U.S. and Canada

Oakland, Calif., community rallies to stop ICE raids

On Feb. 17, with the strong support of the Oakland Education Association, students, parents and teachers rallied outside Coliseum College…

February 22, 2016

Message from Leonard Peltier, unjustly imprisoned for 40 years

Feb. 6 — Greetings friends, supporters and all Native Peoples. What can I say that I have not said before?…

February 21, 2016

70 years after the Moore’s Ford Bridge lynching

One of the most outrageous and well-publicized lynchings in U.S. history took place on July 25, 1946, when two African-American…

February 18, 2016

South Florida students: ‘Dump Trump’

Tampa, Fla. -- Students for a Democratic Society Tampa hosted a “Dump Trump” rally on Feb. 12 in front of the…

February 17, 2016

‘Make GM pay $4 billion to Flint’

The Moratorium Now! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions & Utility Shutoffs demonstrated Feb. 10 outside General Motors world headquarters in…

February 17, 2016

S.F. union: ‘Labor action needed for Flint’

The following resolution was passed unanimously at the January membership meeting of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 10,…

February 17, 2016

Cops executed Mario Woods

According to an autopsy report released Feb. 11 by San Francisco Chief Medical Examiner Michael Hunter, the five San Francisco…

February 16, 2016

Evidence against state mounts in Flint water scandal

Feb. 14 -- Rick Snyder ran for Michigan governor in 2010 on the slogan “one tough nerd.” With no political…

February 16, 2016

Standing on the wrong side of history

Dear Brother John Lewis, I am a Black woman, who, like you, was born in Alabama at the dawn of…

February 15, 2016

Protesters in Milwaukee and Denver challenge Democrats

By Vivian Weinstein and the Workers World Milwaukee bureau Hundreds took to the streets Feb. 11 in Milwaukee to confront…

February 15, 2016