Strike looms at AT&T Midwest
Workers picket AT&T headquarters in Detroit, May 19. May 21 — The Communications Workers executive board authorized a strike on May 11 of 14,000 workers covered by AT&T’s Midwest and Legacy T...
View ArticlePoor People’s Campaign begins Days of Action
The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, initiated by the Rev. William J. Barber II from North Carolina, kicks off on May 14. On that date, and on the following five Mondays,...
View ArticleHep A outbreak amid water shutoffs in Detroit
National march in Detroit against water shutoffs, June 2014. The ongoing fight to stop mass water shutoffs has stepped up with a series of “Solidarity Saturdays” protests at the Detroit Water and...
View ArticleDetroit conference advances fight against austerity
The National Conference to Defeat Austerity was held in Detroit on Saturday, March 24. Led by a coalition of organizations and individuals initiated by the Moratorium Now! Coalition to Stop...
View ArticleSexual assault revelations rock Michigan State University
Students take over MSU President’s office, Nov. 19, 2010. Students marched on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., on Jan. 26, demanding safety and accountability from...
View ArticleCelebrating Dr. King’s legacy
The 15th Annual MLK Day Rally and March for Jobs, Peace and Justice drew more than 1,000 people to downtown Detroit on Jan. 15. Abayomi Azikiwe, a leader of the Moratorium Now! Coalition and Detroit...
View ArticleWalmart lays off 11,000 under smokescreen
The Walmart corporation closed 63 Sam’s Club stores without notice on Jan. 11, laying off some 11,000 workers, many of whom arrived at work to find their store permanently closed. In a cynical maneuver...
View ArticleProtests across U.S. hit Trump’s attack on Palestine
Demonstrations were swiftly organized in cities around the United States in opposition to the U.S. declaration on Dec. 6 that it would move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, and in solidarity with...
View Article‘Real Detroiters Speak Out’ to World Conference of Mayors
The World Conference of Mayors is convening its 33rd anniversary conference in Detroit from Oct. 23 to Oct. 26. Was Detroit picked to host this event because of its dramatic population loss, record...
View Article‘Hands off DPRK!’
Anti-war and anti-imperialist activists from several organizations heeded the call by Workers World Party for a demonstration in downtown Detroit on Aug. 16 opposing U.S. war threats against the...
View ArticleLabor unions condemn fascist attack
Labor unions, especially those representing education, health care and public service workers — whose members are a majority women and people of color — were swift to condemn the racist, fascist...
View ArticleMítines en EUA demandan: ¡Fuera EUA de Venezuela!
Mítines urgentes en solidaridad con Venezuela Bolivariana y en contra de la interferencia e intervención de Estados Unidos tuvieron lugar en varias ciudades alrededor de los EUA a principios de junio....
View ArticleRallies demand U.S. hands off Venezuela
Emergency events in solidarity with Bolivarian Venezuela and against U.S. interference and intervention took place in a number of cities around the United States in early June. Called by the...
View ArticleClimate marchers say, ‘Stop climate change, end capitalism!’
While some corporate-owned media predicted that “protest fatigue” might beset climate marchers, especially those who had been on the March for Science one week earlier, the April 29 actions drew crowds...
View ArticleIn cities around U.S., attack on Syria protested
Click to view slideshow. In cities large and small throughout the United States, the response was swift and strong in condemnation of the U.S. imperialist, cruise missile attacks on Syria in the late...
View ArticleDetroit WWP hosts women’s speakout
International Women’s Day was commemorated in Detroit on March 11 at a women’s speakout for justice and liberation, hosted by the women of Workers World Party. The event started with a delicious meal...
View ArticleDetroit’s lights out: Who’s to blame
Roseville, Mich., March 14 — I’m waiting and hoping that today is the day power is restored to our neighborhood and we can leave this awful motel. It’s been seven days and six nights. In the meantime,...
View ArticleProtest held outside racist restaurant
Protest outside Blufin restaurant, Feb. 22. Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. – When three African-American women went on their monthly social outing on a Saturday evening, they were served up with some ugly...
View ArticleDetroit rallies for reproductive justice
Several protests in support of Planned Parenthood and against intensified attacks on women took place in Metro Detroit on Feb. 11. At the Cass Corridor Planned Parenthood, close to 1,000 pro-choice,...
View Article‘Hands off DPRK!’
Anti-war and anti-imperialist activists from several organizations heeded the call by Workers World Party for a demonstration in downtown Detroit on Aug. 16 opposing U.S. war threats against the...
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