Austerity

MLK commemorations take place amid government shutdown and worsening capitalist crisis

January 19, 2019 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, and grew into maturity in the Deep South city of Atlanta, Georgia, during the Great Depression of the 1930s and early […]

The WFTU stands on the side of the Los Angeles teachers

January 16, 2019 fwstaff

By The World Federation of Trade Unions The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), representing 95 million workers in 130 countries across the globe, sends its internationalist and militant greetings to the teachers of Los Angeles […]

A woman wearing a yellow vest, as a symbol of French driver's and citizen's protest against higher fuel prices, waves a French flag during clashes with police.

French government responds to mass protests

December 28, 2018 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe December 15 marked the fifth consecutive week where thousands of people have held marches and engaged in various forms of civil disobedience throughout France. Sparked by the imposition of a fuel tax, […]

Workers disrupt the National Conference of Governors in Traverse City, MI, to demand a moratorium on plant closings. (1987)

Revolutionary Approach to the Workers’ Struggle – Reviving the Transitional Program

November 16, 2018 fwstaff

By Jerry Goldberg The current period of capitalist development is characterized by the imposition of austerity by the capitalist class against the working class worldwide. Austerity means the direct rule by finance capital over cities, […]

Hotel workers on strike in Detroit, October 21.

Detroiters striking and fighting back!

October 25, 2018 fwstaff

By Abayomi Azikiwe Detroit — Public discontent over evictions, foreclosures, water shutoffs and substandard wages can only be ameliorated through organized action. During the early morning hours of Sunday, October 7, members of UNITE HERE […]

Tax foreclosure fight keeps hundreds in their homes

October 16, 2018 fwstaff

By Aram Vosgerchian Detroit — This city was one of those hardest hit by the global capitalist economic crisis of 2008-2009 and the resulting austerity. Austerity is nothing but a euphemism for class war, waged […]

Tour strengthens Puerto Rico-Detroit solidarity

October 12, 2018 fwstaff

By Fighting Words staff A delegation from the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions & Utility Shutoffs in Detroit, Michigan, visited Puerto Rico from September 26-29 in a solidarity tour hosted by UTIER, the […]

Austerity policies cause water crisis in Detroit

October 8, 2018 fwstaff

By Julia Samar Kassem Beginning with the Detroit municipal bankruptcy in 2013, more than 100,000 households were affected by water shutoffs in the city, a trend that has spiked and continued since in the post-emergency […]

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