U.S. and Canada

On the picket line

By Matty Starrdust and Sue Davis Minn. janitors strike on ‘Black’ Friday Joining other strikers on “Black” Friday, Nov. 28,…

December 12, 2014

Michigan struggle demands transgender civil rights

Detroit — The victories for marriage equality represent a huge advance for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer movement in…

December 11, 2014

‘We are the resistance!’ say Syracuse students and community

Syracuse, N.Y. -- In bitter cold, 300 protesters marched from Syracuse University into downtown Syracuse in a militant outcry against…

December 11, 2014

Stop police harassment of Ferguson protest organizers

Philadelphia — As protests continue to spread across the U.S. and around the world in response to police brutality and…

December 11, 2014

Rasmea Odeh out of jail, heading home to Chicago

Members of the Rasmea Defense Committee from Chicago and Detroit/Dearborn just welcomed Rasmea back from four weeks in a Port…

December 11, 2014

Meeting commemorates Chairman Fred Hampton

With the 45th annual International Revolutionary Day on Dec. 4, people commemorated the 1969 assassination of Illinois Black Panther Party…

December 11, 2014

Town hall meeting builds resistance

Philadelphia -- “What the next steps in building resistance to police brutality will be” was the topic of a historic…

December 11, 2014

Reflections on Ferguson

Below are excerpts from an article by Lou DeJesus of Buffalo, N.Y., about her trip to St. Louis and Ferguson,…

December 11, 2014

Unity against racism seen as protests grow

On Dec. 8, protests in cities across the country against police killings of Black people entered the sixth consecutive day.…

December 10, 2014

Berkeley students ‘tired of murders’

In Mexico and U.S. By Dave Welsh and Terri Kay Berkeley, Calif. Over 100 students and supporters gathered at Sproul…

December 10, 2014