On the picket line

July 24, 2015

‘No cutbacks,’ say Verizon workers in Northeast Bargaining began June 22 for 38,000 workers in the Verizon East district of…

Cuba’s flag flies in Washington

July 23, 2015

Washington, D.C -- In a ceremony attended by some 500 invited guests on July 20, the Cuban flag was raised…

In the Philippines: Thousands attend funeral of New Peoples Army commander

July 23, 2015

On July 10, ten thousand Filipinos came to pay their last respects and tribute to their beloved Leoncio Pitao, also…

Sexual equality is in our genes

July 23, 2015

Marxist thinkers from Frederick Engels to Dorothy Ballan have long maintained that, for most of human existence, the social structure…

Appeal filed for Rev. Pinkney

July 23, 2015

On July 6, a motion for bond pending appeal was filed in the case of Michigan political prisoner the Rev.…

SCOTUS sides with corporate poisoners

July 23, 2015

Revenue minus cost equals profit. On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling in the case, “Michigan…

Justice for Sandra Bland!

July 23, 2015

LYNCHED IN TEXAS JAIL Houston -- How can someone, whose only mistake is to forget to use her car’s turn…

Alabama: #JusticeForKindraChapman

July 23, 2015

In Alabama, a Black teenager has died in police custody under suspicious circumstances. Kindra Darnell Chapman, 18 years old, was…

Philadelphians march against police brutality

July 22, 2015

Twenty-two-year-old Tyree Carroll was stopped April 3 by Philadelphia police for riding his bicycle the wrong way on a one-way…

Justice for O’Shaine Evans

July 22, 2015

On July 18 in San Francisco, the families of O’Shaine Evans, Kenneth Harding Jr. and James Rivera held a “Celebration…