Home » Global » Asia & the Pacific » Joint statement by Palestinian factions: ‘Continue escalating the resistance’ This press release was issued by the Palestinian factions on Oct. 5, 2024, for the October 7 anniversary of the Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood and published on The Cradle. Today, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, the Palestinian factions…

For 79 years, the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) has been a revolutionary socialist party dedicated to representing the interests and aspirations of the Korean working class. The WPK developed through an intense struggle for liberation and independence, and it is the leading party within the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). WPK as it…

Part 1 of this series discussed “Digital labor and material” (workers.org/2024/04/78192/), and Part 2 discussed “Surveillance labor” (workers.org/2024/05/78468/) This article takes up a discussion of how capitalists bias social media against the working class and our movements.  Social media, who’s in command? The internet is a playground for capitalists, who treat workers like their playthings.…

Home » U.S. and Canada » Will there be another auto strike? Class conflict sharpens at Stellantis Warren, Michigan United Auto Workers union members are getting ready to vote to authorize a strike at Stellantis, the company that includes Chrysler. This vote comes just over a year since the UAW struck Stellantis, General Motors and…

While U.S. Congress showed strong support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statements on Iran in July, the media has largely shied away from coverage of what potential American involvement in an Israeli-Iranian conflict could look like. As a result, the public remains largely unaware of the potential consequences and the specific role the U.S.…

Houston In 1988 a man on Texas death row asked me to witness his execution. I did not even know him, so I asked him, “Why me?” He wanted me to write about it for Workers World newspaper! This paper was and is widely read and circulated in Texas prisons, including on death row, and…

Workers World publishes here the speech by Egon Krenz, who was one of the last remaining former leaders of the German Democratic Republic (socialist East Germany) and was the Socialist Unity Party (SED) general secretary in 1989. This was the major talk at the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of that state’s founding in October…

Home » U.S. and Canada » Hurricane Helene devastation – forewarning of what’s to come Year after year the average temperature of the world’s atmosphere and oceans is increasing. The rapid growth of Hurricane Helene into the most powerful category of tropical cyclones before it made landfall Sept. 26 confirms the impact of higher temperatures…

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Home » U.S. and Canada » Millions globally mark October 7 anniversary for Palestinian resistance Copyright © 2024 Workers.org

Houston, Oct. 5, 2024. The Palestinian Factions (National and Islamic Forces) explained in an Oct. 5 statement that: “The blessed Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood on the glorious 7th of October brought about a strategic shift in the struggle with the zionist occupation and revealed its true nature to the entire world. It came as a…

Iran is overwhelmingly portrayed by the collective West as an existential threat to the survival of Israel and, to a lesser extent, to U.S. national security interests. The issue with this narrative lies in how the Iranian government is depicted. On one hand, it’s presented as weak and constantly on the brink of collapse. On…