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This article was first published by Workers World on May 7, 2020. It is being reposted now in the context of this year’s massive student uprising in solidarity with Palestine. May 4 and May 15, 2020, mark the 50th anniversaries of the murders of students at Kent State and Jackson…

This appeal was sent to Workers World by Marcia De Campos Pereira in Brazil, former president of the International Federation of Democratic Women (FDIM). The women in Brazil who issued it are asking progressive organizations in the U.S. to add their signatures.  April 30, 2024. In memory of Mayada Abassi,…

Reports from Workers World correspondents, supplemented by social media, give a feel of the breadth and depth of the student movement that has spread across the United States since the first encampment began April 17 at Columbia University in New York City. While some of these universities are considered elite…

The North American peace movement is contesting ongoing US wars in Ukraine and Palestine and preparations for war with China. Out of the fog of these - Roger D. Harris for Antiwar.com

There are many pathways to recovery from opioid addiction and misuse. One is the abstinence-only 12-step methodology;  another would be evidence-based SMART Recovery. The most medical of these pathways are the medication- assisted treatments using methadone, buprenorphine and the controversial naltrexone. But it has been established scientifically, by Case Western…

Abu Toha spoke about his migration to Rafah and subsequent detainment by the IDF at SUNY BDS’ launch event on Tuesday.

Bryant Arroyo has been held in Administrative Custody (AC) in the Restricted Housing Unit at State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Coal Township in Pennsylvania since Jan. 29. His only “crime” was insisting on the rights supposedly guaranteed by the First and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Under Pennsylvania Department…

February 21, 2024, will mark the 59th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, a towering figure in the Black Liberation Movement during the 1960s and whose voice today continues to resonate strongly with oppressed peoples worldwide seeking national liberation.  The following slightly edited article originally entitled “Malcolm X killed…

Members of the Oregon American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 1790 hosted a Unions for a Free Palestine rally in front of the Pioneer Courthouse in downtown Portland, Oregon, Feb. 11, where nearly 100 people gathered in support. Protesters demanded a complete withdrawal of the Israeli state…

In a historic ruling that could change the entire face of union organizing, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Feb. 5 that basketball players attending Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, have the right to unionize. In other words, the NLRB recognized these student-athletes for what they truly are: workers. …