When a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections spokesperson callously claimed that Mumia Abu-Jamal was being hospitalized with COVID-19 at 5 p.m. on April 15, the news was shared worldwide in minutes. Supporters, who have been misled by DOC statements in the past, immediately flooded the institution with calls demanding confirmation from . . .
Continue reading Mumia Abu-Jamal supporters respond quickly to prison hoax at Workers.org
April 22, 2020, marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Lenin, leader of the 1917 Russian Revolution. In honor of this great proletarian leader and theoretician, WW is reprinting an abridged talk by Deirdre Griswold, a founding member of Workers World Party and Workers World editor, given at . . .
Continue reading On the 150th anniversary of his birth/Lenin’s April Theses at Workers.org
San Antonio health care workers take care of coronavirus patient. San Antonio, Texas This Texas city rarely makes national news. But since the outbreak of COVID-19, the so-called River City has made the national news twice. The later one was the poignant scene on April 9 of 10,000 families lined . . .
Continue reading COVID-19 and the crisis of the elderly at Workers.org
Food pantry distribution in Bedford-Stuyvesant community, Brooklyn, N.Y., April 14. Dairy farmers are dumping millions of gallons of milk into lagoons. Produce farmers are plowing fresh vegetables back into the soil. Billions of dollars worth of food is being destroyed. This is happening while millions of people are lining up . . .
Continue reading Pandemic & capitalism are behind the rise of hunger in the U.S. at Workers.org
April 19 car caravan in Houston. Across the state of Texas on April 19, social distancing protests in the form of car caravans circled detention centers and Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices demanding the release of all migrants in custody. The violent borders that allow for migrants and refugees to . . .
Continue reading Texas statewide protests demand: ‘Shut down ICE detention centers!’ at Workers.org
Elizabeth, N.J. Resistance continues, even in the lockdown conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite essential social distancing guidelines, social justice organizations have stepped forward to actively defend the most vulnerable. Car caravans across the country have surrounded jails, detention centers and city halls with the resounding demand: Free them all! . . .
Continue reading N.J. car caravan raises demand #FreeThemAll, exposes detention center conditions at Workers.org
“When the able-bodied community gets the sniffles, we get pneumonia. … The difficulties are multiplied tenfold,” said Damien Gregory, an African-American wheelchair user with cerebral palsy. (“Coronavirus Strains Safety Net for People with Disabilities,” Wall Street Journal, April 19) When asked about the numbers and statistics on how the COVID-19 . . .
Continue reading People with disabilities fight to be counted in the battle vs. COVID-19 and depression at Workers.org
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