U.S. and Canada

TransJustice’s points of unity

Following is edited text from Trans­Justice of the Audre Lorde Project, a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming…

June 25, 2014

No intervention in Iraq

Washington promotes deadly divisions Thirty-five years of U.S. subversion, intervention and then direct occupation of Iraq are the primary cause…

June 25, 2014

Protests demand: ‘U.S. stay out of Iraq!’

SAN FRANCISCO  Many national and local organizations, including the Answer Coalition, the Bay Area Latin American Solidarity Coalition, the International…

June 25, 2014

How Voting Rights Act was set back

At his Escambia County polling site on June 3, 93-year-old African-American Willie Mims was disenfranchised by Alabama's strict new voter…

June 24, 2014

Casey Kasem kept his feet on the ground

Entertainer and political activist Casey Kasem, 82, died on June 15 after a long illness. Kasem was “more likely to…

June 24, 2014

Labor appeal for Boston school bus drivers’ union

The following June 11 letter was sent out to the labor movement and signed by Myles Calvey, business manager, International…

June 23, 2014

Boston School Bus drivers’ union, supporters call for Solidarity Day III

Going to Boston to help build support for the School Bus Drivers, United Steelworkers Local 8751 was a unique and…

June 23, 2014

‘Obvious Child’ a breakthrough on abortion rights

On some issues, U.S. movies lag decades behind social change. Abortion is one of them, especially when statistically one woman…

June 22, 2014

On the picket line

S.F. transit drivers protest contract with sick-out More than 500 drivers of San Francisco’s buses, cable cars, streetcars and light…

June 21, 2014

Detroit retirees denounce ‘Grand Theft Pension’

June 18 — Retired city of Detroit workers continue to oppose deep cuts to their pensions in the face of…

June 20, 2014