Health Care

Jalil Muntaqim scheduled for release — Free them all!

The New York State Parole Board has finally ordered the release of Jalil Muntaqim, aka Anthony Bottom, a former member…

October 2, 2020

400,000 seafarers around the world stuck on board ships

An unjust hardship faces 800,000 workers worldwide. Some 400,000 seafarers whose work contracts have expired are still stuck on their…

October 2, 2020

Ren Zhiqiang was not arrested for ‘anti-communism’

When influential, former property executive Ren Zhiqiang was given an 18-year sentence in China, the Western media were quick to…

October 2, 2020

Illinois: Black and Latinx women health workers lead strike to victory

They won!  The historic 10-day strike by workers at medical facilities in three Illinois cities resulted in an all-out victory,…

September 28, 2020

Surviving a pandemic under siege

During a Sept. 18 “Free Palestine” webinar, Palestinian writers and activists Susan Abulhawa and Khaled Barakat were asked to comment…

September 24, 2020

The ‘populism’ of pandemics

Taken from an Sept. 9 audio column from prisonradio.org. For months now, the nation has been battered by the ravages…

September 24, 2020

Illinois: Striking health workers say: ‘We want R-E-S-P-E-C-T and a contract!’

Solidarity was on display when striking nurses and service workers rallied together outside the Thompson Center in Chicago on Sept.…

September 22, 2020

Healthcare workers for all workers

National Nurses United (NNU) called it the “largest hospital union victory in the South since 1975.”  On Sept. 16, in…

September 22, 2020

COVID cases, deaths double in prisons

Since Workers World last reported on COVID behind bars in June, case numbers and deaths have more than doubled.  Current…

September 21, 2020

Cuba socialista es líder mundial en la lucha contra el COVID-19

Por Rosemari Mealy Esta es una charla ligeramente editada que se dio en un seminario web del Partido Mundo Obrero…

September 20, 2020