Wall Street

Behind the stock market plunge

The stock market fell 4 percent on June 19 and 20 as the bankers and brokers rejected the optimistic economic…

June 24, 2013

Kansas protests austerity

Poor and working people from throughout northeastern Kansas and beyond marched and rallied in Lawrence on June 8 to protest…

June 16, 2013

Social Security belongs to the workers

What will happen to our Social Security benefits? This question is being asked by the program’s 56 million recipients in response…

April 19, 2013

‘Vampire’ holiday: The passing of Chávez

Transcribed from a March 8, 2013, audio column at prisonradio.org.  The writer is a political prisoner housed at SCI Mahanoy…

March 22, 2013

Sequester means Europe-style austerity plan

Using an obscure, impersonal term — “sequester” — U.S. finance capital is trying to put over European-style, across-the-board budget cuts…

March 7, 2013

In Kansas: ‘Stand up! Fight back!’

Special to Workers World Members of numerous organizations are mobilizing statewide and beyond for a “Stand Up! Fight Back!” Feb.…

February 21, 2013

Ecuadorian leader Correa wins re-election

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa won re-election to a third term on Feb. 17.  Preliminary results show him winning by more…

February 19, 2013

Can an heiress represent working women?

With most of the cabinet-level positions in Washington now filled by men, including the new secretary of state, criticism has…

February 12, 2013

Which way forward for union growth?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Jan. 23 that the number of U.S. workers in unions fell by 400,000 during…

February 3, 2013

Unions, parents support NYC school bus drivers

New York — More than 8,000 school bus drivers and matrons who transport 152,000 pupils in this city every day, many…

January 21, 2013