U.S. and Canada

BAYAN USA demands Philippines President Aquino resign

San Francisco -- At an event entitled “Peoples’ Power: Aquino Resign,” over 100 people rallied and marched as part of…

February 28, 2015

FIST youth say — ‘Occupy Madison! Shut RTW down!’

Madison, Wis. -- Gov. Scott Walker and Senate Republicans shoved through right-to-work (-for-less) legislation on Feb. 26 following a day…

February 28, 2015

Oil strikers march on Marathon Petroleum as strike expands

Findlay, Ohio -- Over 200 oil strikers and supporters demonstrated on Feb. 24 in Findlay, Ohio, where the Marathon Petroleum…

February 26, 2015

Detroit youth: ‘I stand with Boston bus drivers’

Boston is hundreds of miles from Detroit, but the fight of Steelworkers Local 8751 to beat the union-buster Veolia Corp.…

February 26, 2015

March condemns killing of immigrant worker by cops

Pasco, Wash. -- Within days after farmworker Antonio Zambrano-Montes was killed by Pasco police, his murder was seen by over…

February 26, 2015

Boston union under siege

Drop the bogus charges! “There’s no such thing as neutral. You have to be on one side or the other.…

February 26, 2015

Stolen Lives rally focuses on Eric Garner

A “Stolen Lives” rally was held near the Brooklyn, N.Y., public housing where police victim Eric Garner of Staten Island…

February 26, 2015

Malcolm X and Black Lives Matter

The 50th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X was commemorated in many cities throughout the U.S. on the weekend…

February 24, 2015

Protesters demanding justice for Yuvette Henderson shut down Home Depot

Oakland, Calif. -- Two police officers in Emeryville, Calif., a town located between Oakland and Berkeley, gunned down and killed…

February 24, 2015

Bosses ‘fire’ 300 Local 10 members in Oakland after tentative agreement at West Coast ports

News broke on Feb. 20 that an agreement between the Pacific Maritime Association — the organization of the West Coast…

February 23, 2015