U.S. and Canada

Labor groups strengthen solidarity

The Communication Workers issued a strong statement on Sept. 9 expressing solidarity with the Indigenous peoples’ resistance to pipeline construction…

October 2, 2016

#NoDAPL battleground: Iowans resist pipeline

Boone, Iowa Standing Rock Solidarity demonstrators gathered here on Sept. 22 to protest Dakota Access Pipeline construction and “to put…

October 2, 2016

Clock ticking to ‘Free Leonard Peltier!’

Olympia, Wash. Marching behind a “Free Leonard Peltier” banner, demonstrators demanded presidential clemency for the Native American political prisoner at…

October 2, 2016

After top cop cancels forum, #CharlotteUprising marches on rich, white mall

Charlotte, N.C. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney had been set to hold a community forum on Sept. 29. Over a…

October 1, 2016

Protests outside Mahanoy and Frackville prisons call for clean water, hep c drugs

A car caravan transported prisoners’ family members, friends and prisoners’ rights activists to SCI Mahanoy and SCI Frackville prisons on…

October 1, 2016

Still no justice for Kayla Moore

San Francisco Kayla Moore was a Black transgender woman who was diagnosed as schizophrenic and weighed 350 pounds. She was…

October 1, 2016

War criminals protested

Demonstrators at the front door of New York City’s luxurious Plaza Hotel on Sept. 22 boldly protested against Israeli Prime…

September 30, 2016

Reflections on white supremacy by an anti-imperialist political prisoner

Sept. 28 -- This wide-ranging essay, written by anti-imperialist, U.S. political prisoner Jaan K. Laaman, one of the original Ohio-7/United…

September 30, 2016

Charlotte Uprising confronts NFL game, cuts sales and profits

Charlotte, N.C. Sept. 29 -- After well over 1,000 people spent five consecutive nights of mass uprising in the streets…

September 29, 2016

Activists demand fed funds be used to stop foreclosures

A public meeting in Detroit Sept. 22 demanded that federal Helping Hardest Hit Funds be used to stop tax foreclosures…

September 29, 2016