John Edwards
Is John Edwards an Alternative for U.S. Workers?

Millionaire trial lawyer, one time Senator, and former VP hopeful John Edwards, is now seeking the Presidency. Like the rest of the candidates, he seeks to differentiate himself from Bush and even from many in […]

Sergeant and Troops
The Anti-War Movement, the Troops, & Some Lessons from Vietnam

Life inside the U.S. military reflects the conflicting class interests in this country, often in its deadliest forms. While technically a “volunteer” military, the great bulk of its recruits come from working class families and […]

ANSWER Coalition Under Attack

On August 14th, the ANSWER Coalition announced that they are being fined as much as $10,000 by the District of Columbia, for 65 posters that have been put up around the city calling for a […]

DFL Candidates
The Candidates on Health Care

The issue of health care is on the minds of millions of American workers. The crisis of the health care industry is well-documented in Michael Moore’s popular new film “SiCKO”. After two terms under Bush, […]

1877 strike
WIL Fund Raiser in St. Louis, MO – 1877: When the River City Was Red

Do you know the origins of Fair St. Louis? Everyone has heard of the fair, but few remember that it was originally established as the "Veiled Prophet" Parade, a celebration of the crushing of the […]

Hillary Clinton
Is Hillary Clinton an Alternative for U.S. Workers?

Pressure to support the "lesser evil" Democrats in the next Presidential elections is already high. One of the center-pieces of the Democratic Party is Hillary Rodham Clinton.  Many have illusions that as a Democrat and […]

G.W. Bush
George Bush Doesn’t Care About Working People

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Kanye West famously remarked: “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.”  Following recent events in Greensburg, Kansas, we can definitively say that Bush and the rest of the U.S. […]

Is Barack Obama an Alternative for U.S. Workers?

After years of Bush’s open-ended war on working people at home and abroad, many on the “left” are desperate for an alternative. For many, that alternative is Barack Obama, a Democratic Senator from Illinois. Obama, […]

For a United Anti-War Movement: Statement by the WIL

The Workers International League enthusiastically endorses ANSWER’s May 31 call for a peaceful, legal, united front antiwar demonstration. The basic unifying slogan “End the War Now!” can effectively mobilize the millions of workers and youth […]

WIL Congress
WIL National Congress 2007

On the weekend of May 12th & 13th, over 30 members and guests gathered in St. Louis, Missouri for the National Congress of the Workers International League. As well as in-depth discussions on the economic, […]

Formation of Students' Union at Brown University

The newly formed Student Union of Brown University (SUBU) held its first general assembly (GA) meeting on 5-03-07. This founding meeting took place during one of the busiest and most hectic periods in the school […]

Protesting against school budget cuts
Capitalism and the Attack on Public Education

"During the past several decades, government funding for public education at all levels has declined and in some cases plummeted, leaving students languishing in overcrowded classrooms, housed in dilapidated buildings.  An examination into why this […]