Finally, a racist killer is convicted

October 11, 2014

Justice was finally served on Oct. 1 when a Florida jury convicted Michael Dunn of the first-degree murder of Jordan…

‘Defend President Aristide!’

October 11, 2014

An emergency demonstration was held in San Francisco on Sept. 30 in defense of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. About…

Exiled Ukraine union organizer: ‘Never forget who your class enemy is’

October 11, 2014

Simferopol, Crimea — Svetlana Licht is a trade union activist and leader of the Marxist Union Borotba (Struggle) of Ukraine.…

Solidarity activists honored in Cuba

October 11, 2014

The Friendship Medal of the ­Republic of Cuba has been awarded to two hard- working solidarity activists from the United…

Pennsylvania legislature tries to stop Mumia Abu-Jamal from speaking

October 11, 2014

  More often than not college commencement speakers are corporate CEOs, bankers or politicians — the people who will exercise…

Detroit U.S. Attorney threatens supporters of Rasmea Odeh

October 11, 2014

The following is a press release from the Committee to Stop FBI Repression, located in Minneapolis. In a bizarre and…

NYC faces crisis over tunnel repairs

October 11, 2014

Superstorm Sandy has not finished disrupting life in this city, even though it blew out to sea two years ago.…

Defending disability rights

October 11, 2014

Activists with disabilities and allies from New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts gathered at an 1199 Service Employees union hall…

Abortion rights curtailed in Texas

October 10, 2014

On Oct. 2, with a wave of its judicial wand, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals shut down 14 of…

Detroiters confront federal housing chief

October 10, 2014

Detroit — Mel Watt, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), was confronted by protesters as he convened a…