U.S. and Canada

Battleground North Carolina: 100+ arrests in 3 weeks resisting right-wing attacks

As this article goes to print, 57 more people were arrested during the “Moral Monday” action on May 20. More…

May 21, 2013

Thousands protest murder of NYC gay man

Thousands of people marched through New York's Greenwich Village the evening of May 20 to protest the murder of Mark…

May 21, 2013

Central Park 5, Jena 6 and the Scottsboro Brothers

The corporate-owned media reviews of the movie “The Central Park Five,” just released on DVD, focus mainly on the pathos…

May 21, 2013

Free Lynne Stewart now!

The lifesaving struggle to free Lynne Stewart, “the people’s lawyer,” continues.  Following a full-house rally on May 9 at St.…

May 20, 2013

National Network on Cuba condemns U.S. ‘terrorist’ bounty on Assata Shakur

The following statement was issued by the National Network on Cuba. On May 3, the U.S. government falsely branded Assata…

May 20, 2013

Boston Bolivarians celebrate Maduro election

On May 5, a meeting called by the Boston Bolivarians celebrated the legitimate victory of the first working-class and Chavista…

May 19, 2013

Oakland, Calif., vigil for police victim

Oakland, Calif. — More than 150 people came out to honor the memory of young Alan Blueford on May 5,…

May 19, 2013

Drone base picketed

Niagara Falls, N.Y. — Activists rallied at the gate of Niagara Falls Air Base on Mothers’ Day, May 12, to…

May 19, 2013

On the picket line

Hundreds of fast food workers strike in Detroit Hundreds of workers went on strike May 10 at more than 60…

May 19, 2013

Bill Kaessinger presente!

Bill Kaessinger, an anti-racist unionist and Workers World activist spanning three decades, beginning in the 1960s, died in Norwich, N.Y.,…

May 19, 2013