U.S. and Canada

Amiri Baraka ¡presente!

Amiri Baraka, a longtime Black revolutionary who was very influential in the struggle against racist and class oppression for over…

January 13, 2014

‘Expanding Empire’ revisited

Vince Copeland, a founding leader of Workers World Party, first published a riveting booklet in 1968 entitled “Expanding Empire: The…

January 13, 2014

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 27

Cuban women and Cuban ‘marriage’ “With a bleeding eye in their hands, a sergeant and several other men went to…

January 11, 2014

‘Affluenza’ & the Marxist cure

People everywhere were shocked and outraged that the son of a Texas factory owner, Ethan Couch, was given probation after…

January 10, 2014

Why the Affordable Care Act is already so expensive

The year was 1965. The U.S. government’s war in Vietnam was increasingly unpopular, especially among the young people being drafted…

January 10, 2014

New investigation, reparations sought for Clarence Moses-El

In November 1996, Clarence Moses-El, who is imprisoned at Kit Carson Correctional Facility in Burlington, Colo., expected to be vindicated…

January 10, 2014

Global youth unemployment: powder keg to explode capitalism?

The statistics are alarming. Young people make up 17 percent of the world’s population, but 40 percent of its unemployed.…

January 9, 2014

Oakland, Calif., community commemorates Oscar Grant

Oakland, Calif. — The mall area of the Fruitvale Bay Area Rapid Transit Station here reverberated with the speeches and…

January 9, 2014

Message from Lynne Stewart & Ralph Poynter: ‘The movement has persevered’

The following message was emailed on Jan. 4. To the International Movement to Free Lynne Stewart: We are elated to…

January 9, 2014

City bankruptcy one of many attacks on Detroiters

Jan. 5 — The new year began with the swearing in of Detroit’s first white mayor in 40 years and…

January 9, 2014