No compassionate human being, whether living in the Global South or the Global North, could hardly deny that what has happened in Gaza since after Oct. 7, 2023, is anything short of a horrific genocide conducted by the Zionist Israel Occupation Forces (IOF).  Israeli military destroys Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza in the spring of 2024,…

As Los Angeles battles historic wildfires, residents are demanding accountability for why the city’s fire department faced budget cuts while greater disaster preparedness measures were overlooked. These frustrations have fueled questions about the prioritization of aid to Israel and Ukraine. Just months before the wildfires ravaged the city, LA Mayor Karen Bass approved the budget…

Cuyama Valley, California Jan. 13. Multiple fires erupted across Los Angeles on Jan. 7 prompting mass evacuations. As of Jan. 13, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection​​ (CAL FIRE) has not contained the fires’ spread. In less than a week, the fires destroyed 23,000 homes and killed at least 24 people. Los Angeles’s…

Philadelphia The Save Chinatown Coalition, representing over 245 organizations, and the overwhelming 70% of Philadelphians polled in 2024 who opposed plans by the 76ers basketball team to build an arena in Center City, has cause to celebrate. The Philadelphia Inquirer leaked the news Jan. 12 that an agreement was reached for the team to remain…

John Catalinotto, managing editor of Workers, interviewed European journalist and writer Alex Anfruns regarding his book, “Niger: Just Another Coup or the Pan-African Revolution?” and the events of the past year in the Sahel. John Catalinotto: You decided to write a book about the events in the African Sahel in the last year and the…

A network of former intelligence operatives has woven itself into the fabric of right-wing alternative media, amplifying anti-Muslim scare narratives that appear aimed at countering a noted decline in conservative support for Israel since October 7, 2023. Central to this effort is Sarah Adams, a figure promoting conspiracies about a supposed Palestinian-linked Al-Qaeda plot against…

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa approved a resolution to let the U.S. build military bases on the Galápagos Islands, 600 miles west of Ecuador’s coastline in the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Armed Forces will arrive on Jan. 10 with ships, submarines, personnel, weapons and military equipment to control and patrol the region. The military base is…

Home » Human needs before profits » Housing crisis significantly worse in 2024 Capitalism, and class societies generally, have always been defined by poor housing conditions for the working classes. Contrary to popular myth, homelessness is not the result of individual failures or particular party governance, but rather an inbuilt inequity in the distribution of…

Before the U.S. elections, incoming President Donald Trump claimed he wanted to see an end to the war in Ukraine. In fact, he bragged that he could stop the conflict “within 24 hours of taking office.” (The Hill, Dec. 30) Chicago, mid-May 2012, during week of anti-NATO actions.  WW PHOTO Recent developments, however, show there…

Catalinotto, redactor gerente de Mundo Obrero/Workers World, entrevistó al periodista y escritor europeo Alex Anfruns acerca de su libro Níger: ¿Otro golpe de Estado o Revolución panafricana? 2024, El viejo topo, Barcelona,  John Catalinotto: Decidiste escribir un libro sobre los acontecimientos ocurridos en el Sahel africano en el último año y la expulsión del imperialismo…

By Bahman Azad The message below, from U.S. Peace Council President Bahman Azad, was read by Saher Al Khamash of the Bronx Anti-War Coalition at a webinar on the U.S. role in Syria, organized by the United National Antiwar Coalition, on Dec. 28, 2024.  Bahman Azad Please forgive me for not being personally present at…

By Gerry Condon Condon, who was a leading activist among exiled military deserters in Canada, places the role of U.S. President Jimmy Carter in perspective, while presenting a survey of how repulsion against the U.S. occupation of Vietnam drove varied forms of war and draft resistance among U.S. youths. These forms included underground living, exile,…