Philadelphia As the historic strike by 9,000 members of Philadelphia’s American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 33 continues, workers’ militancy is escalating, and support for them is growing. Mountains of uncollected garbage are growing at official city collection sites in neighborhoods around the city. Some have been dubbed “the Parker Piles”…
By Fausto Giudice, July 2, 2025 Workers World thanks Fausto Giudice of Tlaxcala for this tribute to Patrice Lumumba and for combining it with a tribute to his contemporary African revolutionary, Algeria’s Frantz Fanon, and for including a poem by Langston Hughes. For readers unaware of this important event in African history, a look at…
The following excerpts are from the powerful speech entitled “What to the slave is 4th of July,” made by Frederick Douglass, the great African-American abolitionist who escaped from slavery, at an independence day rally in Rochester, New York, on July 5, 1852. In light of Trump’s racist attacks on “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,” i.e., even…
The author, born in 1951 in Bissau, Guinea (renamed Guinea-Bissau in 1974), was part of the Secretariat of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cabo Verde, and currently writes about African events for the Portuguese Communist Party weekly newspaper Avante. There are two countries on the West Coast of Africa named Guinea,…
Philadelphia As the historic strike by 9,000 members of Philadelphia’s American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 33 continues, workers’ militancy is escalating, and support for them is growing. Mountains of uncollected garbage are growing at official city collection sites in neighborhoods around the city. Some have been dubbed “the Parker Piles”…
By Fausto Giudice, July 2, 2025 Workers World thanks Fausto Giudice of Tlaxcala for this tribute to Patrice Lumumba and for combining it with a tribute to his contemporary African revolutionary, Algeria’s Frantz Fanon, and for including a poem by Langston Hughes. For readers unaware of this important event in African history, a look at…
Home » Im/migrants and Refugees » Denver: Union workers protest ICE arrests at Home Depot Denver The Labor Force Action Network’s goal is to leverage the mass support of organized labor for workers’ rights. On July 1, the group mobilized union support for immigrants and against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids at Home Depots where…
by Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress In Austria, as in many European countries and in North America, the ruling class uses alleged antisemitism as a pretext to suppress opposition to the Israeli colonial occupation of Palestine and to genocide. Jewish participation in solidarity with Palestine helps to counter this deceptive tactic. The following is a statement issued…
In accordance with Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, I wish to report on behalf of my Government that on 22 June 2025 the Armed Forces of the United States exercised the inherent right of collective self-defence and advanced vital United States interests in eliminating Iran’s nuclear programme by conducting a precision…
Following Israel’s previous letters to the Security Council concerning the malign activities of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the outrageous letters of Iran dated 13 and 16 June 2025, Iran’s public threats to eliminate the State of Israel, in stark violation of the UN charter, and its continued attempts to achieve the means to accomplish…
Rafael Grossi and Ali Bagheri Upon instructions from my Government, I am writing to share with you the deep concerns of the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding the grave failure and inaction by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, in fulfilling his mandate and responsibilities under the IAEA statute.…
July 24 — A deal brokered by Turkey for the export of grain from both Ukraine and Russia presents a political problem for U.S. imperialism and its war aims. Washington’s response: ship more weapons. The landmark deal to move hundreds of tons of grain, if it moves forward, undermines U.S./NATO . . . Continue reading…
Tens of thousands of people marched in Rome on June 21, 2025, to protest militarization, NATO and support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The imperialist North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) held its annual summit meeting of heads of state and heads of government June 25-26 in The Hague, capital of the Netherlands and that country’s…
Home » Prisons: tear them down » Rally to free Mumia Abu-Jamal Philadelphia — Family, friends and supporters of Pennsylvania political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal will mark the 43rd anniversary of his unjust conviction on July 5 with a Rally to Free Mumia starting at 1:00 p.m. at Malcolm X Park, 5100 Pine Street in West…
Home » Global » Veterans’ fast demands food for Gaza, no weapons to Israel A Veterans For Peace-sponsored “Fast For Gaza” of veterans and allies ended June 29 with a press conference and march from the United Nations to the nearby Israeli Consulate. A civil disobedience action followed that blocked the street in front of…
By actively partnering with the U.S. government to smuggle communications hardware into Iran, Elon Musk is once again aiding Washington’s attempts at regime change. This fits into a long pattern of both American efforts to dislodge the government in Tehran and Musk’s close collaboration with the U.S. national security state, helping it to achieve its…
Originally published at ScheerPost on July 02, 2025. Republished with permission. War is a business. So is genocide. The latest report submitted by Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, lists 48 corporations and institutions, including Palantir Technologies Inc., Lockheed Martin, Alphabet Inc., Amazon, International Business Machine Corporation (IBM), Caterpillar Inc., Microsoft Corporation and…
Milwaukee, WI - june 15 marked the 74th anniversary of the Nakba, the day that Zionist paramilitaries began the violent removal of Palestinians from a majority of their historic homeland. Various organizations in Milwaukee, led primarily by American Muslims for Palestine and Students for...
