“Jobs, not jails or deportation; nothing less than legalization!” was a popular chant among the tens of thousands of workers, including undocumented immigrants, who turned out for May Day protests across the U.S. From coast to coast, they also demanded an end to racist and anti-union campaigns pushed by profit-hungry bosses at workers’ expense. Several [...]
Philadelphia — On April 24, in celebration of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 59th birthday, hundreds of people from several East Coast cities rallied outside the Center City office of Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams to demand Abu-Jamal’s release. An award-winning journalist and former Black Panther Party member, Abu-Jamal spent nearly 30 years on Pennsylvania’s death row falsely [...]
March to confront austerity, attacks on working class Durham, N.C. — With extreme right-wing ideologues in the Legislature and governor’s seat, backed by a well-funded conservative political machine, the working class in North Carolina faces unprecedented attacks and swiftly degrading material conditions. In the face of this social crisis, workers, youth and students are mobilizing for [...]
The power of the recently released film, “Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners,” directed by Shola Lynch and now showing at select AMC theaters around the country, is its ability to place Angela Davis’ trial in proper historical context. The film is not only about the arrest and trial of one political activist, but [...]
Forty-five years ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stunned the nation when he called for a poor people’s campaign and march on Washington, D.C. The Poor People’s Campaign was part of the second phase of the Civil Rights movement. On May 11, Dr. Martin Luther King’s campaign for economic justice will be renewed [...]
Forty-five years ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stunned the nation when he called for a poor people’s campaign and march on Washington, D.C. The Poor People’s Campaign was part of the second phase of the Civil Rights movement. On May 11, Dr. Martin Luther King’s campaign for economic justice will be renewed [...]
When European Union leaders gathered at their economic summit meeting in Brussels, they were confronted by thousands of protesters who denounced them and their austerity policies. Working people and labor union representatives from all over Europe demonstrated at the European Commission and Council headquarters on March 14. At least 10,000 demonstrators denounced the “Troika” — the International [...]
Under the theme “Picking up Harriet’s Rifle!” an amazing and inspiring intergenerational panel of Black female revolutionaries gathered in Philadelphia at the Rotunda on March 12 to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of Harriet Tubman. Before a packed room, five “old school” and five younger activists shared a dialog on the unique and [...]
New York — The neighborhood of East Flatbush in Brooklyn has been rocked since the brutal slaying of 16-year-old African-American Kimani Gray by the police on the night of March 9. The details are still coming out, with the plainclothes cops who shot Gray and eyewitnesses offering differing accounts on whether the youth was armed [...]
Philadelphia — Against a background of mounting attacks on public employee unions here, community and labor activists came together March 11 to address their common crisis at a forum against the privatization of postal, education and other government services. The meeting, held at Service Employees Local 668 union hall, was co-chaired by retired letter carrier [...]
The following statement was issued by the National Network on Cuba. On May 3, the U.S. […]
