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STOCK MARKET CRASH

Symptom of capitalist decay Aug. 25 -- If anything dramatically shows the irrationality of the capitalist economic system, it is…

August 25, 2015

Struggle for justice for Eric Garner continues

It was one year ago on July 17 that 43-year-old Eric Garner, an African-American father of six children, died of…

July 21, 2015

Mario Cuomo’s hidden legacy: 30 prisons

Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, who died Jan. 1, had more jails under his authority than all the other…

January 7, 2015

Growing incarceration rates for African Americans

Beyond police bullets and chokeholds Since the police killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 9, and…

December 18, 2014

‘Save the Post Office’ rally planned for Staten Island, N.Y., Feb. 9

Postal workers and community activists will rally at the Staten Island, N.Y., Mail Sorting Facility, 550 Manor Rd., at noon…

February 4, 2013

Still suffering from Sandy

Thousands of people living in New York City’s Far Rockaway and Staten Island areas are still without heat, hot water…

December 19, 2012

Sandy and Katrina: What makes them different

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently said, “Superstorm Hurricane Sandy caused more property damage and affected a greater number of…

December 16, 2012

Hurricane Sandy and capitalism

Like a giant magnifying glass, a natural disaster reveals in startling detail the dimensions of the social disaster that lie…

December 6, 2012

On the ground with Occupy Sandy

Letter to the editor As part of a delegation from Workers World Party and the People’s Power Assembly movement, I…

November 16, 2012

Sanitation and other public workers deserve support

By a New York City Sanitation Department Worker On top of sanitation workers laboring 12-hour workdays and seven-day workweeks, needed…

November 14, 2012