U.S. and Canada

Pennsylvania legislature tries to stop Mumia Abu-Jamal from speaking

  More often than not college commencement speakers are corporate CEOs, bankers or politicians — the people who will exercise…

October 11, 2014

Detroit U.S. Attorney threatens supporters of Rasmea Odeh

The following is a press release from the Committee to Stop FBI Repression, located in Minneapolis. In a bizarre and…

October 11, 2014

NYC faces crisis over tunnel repairs

Superstorm Sandy has not finished disrupting life in this city, even though it blew out to sea two years ago.…

October 11, 2014

Defending disability rights

Activists with disabilities and allies from New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts gathered at an 1199 Service Employees union hall…

October 11, 2014

Abortion rights curtailed in Texas

On Oct. 2, with a wave of its judicial wand, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals shut down 14 of…

October 10, 2014

Detroiters confront federal housing chief

Detroit — Mel Watt, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), was confronted by protesters as he convened a…

October 10, 2014

Anti-drone protest: ‘Stop U.S. wars!’

Syracuse, N.Y. -- In continued resistance to escalating U.S. wars, 75 people marched and rallied at the gates of Hancock…

October 9, 2014

WW forum links Ferguson, Palestine

“What’s happening in Ferguson isn’t rioting, it’s rebellion. And this isn’t the first time in our history we’ve rebelled,” declared…

October 9, 2014

Mumia speaks to Goddard commencement

Nestled in the bucolic setting of Plainfield, Vt., is Goddard College, which suddenly became the focus of a vicious campaign…

October 8, 2014

Solidarity Day 6 in Boston: Hundreds demand ‘Drop the charges’ in anti-union frame-up

Dorchester, Mass. -- It was the second pre-trial hearing for Stevan Kirschbaum, a founder of Steelworkers Union Local 8751 of…

October 7, 2014