning that General Motors intends…

December 4, 2018

Big pharma profits off pain

Dsuvia. That is the trade name of the latest high-powered opioid that may soon appear on the market. Its scientific…

December 3, 2018

Hurricane hammers Florida & government protects property, not people

Pensacola, Fla. — Convoys of relief supplies provided by a left and community coalition effort headed from this city to…

October 17, 2018

Bosses’ greed cited in Massachusetts gas disaster

Oct. 1 — An explosion violently shook a Lawrence, Mass., home off its concrete foundation on the evening on Sep.…

October 3, 2018

For New York Times, profits trump politics

The Times gave a classic lesson — never rely on the liberal elements in the ruling class to fight political…

September 24, 2018

Lessons of an early socialist experiment

This Part 2 of the series “What Is Socialism?” consists of an abridged version of the first half of Sam…

September 6, 2018

Trump, Charlottesville, Chemnitz and the struggle

Sept. 1 — To many progressives among the population, Donald Trump appears to be on the ropes. They are waiting…

September 4, 2018

Homeless individuals create community in Minneapolis camp

Minneapolis — A camp of nearly 200 homeless people has sprung up along the shoulder of state highway 55, where…

August 30, 2018

Can we meet the challenges facing the working class including identity politics?

An important issue under discussion inside Workers World Party, which resulted in members of the WWP Detroit branch resigning on…

July 18, 2018

Will tariff war boomerang on workers in U.S.?

To defend imposing steep tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum from Canada and Mexico, and then similar tariffs on…

July 3, 2018