With a tremendous jolt to the government’s attempt to raise the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years, over 2 million people stopped work Jan. 19 and came out into the streets. They were heeding a Jan. 10 call from a coalition of all the major unions in France. . . .
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For over 70 years, Sam Marcy, a founding member and the late-chairperson of Workers World Party, dedicated his life to the liberation of the global multinational working class from the yoke of imperialism in all its oppressive forms. Feb. 1 will mark the 25th anniversary of his death in 1998. . . .
Continue reading International webinar on Sam Marcy’s legacy for today’s struggles at Workers.org
Atlanta, Georgia Public outrage, resistance and sadness at the senseless killing of a Forest Defender — 26-year-old Manuel Teran, known as Tortuguita (Little Turtle) — continues daily since his death on the morning of Jan. 18. Manuel Teran, known as Tortuguita, a Forest Defender murdered by Georgia State Troopers. The . . .
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The working class of France has a long and significant history in the struggle between labor and capital, including the revolutions of 1848 that engulfed several European countries. It was in the context of these revolutions that Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote the Communist Manifesto — then and now, . . .
Continue reading Let the ruling classes tremble! at Workers.org
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