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Striking teachers and community members rally to defend public education in Chicago (Joe Brusky | flickr)

Schools for struggle

March was the month when U.S. schools became the epicenter of explosive protests that are teaching lessons for building a stronger resistance.

Cruel stunt in New Hampshire

Trump's recent stop in New Hampshire to promote his plan to combat the opioid epidemic came down to blaming the victims.

Winning the right to be

No one could have predicted the kind of outburst we experienced for the International Women's Strike in cities of the Spanish state.

Fascism's American cousin

Opponents of the far right will find valuable historical lessons for organizing in a short pamphlet about fascists in an earlier era.

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Series: The Russian Revolution

Socialist Worker marked the anniversary of the Russian Revolution of 1917 with a yearlong series outlining its course and consequences. Get started with the first article in the series here.


Meek-as-a-Lamb "opposition"

Joe Biden (left) campaigns for newly elected Congressman Conor Lamb in Pennsylvania's 18th district

If Democratic leaders get their way, millions of people who hope a Democratic Congress will put the brakes on the Trump blitzkrieg will be disappointed.

Victims of the EPA's racism

The dismissal of a lawsuit protesting deadly pollution in a largely Black Alabama town fits right in with the agenda of Trump's EPA chief Scott Pruitt.

Trump's sick answer to opioids

Trump's latest plan to combat the opioid epidemic includes the death penalty and more police--a further cruel twist to the government's non-response.

Declaring war on sanctuaries

Recent raids in Northern California signal an escalation of the administration's attack on state and local sanctuary policies--but they are spurring protest.

Students make the connections

During the March 14 walkout, students on Chicago’s South Side tried to link school shootings with the daily horrors of poverty and racism.

Glimpses of a new movement

Educators and contributors to SW describe what they saw and thought during the March 14 school walkout against gun violence.

Protesting gun fundamentalists

When right-wingers brought their pro-gun message to the University of Vermont, students and the community spoke out.

Students are saying: #Enough

The school walkouts on March 14 honored the victims of gun violence and cast a light on the issues facing those who say: #Enough.

99 bullets and one dead teen

A shrine for police brutality victim Jesus Adolfo Delgado in San Francisco (Justice4Luis | Twitter)

The police killing of Jesus Delgado-Duarte is sparking outrage and demands for justice in San Francisco's Mission neighborhood.

The outrage before the upset

The sweetness of Loyola's upset victory in the NCAA basketball tournament is soured for students by police violence on campus.

Make courts an ICE-free zone

Legal workers in New York City continued their protests against undocumented clients being targeted by ICE at the courthouses.

Seattle stands with Maru

After spending years fighting for immigrant rights, Maru Mora-Villalpando is fighting to stop a new threat: her own deportation.

Manufacturing a shortage

There is an ongoing scarcity of essential intravenous medications in the U.S.—and the for-profit health care system is to blame.

Behind the Austin bombings

The string of explosions in Austin, Texas, most of them targeting people of color, are terrorizing Black and Latino neighborhoods.

Democracy 1, War Machine 0

Given a rare say about whether to locally base the Pentagon's notorious F-35 fighter, voters in Burlington, Vermont, said no.

PSU adjuncts need a level deal

Members of the adjunct faculty union at Portland State University demand justice (Colin Patrick | SW)

PSU adjuncts and their supporters turned out to say that they deserve a fair contract and are essential to the university's functioning.

A superhero for #MeToo

Resistance to sexual assault and harassment are stitched into the fabric of the second season of the Netflix show Jessica Jones.

Views in brief

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Psychiatric policing won't help

Among a lot of good discussions about gun violence is a reactionary call to take away rights from people with mental illness.

Rebellion of the teachers

Solidarity with the teachers

Social Equity Educators in Seattle is organizing a petition for educators to stand in support of the teachers in Oklahoma.

When the teachers unite

A Phoenix teacher talks about the conditions threatening Arizona's schools--and how rank-and-file educators are taking a stand.

Recipe for a red-state revolt

Looming in the background of the West Virginia teachers' strike was both a rich history of labor struggle and bitterness at a deep social crisis today.

Talking socialism in a red state

Striking teachers celebrate after the announcement of a victory in West Virginia

The West Virginia struggle reminds us that we socialists aren't "creating" radicalism, but joining people who are forging their own path toward it.

Class struggle back on the map

The West Virginia teachers' strike inspired workers across the country--and only time will tell how far this wave of radicalization will spread.

Your victory gives us strength

Teachers unions in Puerto Rico and Mexico sent congratulations and solidarity greetings to the victorious West Virginia educators.

From Mingo to Manhattan

Left to right: West Virginia teachers Jay O'Neal, Emily Comer and Katie Endicott speak at a solidarity meeting in New York (Eric Ruder | SW)

Three West Virginia teachers traveled to New York City to speak at a solidarity meeting in the wake of their strike victory.

What the teachers taught us

Understanding how West Virginia teachers won their strike will help labor activists looking to the challenges ahead for unions.

A strike for public schools

A one-day walkout by educators in Puerto Rico this Monday is a cry of protest against legislation that will devastate public schools.

Striking a neoliberal university

The struggle of university workers in the UK is giving the labor movement a big boost and opening up an outlet for seething anger against neoliberalism.

On strike at UK universities

Staff at more than 60 universities in the UK continue to walk the picket line after a bad deal to end their struggle was rejected.

Into the streets for Marielle

Marielle died because of her fight, because she was Black, because she was a woman, because she dared to confront the system.

A wake-up call for India's left

Supporters of the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party celebrate an election win

What does the victory for the right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in the state of Tripura mean for India's left?

How to solve the climate crisis

An Arctic "heat wave" in the middle of winter is the latest warning of an impending climate catastrophe. Can it be stopped?

The lessons of the FLPs

The history of the farmer-labor parties shows the problems with a strategy of trying to implode the two-party system "from within."

A C.L.R. James treasure trove

A republished collection of masterful essays by C.L.R. James will introduce a new generation to a giant of history and Marxism.

15 Years After the Iraq Invasion

In this four-part series, Ashley Smith tells the story of the U.S. war on Iraq

I. The drive to a war crime

In spite of the largest coordinated protests in history, George Bush and the neo-cons were determined to have their war on Iraq.

II. The war machine unleashed

In March 2003, the U.S. used the full might of its arsenal against a country that had already been devastated by decades of war.

III. Occupation and resistance

The U.S. unleashed terror and repression to cement its power in Iraq--but in the process, it stoked multiple points of resistance.

IV. The end of the occupation

When its troops failed to quell the Iraqi resistance, the U.S. fomented a civil war, but the occupation still ended in failure.

La doctrina del trauma en PR

Tras los huracanes, la crisis puertorriqueña ha alcanzado niveles catastróficos, pero la crisis no es nueva ni fue provocada por los huracanes.