Martin Luther King

Longshore worker local condemns Charleston massacre

The following resolution -- submitted by longshore rank-and-file worker veteran Clarence Thomas -- was adopted by the International Longshore and…

June 28, 2015

Struggles featured at MLK Day actions

Following are reports by Workers World correspondents Bill Bateman, Jim McMahan and Gloria Rubac on a few of the Martin…

January 28, 2014

Postal workers, supporters in D.C.: ‘Don’t let another life be taken’

Washington, D.C. -- Letter carriers and community supporters assembled in the midst of hundreds of people at the recently dedicated…

January 24, 2014

A FIST appeal to youth: Attend Workers World Party conference

The looming global financial crisis has already hurt young people, leaving nearly 75 million young people unemployed around the world.…

October 21, 2013

To protest verdict: We shut down LA freeway

By Jefferson On July 14, the day after a Florida court exonerated George Zimmerman, killer of Trayvon Martin, the Los…

August 8, 2013

Martin: In memory and in life

The April 8 online edition of the Huffington Post printed a statement prepared by political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal for a…

April 12, 2013

Fast food workers strike in New York City

April 4 — Fast-food workers have walked out on strike today at locations throughout New York City to mark the…

April 4, 2013

Rhode Island People’s Assembly meets on MLK Day

Chairperson Mary Kay Harris convened the Eighth Annual Rhode Island MLK All-Peoples Assembly on Jan. 26, by reminding those gathered…

February 7, 2013

Oakland City Council: Hundreds testify vs. stop-and-frisk Bratton

By Terri Kay and Gil Ross Oakland, Calif. Over 600 Oakland activists packed the City Council chambers, the balconies and…

February 3, 2013