U.S. and Canada

‘Drill, baby, drill’? Not so fast!

Michigan is not exactly a state that an oil and gas industry executive would call “unwelcoming.” In fact, there is…

September 7, 2014

Victory against Detroit school dictator

The Detroit Public School system has been in the clutches of an emergency manager since March 2009. It is not…

September 7, 2014

On the picket line

UFCW on mother of Michael Brown On Aug. 22, Joe Hansen, international president of the Food and Commercial Workers union,…

September 7, 2014

Post-Ferguson

Taken from an Aug. 25 audio column at prisonradio.org As the body of Michael “Mike” Brown is consigned to the…

September 6, 2014

People’s Climate March

The People’s Climate March, which organizers expect will attract 100,000 people, is set for Sept. 21 in New York City.…

September 5, 2014

Support Jamil Al-Amin

Preparations are underway for an evening of “Love and Resistance for Imam Jamil Al-Amin,” on Sept. 12 in New York…

September 5, 2014

Activists defend fired workers

Oakland, Calif. — Labor and community activists, carrying signs and chanting, marched inside a Jack in the Box restaurant on…

September 5, 2014

San Diego rally ‘speaks names’ of those killed by police

Over 100 anti-police brutality activists gathered for a rally and march in City Heights Park in central San Diego on…

September 4, 2014

‘Streetz Party’ commemorates Black Panther leader’s birthday in Chicago

Every year on Aug. 30, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. and the Prisoners of Conscience Committee/Black Panther Party Cubs organize a…

September 4, 2014

‘Behind the Red Line’ highlights human suffering of U.S.-backed war

The following is an International Action Center news release of Sept. 4. A dramatic exhibit of 40 photos by Russian…

September 4, 2014