U.S. and Canada

Sept. jobs report: Propaganda can’t hide grim truth

The United States, like other advanced capitalist countries such as Canada, Australia and those in Europe, does not tell the…

October 8, 2015

Tell the IRS, ‘Hands off IFCO’

The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization needs your support and action to turn back a politically motivated attack using the…

October 8, 2015

People’s Grand Jury charges “racial disparities rampant in Pitt County, N.C., criminal system”

The movement against police and court violence against Black youth is as vibrant in small towns in the U.S. South…

October 8, 2015

NO to two-tier pay

In an act of defiance that caught everyone following the situation off guard, United Autoworkers members have rejected a four-year…

October 6, 2015

Health care providers call for hep C treatment for Mumia Abu-Jamal and other PA prisoners

Over 40 health care providers signed onto an appeal sent to Pennsylvania officials on Oct. 5, calling for a change…

October 6, 2015

Family challenges police shooting of Delaware man

On Sept. 23, 28-year-old Jeremy McDole was shot several times by police in Wilmington, Del. McDole was not accused of…

October 4, 2015

Remembering Chairman Fred Hampton

The following is a transcription of a talk given by Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. of the Prisoners of Conscience Committee/Black…

October 2, 2015

NYC solidarity with migrants

As the United Nations General Assembly met in New York on Sept. 26, elsewhere in the city people gathered for…

October 2, 2015

Seattle teachers reach agreement, suspend strike

Seattle teachers and staff suspended their seven-day strike against the Seattle School District on Sept. 15. The strike, with an…

October 2, 2015

Milwaukee transit workers fight cutbacks

Members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 998 and their labor-community supporters rallied at the Milwaukee County Courthouse on Sept. 24…

October 1, 2015