U.S. and Canada

Long live International Workers Day!

The following joint statement was issued by three 2016 election campaign candidates of Workers World Party: Monica Moorehead, presidential candidate;…

April 26, 2016

Migrant upsurge & MAY DAY

Gutierrez has been a co-coordinator of the May 1st Coalition for Worker and Immigrant Rights for a decade and is…

April 26, 2016

Verizon strike solidarity: sea of red from Massachusetts to Virginia

After 10 months of trying to negotiate a contract with their anti-union bosses, 40,000 Verizon landline and FIOS workers in…

April 25, 2016

Rev. Pinkney’s appeal set for May 11

Marquette Branch Prison, Mich. -- A three-judge panel of Michigan’s Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in the case of…

April 25, 2016

On the picket line

Calif. “temp” warehouse workers strike again Warehouse workers at the Port of Los Angeles went on strike April 6 for…

April 24, 2016

Historic repression of federal unions and possible revival today

This is part 2 of an article on federal unions and discusses the historical background to workers’ “sensitivity” ratings. Part…

April 22, 2016

Campaigns largely ignore issues facing African Americans

Democratic Party candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are both making appeals to win over African-American voters during the final…

April 21, 2016

Philadelphia Day of Rage held despite arrests

Despite heavy-handed police repression against three leading organizers, members of the Philadelphia Coalition for R.E.A.L. (Racial, Economic And Legal) Justice…

April 21, 2016

Michigan prisoners continue fight for decent food

April 18 — For three weeks, food protests in three Michigan prisons have been over 95 percent successful. The latest…

April 21, 2016

A turn towards fighting unionism

Chicago -- For decades now, going back to the Cold War era when most left-wing leaders were purged from the U.S.…

April 21, 2016