On the picket line

December 12, 2014

By Matty Starrdust and Sue Davis Minn. janitors strike on ‘Black’ Friday Joining other strikers on “Black” Friday, Nov. 28,…

Michigan struggle demands transgender civil rights

December 11, 2014

Detroit — The victories for marriage equality represent a huge advance for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer movement in…

‘We are the resistance!’ say Syracuse students and community

December 11, 2014

Syracuse, N.Y. -- In bitter cold, 300 protesters marched from Syracuse University into downtown Syracuse in a militant outcry against…

Stop police harassment of Ferguson protest organizers

December 11, 2014

Philadelphia — As protests continue to spread across the U.S. and around the world in response to police brutality and…

Rasmea Odeh out of jail, heading home to Chicago

December 11, 2014

Members of the Rasmea Defense Committee from Chicago and Detroit/Dearborn just welcomed Rasmea back from four weeks in a Port…

Meeting commemorates Chairman Fred Hampton

December 11, 2014

With the 45th annual International Revolutionary Day on Dec. 4, people commemorated the 1969 assassination of Illinois Black Panther Party…

Town hall meeting builds resistance

December 11, 2014

Philadelphia -- “What the next steps in building resistance to police brutality will be” was the topic of a historic…

Reflections on Ferguson

December 11, 2014

Below are excerpts from an article by Lou DeJesus of Buffalo, N.Y., about her trip to St. Louis and Ferguson,…

Unity against racism seen as protests grow

December 10, 2014

On Dec. 8, protests in cities across the country against police killings of Black people entered the sixth consecutive day.…

Berkeley students ‘tired of murders’

December 10, 2014

In Mexico and U.S. By Dave Welsh and Terri Kay Berkeley, Calif. Over 100 students and supporters gathered at Sproul…