U.S. and Canada

Workers Assembly unites Southern fightback

Workers from across the Raleigh- Durham, N.C., area and from many different workplaces gathered in a Local Worker Assembly sponsored…

March 7, 2014

Bury Jim Crow! Organize the South!

The following excerpted remarks were made by Eva Panjwani, a leading member of the Durham, N.C., branch of Workers World…

March 7, 2014

Public forum addresses W.Va. chemical spill crisis

Huntington, W.Va. -- A public forum titled “Water Unites Us” on Feb. 20 at Marshall University addressed public concerns about the…

March 7, 2014

UAW loss at VW: unions must not vacillate on racism

Several weeks after the United Auto Workers lost a close election at Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., the discussion continues…

March 6, 2014

Venezuelan revolution defended

In a strong show of support for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Houston activists gathered at the Venezuelan consulate on Feb.…

March 6, 2014

Venezuelans pay tribute to Lumumba

The following statement was released on Feb. 26 by the Embassy of the ­Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela located in Washington,…

March 6, 2014

Hiding stagnation and ‘missing workers’

Here is a major headline item that never made it to the headlines: The Commerce Department has revised downward by…

March 5, 2014

Detroit meeting opposes bankruptcy plan

Detroit -- A standing-room-only audience at Central United Methodist Church participated in an Emergency Town Hall meeting March 2 in…

March 4, 2014

The Cuban Five: Fernando the Giant

The following statement was released by Gerardo Hernández, one of the Cuban Five who remains unjustly imprisoned in the U.S.…

March 4, 2014

Spike Lee said the right thing

Brooklyn, N.Y. — When filmmaker Spike Lee made a series of pithy, crowd-pleasing observations opposing the racist effects of gentrification…

March 3, 2014