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The following is excerpted from Chapter 2 of  Sam Marcy’s “High Tech, Low Pay: A Marxist analysis of the changing character of the working class,” first published in 1986. Marcy is the late chairperson of Workers World Party. The book is available as a free download at workers.org/marcy.  The scientific-technological…

The following is excerpted from Chapter 2 of Sam Marcy’s “High Tech, Low Pay: A Marxist analysis of the changing character of the working class,” first published in 1986. Note that a few selected words have been updated to reflect current usage. Marcy is the late chairperson of Workers World…

By Alice Y. LGBTQIA2S+ solidarity with anti-colonial movements has existed for some time. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Gay Liberation Front, a group fighting for civil rights in the United States, had famously borne the flags of North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front in demonstrations and processions —…

Based on a talk given at an Oct. 19, 2023, Workers World Party meeting in New York City. With any struggle for national liberation, the role of violence of the oppressed versus violence of the oppressor becomes a debate within the worldwide movement. This debate has occurred for many generations…

The summer of 2023 was recorded as the hottest summer, at least in a very long time, according to the European Union Climate Change Service. The average temperatures between the months of June and August were abnormally high in many parts of the world, surpassing previous records. In one alarming…

The first Black candidate for president was Clifton DeBerry, the nominee of the Socialist Workers Party in 1964, running against right-wing Republican Barry Goldwater and liberal Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson. Harassed by the FBI, DeBerry would have a tough row to hoe.

June 28 will mark the 54th anniversary of the historic Stonewall Rebellion, sparked that day by a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village neighborhood.   These raids were commonplace, as were arrests for violating anti-trans laws prohibiting “inappropriate clothing.” What made…

Following are excerpts from an article published on April 11, 1968, in WW newspaper, by Workers World Party founding Chairperson Sam Marcy, a week after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., in Memphis, Tennessee,    The rebellions which opened spontaneously upon the heels of the announcement of the…

Behind the demagogy and bluster, the perspective advanced by the speakers was a thoroughly bankrupt one: placing pressure on the Democratic Party, which is spearheading the war.

Palestinian artist Samia Halaby has been known for stunning abstract expressionist works as well as outspoken Marxist politics. Five decades into her renowned career she remains undeterred.