U.S. and Canada

Workers World Party conference: ‘We’ve achieved much this year’

  Following are excerpts from a welcoming talk given by Eva Panjwani at the Nov. 17-18 Workers World Party conference…

December 2, 2012

Youth panel focuses on capitalism and police terror

Workers World Party held its annual national conference here this year at a Native community center. Members of numerous organizations,…

December 2, 2012

Workers shut down Port of Oakland

‘We are determined to get a fair contract’ Oakland, Calif. — “Picket line means don’t cross,” chanted striking Service Employees Local…

December 2, 2012

On the picket line

Victory for Hot & Crusty workers At a press conference called by the Laundry Workers Center on Nov. 16, Hot…

December 2, 2012

Syracuse passes trans rights bill

Syracuse, N.Y. — After 20-plus years of ­struggle, activists here celebrated on Nov. 19 as the Syracuse Common Council overwhelmingly passed…

November 30, 2012

Boston ACT UP pickets Kerry

ACT UP Boston took its anti- austerity demonstration to the streets and the actual front door of U.S. Sen. John…

November 30, 2012

Walmart workers on the rise

Strikes, protests hit retail giant nationwide   Protesters gathered at hundreds of Walmart stores across the country on Nov. 23,…

November 29, 2012

Walmart: Haunted by the specter of union organizing

Secaucus, N.J. — The capitalist 1% class is trembling at the specter of a union victory at Walmart, the largest multinational…

November 29, 2012

Why Walmart is vulnerable to workers’ organizing

Excerpted from a talk by Dante Strobino, an organizer with United Electrical Workers, at the WWP National Conference on Nov.…

November 29, 2012

‘Day of Mourning’: Indigenous protest at Plymouth Rock

Hundreds of Native people and their supporters gathered in Plymouth, Mass., on Nov. 22 to commemorate the 43rd annual National…

November 29, 2012