U.S. and Canada

Justice for O’Shaine Evans

On July 18 in San Francisco, the families of O’Shaine Evans, Kenneth Harding Jr. and James Rivera held a “Celebration…

July 22, 2015

Newton Knight– abolitionist guerrilla leader in Mississippi

A hidden history of the Civil War Ever hear of the First Alabama Cavalry, or the name Newton Knight? Not…

July 22, 2015

Struggle for justice for Eric Garner continues

It was one year ago on July 17 that 43-year-old Eric Garner, an African-American father of six children, died of…

July 21, 2015

Baltimore activists launch cop watch campaign

The Baltimore People’s Power Assembly held a People’s Tribunal Against Police Terror on June 6 that brought many members of…

July 20, 2015

NYC: luxury housing abounds while 60,000 homeless

Community and immigrant organizations joined rank-and-file construction union members and church groups for a protest of some 500 people July…

July 20, 2015

On the road with the Cuba caravan

Yellow school buses are a common sight in the U.S. Usually the rides are shorter than the 2,300 miles we…

July 19, 2015

Celebrate the Cuban Revolution and support Workers World!

On July 26, 1953, revolutionaries stormed the Moncada Barracks in Santiago, Cuba. Less than six years later, Fidel and his…

July 19, 2015

Stop Texas’ execution of Bernardo Tercero

Friends and supporters of Nicaraguan citizen Bernardo Tercero rallied outside of the Nicaraguan Consulate on July 9, to encourage the…

July 18, 2015

Detroit to Flint water march ends

A week-long, cross-state march, organized under the theme “Clean, Affordable Water for All: Detroit to Flint Water Justice Journey,” ended…

July 18, 2015

Detroiters demand: ‘Turn on the lights!’

For six weeks in a row, community activists in Detroit have held “light walks” every Thursday night. Radio talk show…

July 18, 2015