U.S. and Canada

Activists protest postal service privatization

Members of Communities and Postal Workers United and Community- Labor United for Postal Jobs and Services attended the quadrennial AFL-CIO…

September 20, 2013

AFL-CIO delegates against U.S. wars

One by one or in small groups, delegates to the the AFL-CIO national convention, held Sept. 8-11 in Los Angeles,…

September 20, 2013

U.S. anti-war activists visit Syria

An anti-war delegation from the United States visited Syria the week of Sept. 16 to see for themselves what is…

September 19, 2013

Nationwide rallies demand justice for Marissa Alexander

Dozens of people gathered in Philadelphia on Sept. 14 as part of a Nationwide Day of Rallies calling for Justice…

September 19, 2013

Yellow ribbons & a new book to free the Cuban 5

Cubans festooned their island with yellow ribbons on Sept. 12, marking the 15th anniversary of the arrest of five Cuban…

September 19, 2013

Economic contraction and military expansion

This essay is reprinted from the pamphlet “Reindustrialization: The Menace Behind the Promise,” written by Workers World Party founder Sam…

September 19, 2013

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 17

From matrilineal clan to patriarchy — Feasting as an instrument for deepening social inequality The dissolution of the matrilineal clan…

September 19, 2013

Detroit emergency manager dictates ‘lights out’

When the lights went out at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center (CAY­MAC) in downtown Detroit on Sept. 11, it…

September 18, 2013

Income gap grows still wider

For ever so long, workers have been told that this capitalist system we live under works to our benefit. Sure,…

September 18, 2013

Michigan anti-fracking movement worries gas industry

Capitalist propaganda has a peculiar way of turning reality on its head. A case in point is the well-funded effort…

September 18, 2013