Africa

Rasmea Odeh speaks out against police crimes

Workers World reprints here a speech by Palestinian activist, Rasmea Odeh, originally circulated by the Fight Back News Service. Odeh…

September 4, 2015

Burkina Faso: Sankarist parties form united front

Ten political parties claiming to uphold the political legacy of martyred Burkina Faso Marxist and Pan-Africanist revolutionary Thomas Sankara have…

May 30, 2015

Refugee crisis in Mediterranean

A ship with 700 refugees on board capsized south of the Italian island of Lampedusa in Libyan waters on April…

April 27, 2015

Ebola, poverty & reparations

The latest news about Ebola is both reassuring and tragic. On the hopeful side, it confirms that this deadly virus…

November 16, 2014

The legacy of Thomas Sankara

Excerpts from a talk given by Larry Hales to a New York City meeting of Workers World Party on Nov.…

November 12, 2014

Ebola in Texas: For-profit health care system exposed

On the evening of Sept. 25, Thomas Duncan walked into the emergency room of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.…

October 7, 2014

Haiti marchers demand president’s ouster

President Michel Martelly of Haiti was chosen by the United States and has been maintained in power by the United…

April 24, 2014

What U.S. rulers owe Haiti

The United States supported repressive reactionaries in Haiti even before its independence in 1804. The first foreign aid granted by…

February 21, 2014

South Africa miners’ strikes, poverty and upcoming elections

National elections will be held in the Republic of South Africa on May 7. The ruling African National Congress, after…

February 20, 2014

Malcolm X and global Black struggle

In March 1964, Malcolm X announced his official departure from the Nation of Islam. He had spent 12 years working…

February 19, 2014