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How do capitalists live without working?
We often talk about classes: the working class, the capitalist class, the middle class. But what exactly is a class? A class is a social arrangement that allows one group in society to seize the labor of another group. Under feudalism, the ruling noble class owned all the land and were able to appropriate part […]
- By : Laurent Ross
- July 17, 2026
RAPID RESPONSE: Hold the Line—No SAVE Act!
Hold the line — NO SAVE Act! Call, write, or visit your U.S. Senators and Representative to demand they hold the line for voting rights and democracy! Congress must refuse to be pressured to pass the SAVE Act or the reconciliation bill with the SAVE Act attached. The only voting emergency is the frantic, manufactured […]
- By : People’s World
- July 17, 2026
Teachers’ President Weingarten urges mobilization to defend democracy
WASHINGTON—Sounding the alarm over threats to democracy, Teachers/AFT President Randi Weingarten is urging her union’s 1.88 million members to hit the streets between now and Election Day to defend it. Specifically, in her keynote address on July 16 to the union’s convention, she wants 25,000 teachers and other AFT members out on the streets whenever […]
- By : Mark Gruenberg
- July 17, 2026
‘King of the Hill’ Season 15: Witty social commentary wrapped in wholesome comedy
If one didn’t know much about the King of the Hill series, they might view it as a comedic cartoon that simply follows a conservative Texan who just wants to sell propane while dealing with his wacky family and friends. Yet, the series—both its original 1997-2009 run, and its current revival that began in August […]
- By : Chauncey K. Robinson
- July 17, 2026
A desperate man willing to do anything to remain in power
WASHINGTON—Even before his 20-minute speech blaming his 2020 election loss on everyone but himself and his own administration, President Donald Trump’s primetime “election fraud” broadcast got some pretty bad reviews. Some pundits said his speech was primarily a justification for the demand he ended with—his insistence that Congress pass the SAVE Act, one of the […]
- By : Mark Gruenberg
- July 17, 2026
5,000 troops are occupying D.C. Here are the states that sent them.
WASHINGTON—It’s been a year since President Donald Trump ordered National Guard troops from around the country to Washington, D.C. As of July 2026, almost 5,000 still occupy the streets of the nation’s capital, sent in by multiple state governors, including from Democratic-led states. Now, the National Guard’s presence in the city has been extended to […]
Whitmer’s veto betrays Michigan workers, exposes corporate priorities
LANSING—Michigan’s unions spent 18 months fighting Republican obstruction to get nine pro-worker bills to the governor’s desk, only to have Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer veto every single one of them. Her vetoes were a gut punch to the broad coalition of union and pro-labor organizations that had spent months lobbying for the legislation, which they […]
- By : Luis Martinez And Cameron Harrison
- July 17, 2026
Bus drivers strike again in Jackson, Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss.—For the second time in three years, the 60-plus bus drivers in Jackson, Miss., members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1208, have been forced to strike. The workers walked out starting at 4 a.m. on July 13 after fruitless talks since December with MV Transportation, the Texas-based private contractor which runs the city’s bus […]
- By : Press Associates
- July 16, 2026
Blanche as attorney general is a move to kill free elections
WASHINGTON— Democratic Senators on Wednesday bombarded Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche on controversies ranging from voting rights, to the massive scandal involving serial sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein, to Trump’s pardons last year of all 1,600 U.S. Capitol invaders of who participated in his 2021 coup attempt. One of […]
- By : Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
- July 16, 2026
Daily Worker archives: The San Francisco General Strike of 1934
July 16 marks the anniversary of the San Francisco General Strike, one of the most pivotal labor uprisings in American history. It grew out of a West Coast waterfront strike that began on May 9, 1934, when longshoremen walked off the docks up and down the coast, demanding union recognition and an end to the […]
- By : Special to People’s World
- July 16, 2026