On Thursday, March 22, around 300,000 students, teachers, and workers took to the streets of Montreal in a massive demonstration of historic proportions. On that day, 308,723 students were united in a strike across the […]
Public sector workers in New York State and City continue to be attacked by Governor Cuomo and Mayor “1%” Bloomberg. These attacks are part of a nationwide effort, in fact, as part of an international […]
In an ABC-exclusive interview, President Obama has gone on record to “affirm that [he thinks] same-sex couples should be able to get married.” He has now become the first sitting U.S. president to say that […]
In our supposedly “post-racial” society, issues of racial bias and profiling have sprung into the national discourse with the killing of an unarmed young man in Florida by an armed neighborhood watchman.
We’ve come a long way since the Workers International League was founded 10 years ago. From our humble beginnings in Fargo, North Dakota, to a dozen modest but growing branches around the country, we have […]
Here we go again. Four more years have passed since the last presidential election cycle, and once again, organized labor finds itself with no real options. It is clear that if he were elected president, […]
The Class Struggle never stops! On Sunday, February 19, more than 2,000,000 workers in cities across Spain came out into the streets to protest the right-wing government’s attacks. Workers in Greece have engaged in a […]
On February 10, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 21 and the Export Grain Terminal (EGT) conglomerate announced that the company had finally agreed to recognize the union’s right to represent workers at […]
Faced with increasingly drastic and draconian measures of austerity, and with ever-rising amounts of student debt, young people across the country are beginning to mobilize and organize against the capitalist class and its war on […]
Well before the current crisis of capitalism shook the entire country, Michigan gave us a glimpse into the future. Michigan was once the seat of the American automotive industry, particularly in Detroit and Flint. Beginning […]
In 2011 the class struggle intensified. EvenTime magazine called it the “year of the protestor.” It started with the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt. It continued with the magnificent movement of public sector workers in […]
In this letter, Will Shapiraof Roseville, MN describes his disillusionment with the Democrats and how he joined the WIL after a process of trying out various leftist groups. “I’m a lifer Minnesotan, born and reared […]