New York City

On the picket line

Low-wage workers strike in D.C. Hundreds of low-wage workers in Washington, D.C., struck on May 21, calling for a living…

May 31, 2013

Thousands protest murder of NYC gay man

Thousands of people marched through New York's Greenwich Village the evening of May 20 to protest the murder of Mark…

May 21, 2013

On the picket line

Hundreds of fast food workers strike in Detroit Hundreds of workers went on strike May 10 at more than 60…

May 19, 2013

NYC teachers, students say testing unfair

Over 500 parents and teachers, children and students, and their supporters gathered April 26 in front of Tweed Courthouse, the…

May 2, 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

Racist violence in the North: The ‘Draft Riots’ of 1863

As the United States commemorates the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln in…

April 4, 2013

Red Youth call protest

Red Youth, a new organization of young Marxist-Leninists in New York City, invites WW readers to join them at a…

April 2, 2013

On the picket line

Thousands honor César Chávez, march for immigration reform Thousands of undocumented farmworkers and their U.S.-born children, unionists, community and religious…

March 30, 2013

New York City cemetery workers file federal lawsuit against racism

The following media statement was released March 11 by the workers involved. Four workers, activists in a campaign to eradicate…

March 14, 2013

Harriet Tubman and her role in the struggle against slavery

Excerpts taken from a talk given by Brenda Stokely, Million Worker March Movement leader and a representative of the International…

March 11, 2013