U.S. and Canada

Entrenching racism: the repeal of N.C.’s Racial Justice Act

North Carolina has a long history of violence and racism, from public hangings at the turn of the 20th century…

July 27, 2012

African Americans and the war at home

When wars are declared, enemies are designated to justify them, whether for real, imagined, opportunistic or fabricated reasons. Actions such…

July 27, 2012

‘Justice 4 Alan Blueford’ campaign gears up

Oakland, Calif. - The “Justice 4 Alan Blueford” campaign went into high gear during mid-July, culminating in the family receiving…

July 26, 2012

‘Jobs not jails!’

On July 17, protesters were stopped from marching to the gates of Graterford Prison, outside of Philadelphia, by police, who…

July 25, 2012

San Diego Pride march

The underlying meaning of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Pride marches held each year in the United States…

July 25, 2012

Overdose deaths? Most come from prescription painkillers

Possession of street drugs, even small amounts of marijuana, lands millions of people in prison, sometimes for life, especially if…

July 25, 2012

Solidarity rally for locked-out Con Ed workers

New York - The campaign in the labor movement to build strong solidarity with the locked-out Con Edison workers had…

July 25, 2012

Behind Colorado massacre

The most important question raised by the latest massacre in Colorado remains unasked by the corporate media: What is it…

July 24, 2012

Forum on struggle led by people with disabilities

In his 1875 “Critique of the Gotha Program,” Karl Marx wrote: “In a higher phase of communist society, after the…

July 23, 2012

Justice for Mollie Olgin & Mary Chapa

The winds of racism, sexism, bigotry, oppression and right-wing animus blow strong across the United States. Decades of struggles for…

July 23, 2012