U.S. and Canada

Millions mourn Chávez

Like a red tsunami, the Bolivarian people went to Caracas to say farewell to their leader, President Hugo Rafael Chávez…

March 12, 2013

Baltimore SCLC leader announces May 11 march on D.C.

Excerpts from a talk by the Rev. Cortly “C.D.” Witherspoon, president of the Baltimore area Southern Christian Leadership Conference and…

March 12, 2013

Rally demands Oakland, Calif., police officer be charged with Alan Blueford’s murder

Oakland, Calif. — Shouting “Alan did not have to die; Masso has to do the time!” and “Masso, Masso, you can’t…

March 11, 2013

Harriet Tubman and her role in the struggle against slavery

Excerpts taken from a talk given by Brenda Stokely, Million Worker March Movement leader and a representative of the International…

March 11, 2013

Protest anti-immigrant legislation in Kansas

Members of Sunflower Community Action, an immigrant and worker rights organization based in Wichita, Kan., traveled hundreds of miles round…

March 11, 2013

Answering a wrong analysis: U.S. working class will fight back

Whenever revolutionary activists from the United States travel abroad, among the first questions they are asked by their peers is…

March 11, 2013

Free Lynne Stewart NOW!

On Feb. 21, a petition of certiorari was submitted to the Supreme Court on behalf of Lynne Stewart, a brilliant,…

March 10, 2013

VAWA’s major flaw: Increased incarceration of women of color

The reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), first passed in 1994, became a flashpoint in “the war against…

March 8, 2013

Berkeley activists demand, ‘Take post office off auction block’

Berkeley, Calif. — Nearly 200 people rocked a U.S. Postal Service official hearing here on Feb. 26 to demand that Berkeley’s…

March 8, 2013

Parents demand union school bus crews

Two weeks after the school bus strike ended here, parents were still trying to guarantee satisfactory bus service while protecting…

March 8, 2013