Chicago

A fist, a brain and May Day

Someone or something is coming at you. What do you do? You make a fist. You have four fingers and…

April 21, 2014

UIC strikes: Low-paid adjuncts supported

The repetitious argument about how a college education leads to higher-paid, more secure jobs overpowers both the huge explosion of…

March 1, 2014

On the picket line

More car washers organize in NYC Immigrant workers at four more New York City car washes, two in the Bronx…

November 22, 2013

Anti-war activists fight government secrecy on FBI raids

The following news about two anti-war activists who have been subject to government persecution since September 2010 was published on…

November 4, 2013

Detroit assembly fights banks and austerity

“We’re calling on the banks to refund the money they stole from our community. Make the banks pay!” With those…

October 10, 2013

Anatomy of two shootings in Washington, D.C., and Chicago

There were two shootings within days of one another in the United States that have been classified as mass shootings.…

September 26, 2013

No a la guerra de EE.UU. contra Siria

Agosto 27— Sin presentar siquiera una pizca de pruebas sobre las acusaciones de Washington de que Siria ha utilizado gas…

September 3, 2013

STOP U.S. war on SYRIA

Coast-to-coast protests Aug. 27 — Without presenting even a hint of proof of Washington’s allegations that Syria has used poison…

August 27, 2013

From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin: Standing up for justice

Ho Chi Minh, anti-colonial leader of the Vietnamese people, states in the opening paragraph of his 1924 powerful essay, “Lynchings”:…

July 29, 2013

Chicago board closes 50 schools

Despite a heroic series of demonstrations led by the Chicago Teachers Union that involved support from school pupils and community…

June 2, 2013