U.S. and Canada

DOC promises hep C drugs for Mumia Abu-Jamal

Political prisoner and revolutionary activist Mumia Abu-Jamal was notified March 31 by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections that he would…

April 6, 2017

The illusion of correctional ‘medicine’

Taken from a March 31 audio recording on prisonradio.org In the netherworld of American prisons one must jettison any medical…

April 6, 2017

A veteran activist on: ‘Labor Rights Equal Civil Rights’

“Labor Rights Equal Civil Rights” was the theme of a historic “March on Mississippi” held March 4 on the Nissan…

April 6, 2017

People with disabilities battle Trump

Ari Ne’eman, president of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, warned about Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president: “It’s a disaster.…

April 6, 2017

WWP Midwest conference mixes theory and action

By Kris Balderas-Hamel and Dorothy Brown Detroit Workers World Party’s Detroit Branch, along with the Wayne State University chapter of…

April 5, 2017

Young worker on socialist education

I am a community college student and worker in northern Lower Michigan and I’m writing in response to the Workers…

April 5, 2017

In Boston, a tribute to women’s resistance and fightback

“Together We Rise! Global Women's Fightback vs. Trumpism” was the theme of a powerful and uplifting International Working Women and…

April 4, 2017

Women and Standing Rock: ‘Nothing will ever be the same!’

Excerpts from a talk given by Mahtowin Munro of the United American Indians of New England at the International Working…

April 4, 2017

The real loan sharks

The feds have arrested 10 “wise guys” for loan sharking in New York City’s Howard Beach, a neighborhood made notorious…

April 4, 2017

Black Lives Matter protest against Trump, de Blasio

By Taryn Fivek and Nathaniel Peters New York City Hundreds of activists skillfully moved past police barricades to scale the…

April 3, 2017