Human needs before profits

Seattle hospital workers strike: 7800 say “Patients before profits!”

For three days, from Jan. 28 to 30, 7,800 Seattle-area hospital workers struck the giant consortium Swedish at seven hospitals.…

February 5, 2020

Justice for Malaysia Goodson — Subway elevators NOW!

New York City Malaysia Goodson, a 22-year-old African-American mother, fell down the stairs in a New York City subway station…

February 4, 2020

Puerto Ricans protest undistributed 2017 supplies unearthed by 2020 quakes

Still grappling with the aftermath of devastating earthquakes, Puerto Ricans reacted with protests when they learned Jan. 19 that massive…

January 29, 2020

Shelter solidarity struggle wins concession

Salt Lake City Activists -- unsheltered and sheltered -- finally saw a response to their demands on Friday, Jan. 17,…

January 23, 2020

Moms 4 Housing brutally evicted, vow to return

Oakland, Calif. In the early hours of Tuesday, Jan. 14, heavily armed Alameda County sheriffs carrying AK-47 rifles battered down…

January 20, 2020

Iran-Iraq solidarity grows amid U.S. threats

United States policy toward both Iran and Iraq is based not on “bad advice” or howling blunders by President Donald…

January 14, 2020

General strike in France

French President Emmanuel Macron’s government bet that the unions would grow tired, their members pinched by their loss of pay,…

January 14, 2020

In Cleveland, fight continues to keep homeless shelter open

Cleveland Over 100 supporters of the Metanoia Project, which provides trauma-sensitive respite to homeless people in Cleveland, packed City Council…

January 12, 2020

As earthquakes hit Puerto Rico, the people organize against “natural” and capitalist-made disaster

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean on Jan. 7, with the southern coast of Puerto Rico its epicenter. Then…

January 12, 2020

The coming decade of revolution

In the last decade the working class -- spurred into action by a destroyed economy, state violence, and national and…

January 11, 2020