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Damascus, Syria May 23 — As the global conflict centered in their country enters the 11th year, Syrians are preparing for May 26 national elections. Thousands of citizens displaced by war and U.S.-imposed sanctions have already cast their ballots in Lebanon, Iran, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and elsewhere round…
Hail the workers of the world! Support Workers World! By Editor posted on May 12, 2021 May Day, New York City, 2017. May Day. Workers. Resistance. Solidarity. May 1 is International Workers’ Day, officially commemorated in over 80 countries, but not in the U.S., where it originated in 1886 in Chicago as part of the struggle for the eight-hour workday. Its militant legacy is marked by strong protests by the global working class. It’s a day of solidarity. The class struggle is alive, as shown by worker actions against corporate giants and governments, with many focused on the current pand...
Evictions, hunger, wage theft: pandemic triple threat to workers By G. Dunkel posted on May 11, 2021 It’s hard to put food on the table when you don’t have a home where you can put the table. The poorest workers in the United States — disproportionately people of color — rent their homes. During the current COVID pandemic, millions of them are at risk of losing their housing. On May Day, the Laundry Workers Center protests wage theft, New York City. Estimates on the amount of back rent currently owed range from $8.4 billion owed by 1.4 million households, from the Federal Reserve Ba...
Unvaccinated prison staff are a danger By Betsey Piette posted on May 6, 2021 Workers World has received letter after letter from workers incarcerated in Pennsylvania prisons expressing a common concern: “We are at risk of dying from COVID-19, and the only way the pandemic is getting into prisons is from the staff!” Our incarcerated sisters, brothers and siblings describe a shared crisis: They are subject to 23-hour lockdown, denied visitations and isolated in cells without access to fresh air, exercise or even law library visits. Many who report COVID-19 symptoms are placed in restrict...
Unite to free Mumia Abu-Jamal! By Judy Greenspan posted on May 7, 2021 Oakland, Calif. Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 67th birthday was commemorated with three well-attended actions in San Francisco and the East Bay from April 20-24. Gerald Smith of the Labor Action Committee to Free Mumia speaks at the Alameda County Courthouse, April 24. Photo credit: Leon Kunstenaar/ProBonoPhoto On April 20, more than 50 people picketed in front of KQED public television studios in San Francisco’s Financial District to protest the airing of Independent Lens’ “Philly DA” about the career of District Attorn...