New York

Paula Deen: A Scarlett O’Hara, corporate-style

By now, millions of people have heard about the so-called “down-to-earth” white Southern chef, Paula Deen, who was cited in…

July 1, 2013

Apple bites workers at home & abroad

Workers and small business people complain a lot about taxes — and rightfully so. Too often, however, some especially in…

June 16, 2013

Farm workers, supporters protest Wendy’s

Some 300 farmworkers and their supporters from New York’s labor and progressive community marched and rallied May 18 to tell…

May 24, 2013

Grocery workers say no to wage theft

Some 50 grocery workers and their supporters held occupations at four Brooklyn, N.Y., grocery stores on May 18. The actions…

May 24, 2013

‘Pathways’ program to gut City University of New York

New York — A cabal of bourgeois higher education policy wonks, media moguls and bankers have devised a scheme that…

May 23, 2013

Upstate New York protests drone warfare

Resistance to U.S. drone warfare intensified in upstate New York on April 28 as more than 250 people rallied at…

May 2, 2013

Plans for May Day 2013 in New York

A number of immigrant, labor and progressive organizations joined the May 1 Coalition for Worker & Immigrant Rights at an April…

April 29, 2013

Internationalist Victor Toro in court April 25

Chilean exile and profound internationalist Victor Toro will be in court April 25 in New York to continue his struggle…

April 23, 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

Pack the court March 18 against NYPD’s racist ‘Stop & Frisk’

New York, March 14 — Today, the 5 millionth “stop and frisk” to take place during Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration…

March 14, 2013