U.S. and Canada

Unions step forward to battle racism

A large demonstration and strategy conference that is being called the “Days of Grace” is expected to take place in…

September 2, 2015

Katrina + 10: Natural disaster or forced removals?

It has been a decade since the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast were dislocated due to the…

September 2, 2015

Why Emmett Till’s life still matters

During the height of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement in the South,  activists like Jimmy Lee Jackson, Medgar Evers, Viola…

September 1, 2015

People’s Assembly links rising racism to economic crisis

A People’s Assembly and Speakout were held on Aug. 29 in downtown Detroit at Grand Circus Park. The event was…

September 1, 2015

Protest demands release of Rev. Pinkney

Grand Rapids, Mich. -- “It’s not one thing, it is everything,” says the Rev. Edward Pinkney of Berrien County, Mich.,…

September 1, 2015

Days of action against the blockade of Cuba

The success of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 struck fear into the cold heart of U.S. imperialism, which responded by…

September 1, 2015

Justice for Samuel Harrell!

A “beat-up squad” of up to 20 prison guards killed Samuel Harrell on April 21 at Fishkill Correctional Facility in…

September 1, 2015

Rising struggle lifts pay, rights

Low-wage workers are winning big victories in their continuing struggle to raise wages and strengthen rights for those in the…

September 1, 2015

Autoworkers speak out against concessions

Several dozen autoworkers expressed their feelings at the “Autoworker Speakout” in Detroit on Aug. 23. This annual event, organized by…

August 29, 2015

Federal gov’t: ‘College athletes don’t deserve rights’

Nearly a year and a half after the regional director of the National Labor Relations Board declared that Northwestern University…

August 29, 2015