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Charlie Hebdo, the free press and racism

How do we put in perspective the international media focus on the massacre of 12 journalists in Paris on Jan.…

January 13, 2015

Workers in Germany challenge Amazon

The Christmas spirit doesn’t suspend the class struggle. German workers and their union, Ver.di, want a higher minimum wage and…

January 11, 2015

Letter on the Berlin Wall and the war between capitalism and socialism

In response to the Nov. 11 editorial, “The wall & counterrevolution,” published on the 25th anniversary of the end of…

January 11, 2015

Behind the attack in Paris

Based on remarks by Deirdre Griswold on the Charlie Hebdo attack, given to a Jan. 9 Workers World Party meeting…

January 10, 2015

Oil price decline impacts African economies

During 2014 many Western-based financial publications declared that the Federal Republic of Nigeria had surpassed the Republic of South Africa…

January 10, 2015

Massive struggle to raise minimum wage in Indonesia

In December, all of Indonesia’s labor unions led a massive campaign for a much higher minimum wage. Minimum wages in…

January 10, 2015

Long live a free Puerto Rico!

Excerpted from a talk by Berta Joubert-Ceci to the Workers World Party national conference in New York City, Nov. 15-16.…

January 8, 2015

Ebola, socialism & imperialism

Now that the threat of the spread of Ebola within the United States has diminished — for the present —…

January 7, 2015

Cuba’s priority in funding education

The Cuban revolution values education. According to World Bank statistics, no country uses more of its gross domestic product for…

January 7, 2015

Ukraine antifascists, supporters welcome release of activists

Jan. 6 — Four Ukrainian anti-fascist activists detained in the Donetsk People’s Republic for two weeks were freed Jan. 3…

January 6, 2015