U.S. and Canada

Social Security belongs to the workers

What will happen to our Social Security benefits? This question is being asked by the program’s 56 million recipients in response…

April 19, 2013

New campaign launched for Angola 3 prisoners

Following is a report on the Angola 3 and the outrageous travesty of justice in Louisiana, where Albert Woodfox and…

April 18, 2013

Forum denounces U.S. drone attacks

On April 14, the Pakistan USA Freedom Forum organized a meeting in the heart of Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Pakistani community at…

April 18, 2013

Students rally to save Black Studies

Philadelphia — For the second time in less than two weeks, African-American professors and students at Temple University staged demonstrations on…

April 18, 2013

Ohio prisoners on hunger strike for media access

Four prisoners in Ohio’s supermax prison began refusing food on April 11. They are demanding that media representatives visiting Ohio…

April 18, 2013

UNAC’s April protests to say no to killer and spy drones

The United National Antiwar Coalition has announced demonstrations in 50 U.S. cities during April, which UNAC has designated “anti-drone month.”…

April 18, 2013

U.S. protests show solidarity with Venezuela

April 11 was a national day of action in the United States to support the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela and…

April 17, 2013

Tens of thousands march for immigrant rights

Washington, D.C. — Tens of thousands of workers, primarily from Central America, marched for immigrant rights in front of the…

April 17, 2013

Georgia immigrants say, ‘Sí, se puede!’

Thousands of immigrant workers and their families rallied and marched in Atlanta, one of the many cities taking part in…

April 17, 2013

Community BBQ highlights Alan Blueford case

East Oakland, Calif. — The Justice for Alan Blueford Coalition held a free barbecue in Oakland’s Arroyo Viejo Park on April…

April 16, 2013