Fight Back! interviewed Venezuelan trade union leader Jacobo Torres de Leon, the international coordinator for the Bolivarian Socialist Council of Workers at the Workers’ Summit...
The Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman commented Monday on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's statement comparing Crimea's reunification with Russia to the German reunification.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented Monday on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's statement comparing Crimea's reunification with Russia to the German reunification, joking that it...
Russian and US presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump discussed anti-terrorism efforts at their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg...
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Vladimir Putin held talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Samarkand today. In...
Plagued with rising crime and gang violence, and concerned about the threat of terrorism, Denmark has decided to employ its armed forces as border controls and guarding duties in order to release more police officers for other work.
Danish police are very busy keeping abreast...
The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Recalling its relevant resolutions regarding the question of Palestine, Reaffirming the obligation to respect and ensure respect for international humanitarian law in all circumstances in accordance with article 1 of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, Recalling the…
Austin, Texas “Energizing!” “Empowering!” “Sad!” “Inspiring!” These were just some of the reactions to the 24th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty held at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Nov. 11. The annual marches and rallies began in 2000 when George W. Bush was governor of Texas. They have continued every year since,…
Home » Global » The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine/Statement on assault on Al-Shifa Complex The following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine appeared on Resistance News Network on Nov. 15, 2023: The assault on Al-Shifa Medical Complex and committing crimes within it is a fully constituted crime for…
In Palestine, a live and direct genocide has been taking place for over a month now, sponsored and armed by the United States. Meanwhile Ukraine, Washington’s other putative child, is languishing in oblivion. So far in November, we witnessed the release of a series of statements that show the rotten and terminal state of Kiev,…
At the Saint Petersburg Forum, the grandson of General Charles De Gaulle raised the possibility of France joining the BRICS. In response, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that if France presented its candidacy, he would consider it. French President Emmanuel Macron had requested to attend, as an observer, the BRICS summit that was held in…
by Manlio Dinucci For a year and a half, we have been emphasizing that the United States’ war in Ukraine is having a serious impact on the standard of living of European Union citizens. That against Gazan civilians, too. However, the latter will also benefit the EU: we will finally be able to return to…
By Marc Vandepitte The author is a Belgian Marxist who writes for rebelion.org and investigaction.net. When Israel unleashed its ruthless war of revenge against the people of Gaza, Palestinian trade unions appealed to their colleagues worldwide for a boycott of arms deliveries to Israel: Workers block both entrances of a subsidiary of Elbit Systems in…
There has been no letup in the mass movement to stop the Zionist genocide in Palestine. Here are but a few examples of the explosion of mass protest which have taken place since Oct. 7. Philadelphia, Nov. 8, 2023. WW Photo: Joe Piette On Nov. 8 at UPenn Commons in Philadelphia, light projection of pro-Palestine…
Home » Global » The Government Media Office in Gaza on the disruption of communications and internet The following statement from the Government Media Office in Gaza was released by Resistance News Network on Nov. 13, 2023: We warn of the serious repercussions and dire consequences that will arise from committing this new crime against…
Resolution 2712 (2023) The Security Council, Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming that all parties to conflicts must adhere to their obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law and international human rights law, Stressing that international humanitarian law provides general protection for children as persons taking no…
This statement from Queers in Palestine has over 275 signers as of Nov. 11. Go to queersinpalestine.noblogs.org/ We write this as workers, students, farmers, parents — as Palestinians, as queer Palestinians. We write this not because our queerness exceptionalizes our positions but because, in the same way, we have been othered as queers, we are…
Home » Global » Middle East » War against the fleas Perhaps Israel’s most respected statesman, former diplomat Abba Eban, once said, “Nobody does Israel any service by proclaiming its right to exist.” That was then, in 1981. Now is a new age, a new era. A time of Israel’s swing to the far right…