U.S. and Canada

Fracking, global warming & capitalism

Taken from a talk by Betsey Piette, a Workers World Party organizer from Philadelphia, at the Nov. 17-18 WWP national…

January 4, 2013

The storm and the state

Taken from a talk by Imani Keith Henry, a Workers World Party organizer in New York City, at the Nov.…

January 4, 2013

Rally protests murders of Black & Brown youth

Alan Blueford would have turned 19 on Dec. 20, but instead he was killed by Oakland, Calif., police last May…

January 3, 2013

Hurricane Sandy still impacts workers & poor

The governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut came up with a $60 billion figure for the damage Hurricane…

January 3, 2013

In defense of peoples’ power

Part 4: Capitalism profits from guns, war & reaction Violence and defense against violence are life-and-death social questions for those…

January 3, 2013

Fiscal axe aimed at Social Security

Struggle can still stop austerity cuts As we write, the new year has begun. Congress has not yet voted on…

January 2, 2013

What fiscal cliff?

Taken from a Dec. 11 audio column at prisonradio.org. From every TV and radio news broadcast, the words “fiscal cliff”…

January 2, 2013

Emancipation Proclamation and Night Watch

Jan. 1, 2013, is the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Effective…

January 2, 2013

Postal hunger strike targets Congress

Washington, D.C. — Postal workers carried out a six-day encampment and hunger strike once again in Washington, D.C. This time they…

January 2, 2013

Detroit charter school teachers go union

Seventy percent of the teachers at the César Chávez Academy in Detroit have signed up to join the American Federation…

January 2, 2013