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May Day 2021 – International Workers’ Day! By Martha Grevatt posted on May 4, 2021 May Day began in the U.S. in 1884 after labor federations called for worker strikes and protests for the eight-hour day. 400,000 workers answered the call countrywide on May 1, 1886. That year eight worker organizers, some immigrants, were arrested and framed for the May 4 bombing of a Haymarket Square rally in Chicago. Five were sentenced to death; four were executed and a fifth died in his cell. An 1889 international socialist conference declared May 1 International Workers Day, in part to honor the Hay...

Jennie McKeon/WUWF Public Media Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict was a small step toward progress, but organizers say the work to unravel systemic racism and police brutality is just beginning.  Wednesday evening, Pensacola Dream Defenders held a Vigil for Black Lives at Seville Square. Dozens came to the park to hear speakers and look back on the past year of protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.  “The Dream Defenders took the lead making sure there was a grieving space a safe space,” said Hale Morrissette, North Florida organizer for Dream Defenders.  Dream Defenders is p...

Print this article As Alexandra DeSanctis notes, it is disappointing that Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson “vetoed a bill that would ban doctors from performing gender transition surgery or offering puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones to minors.” The law prohibits minors from making all sorts of decisions that adults may make, most of them far less irrevocable than genital mutilation. Arkansas is just trying to protect kids from decisions that they may regret later, which carry exceptionally high risks of suicide, depression, and other pathologies. Advertisement Predictably, ma...

These slightly edited remarks were made during Workers World Party’s March 11 webinar, “Stimulus Bill — Relief or Ripoff?” moderated by Ted Kelly, WWP-Philadelphia. Ted Kelly: The U.S. Congress passed a bipartisan stimulus bill on March 6. Tonight’s roundtable with young revolutionary workers from Workers World Party will discuss what…

Gulf Coast says: Support #BAmazon Union! By Sean Miller Members of Black Voters Matter, Workers World Party-Central Gulf Coast branch and others hosted a Feb. 20 rally in downtown Pensacola, Fla., in support of the Bessemer, Ala., Amazon workers union drive. Joining over 50 other cities in a Day of Solidarity actions, they spoke out for the right of all Amazon workers to unionize. Pensacola, Fla., Feb. 20. WW PHOTO: Devin Cole At the BHM1 warehouse, nearly 6,000 majority-Black workers face terrible working conditions, with few COVID-19 protections, and intense opposition from Amazon. On the ...