U.S. and Canada

Veolia Corporation is the problem, not the bus drivers’ union

The Coalition for Equal Quality Education, based in Boston, issued the following statement on Nov. 2.  The CEQE, in collaboration…

November 4, 2013

Haitian leader of USW 8751 defends fired union brothers

The following letter is a rebuttal to an Oct. 9 public attack against the Boston School Bus Drivers Union, Steelworkers…

November 4, 2013

The place to be Nov. 16-17: Workers World Party conference

When a revolutionary workers’ party is engaged in so many important struggles — locally, nationally and internationally, all tied to…

November 4, 2013

Anti-war activists fight government secrecy on FBI raids

The following news about two anti-war activists who have been subject to government persecution since September 2010 was published on…

November 4, 2013

Two hundred attend Boston premiere of ‘Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary’

In an inspiring event Nov. 1 at Hibernian Hall in Roxbury’s Dudley Square, the heart of Boston's African-American community, about…

November 4, 2013

‘Let the Fire Burn’ Philadelphia premier

The controversial documentary “Let the Fire Burn” had its Philadelphia premiere on Oct. 26 during the 2013 Philadelphia Film Festival.…

November 3, 2013

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 22

Patriarchal heterosexual marriage under slavery & feudalism In her well-researched book, “Marriage, a History,” Stephanie Coontz suggests that one of…

November 3, 2013

Tucson gathering to say ‘Tear down the walls’

Arizona activists are frontline in the battle to tear down the wall separating Indigenous and Latino/a people on either side…

November 1, 2013

$15/hr? ‘I can get with that!’

Creative demonstrations and ­Workers Power Assemblies in several cities on Oct. 23-24 championed the struggle to raise the minimum wage…

November 1, 2013

Rank-and-file immigrant workers battle global union buster Veolia

The following press release, slightly edited, was issued Oct. 31 by Team Solidarity in Boston in defense of United Steelworkers…

October 31, 2013