U.S. and Canada

Forum on ‘What’s at stake in Syria?’

During a week when the New York Times revealed on June 21 that weapons are being shipped from puppet-ruled Libya…

June 24, 2013

Justice for Ernest Duenez Jr.

By Gloria Verdieu and Terri Kay Manteca, Calif. -- Hundreds of supporters, friends and family from all over the state…

June 24, 2013

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 5

Promiscuous primates Did Bronislaw Malinowski’s conception of “a primeval and unchanging one-man, one-woman” marriage emerge 5, 6, 7 or 8…

June 24, 2013

Revolutionary poetry / part 2

showtime if you haven’t heard the call by now you aren’t ready. if you didn’t see those pigs murder that…

June 24, 2013

Black farmers’ lawsuit: Justice delayed is justice denied

African-American farmers won a landmark lawsuit in 1999 against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for racist discrimination in Pigford v.…

June 21, 2013

Deep education cuts protested in Philadelphia

Matching the loss of 3,859 jobs is the slashing of the city’s education budget that will force schools to open…

June 19, 2013

Union members march on New York City Hall

The Metropolitan Labor Committee, a coalition of trade unions representing 350,000 workers employed by New York City, held an after-work…

June 19, 2013

On the picket line

Strong Legal Services strike continues The 270 members of the Legal Services Staff Association, United Auto Workers Local 2320, who…

June 19, 2013

Protest supports Bangladeshi workers

The 99 Pickets and the Rude Mechanical Orchestra held a strong, militant protest inside Target’s main Brooklyn, N.Y., store on…

June 19, 2013

Only solution to Detroit’s crisis: CANCEL THE DEBT

Detroit — A new restructuring plan has been issued for Detroit with no real input by the people of the city.…

June 19, 2013