On Jan. 8, WW reporter Phebe Eckfeldt interviewed Alberto Barreto Cardona, a leading member of Partido Mundo Obrero/Workers World Party. Barreto spoke about his recent travels from Jan. 1 to 28 in his home island of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rican activists Oscar López Rivera (left) and Alberto Barreto on Calle . . .
Continue reading Report from Puerto Rico — Part 1: Organizing against earthquakes and austerity/ at Workers.org
The constitutionally mandated State of the Union address opened Feb. 4 with the first of many boasts: “Jobs are booming, incomes are soaring, poverty is plummeting.” Trump went on with the lie, “The average unemployment rate under my administration is lower than any administration in the history of our country.” . . .
Continue reading New employment analysis shows that a good job is hard to find these days at Workers.org
China is showing the world what is needed — and possible — to combat the outbreak of a new, highly contagious virus. The steps China has taken around the coronavirus are unheard of in capitalist countries. They reaffirm the basic socialist character of the Chinese state. In a crisis or . . .
Continue reading How socialist base helps China combat coronavirus at Workers.org
Por Sergio Ortiz, laarena.com.ar 30 de enero − Los primeros casos de esta enfermedad fueron en la ciudad de Wuhan, provincia de Hubei, centro de China, en diciembre pasado. El contagio habría comenzado en un mercado de peces y aves silvestres donde se venden mariscos, serpientes y murciélagos. De esos . . .
Continue reading Elogio de la OMS/China lucha unida, pueblo y gobierno, contra coronavirus at Workers.org
Por Iñaki Gil de San Vicente en Lahaine.com La reacción furibunda orquestada y dirigida internacionalmente contra el Encuentro antiimperialista por la Vida, la Paz y la Soberanía, que se celebra en Caracas los días 22 al 25 de enero de 2020, nos exige algunas reflexiones sobre todo a quienes se . . .
Continue reading Venezuela – Cinco apuntes urgentes sobre el ataque imperialista at Workers.org
By Sam Marcy The following is excerpted from Chapter 2 of Marcy’s “High Tech, Low Pay: A Marxist analysis of the changing character of the working class,” first published in 1986. Marcy is the late chairperson of Workers World Party. “High Tech, Low Pay” is available as a free download . . .
Continue reading Black labor: From chattel slavery to wage slavery/Part 1 at Workers.org
By: Demetrius Grant/ Joe Piette, editor ‘I went on a hunger strike because of the unconstitutional, inhumane and repressive conditions.’ Many protests against mass incarceration have taken place on the streets of U.S. cities over the last decade. Many resistance struggles have also been waged by individuals or groups of . . .
Continue reading Anatomy of a hunger strike: A prisoner speaks at Workers.org
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