U.S. and Canada

Crown Heights, Brooklyn: ‘No heat — no peace!’

After three mostly below-freezing days without heat or hot water at an apartment building at 1045 Union St. in Crown…

January 13, 2015

Phil Africa ¡Presente!

MOVE 9 member Phil Africa died in prison on Jan. 10 under what family members are calling “suspicious circumstances.” Six…

January 13, 2015

Artists hold 24-hour protest against police brutality

A group of artists held a 24-hour action against police brutality in New York City’s Grand Central Station from 5…

January 13, 2015

Build workers’ assemblies!

Talk given by Steven Ceci at the 2014 National Conference of Workers World Party in New York City. First, I…

January 10, 2015

How capitalism ravaged Detroit

Excerpt from talk by Jerry Goldberg at the national WWP conference in New York City, Nov. 15-16, 2014. If anyone…

January 8, 2015

On the picket line

States’ minimum wage increases benefit millions of workers Millions of low-wage workers in the U.S. will see an hourly pay…

January 8, 2015

Mario Cuomo’s hidden legacy: 30 prisons

Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, who died Jan. 1, had more jails under his authority than all the other…

January 7, 2015

Massive show of ruling class support for cops

New York, Jan. 4 — Over the past nine days, two police funerals in New York got massive coverage in…

January 6, 2015

Fifty years after the Selma to Montgomery march, anti-racist struggle continues

An upsurge in mass demonstrations and rebellions across the United States portends much for developments in 2015. The federal government…

January 6, 2015

Six years later, justice for Oscar Grant

Jan. 1 — On the sixth anniversary of the murder of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old African American, by Johannes Mehserle…

January 6, 2015