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An Attack on the Right to Vote: Workers Circle Opposes Trump’s Mail-In Voting Ban
The Workers Circle condemns President Trump's announced plan to eliminate mail-in voting as a direct assault on the very heart of democracy — the fundamental right to vote.
US must end complicity in Gaza’s Humanitarian Crisis
Since our founding in 1900 by Eastern European Jews who came to the United States seeking democratic freedoms and fleeing violence and persecution, again and again we have witnessed how the erosion of democratic norms enables systematic violence and expands conflict. The humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza right now is both a consequence of and contributor to a global crisis of democratic accountability.
New York Residents Participate in Nationwide Demonstrations Confronting the Trump Administration’s Illegal Abductions, Detentions, and Deportations
On Thursday, June 26 at 12:00 noon, the Workers Circle gathered NYC residents at Thurgood Marshall Courthouse to join activists across the country for #DisappearedInAmerica, a national day of action led by a coalition of immigrant rights, faith, rule of law, and pro-democracy organizations.
Summer is Better in Yiddish: Workers Circle Announces 2025 Courses
Registration for Yiddish language, klezmer, and song courses at the Workers Circle is open!
Ignoring Jewish Community Opposition, House Passes H.R.22 the SAVE Act Voter Suppression Bill
Ignoring Jewish Community Opposition, House Passes H.R.22 the SAVE Act Voter Suppression Bill.
Workers Circle CEO Ann Toback applauds Pres. Biden for affirming the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment and calls on the Archivist of the United States to fulfill her duty and publish the ERA
Now, the Archivist of the United States must fulfill her ministerial duty and publish the ERA in the national register as the 28th Amendment to the US Constitution.
The Workers Circle to Honor Black Voters Matter at Annual Benefit on December 4, 2023
The Workers Circle will honor Black Voters Matter with the Workers Circle Activism Award at the organization’s Annual Benefit on December 4, 2023.
The Workers Circle Elects Four New Members to the Board of Directors
New York, NY – Today, members of the Workers Circle voted to elect Bradley Alter, Judy Fishman, Malky Goldman, and Lewis Jones to the Board of Directors. Each has been elected to serve three-year terms.
