South Africa miners’ strikes, poverty and upcoming elections

February 20, 2014

National elections will be held in the Republic of South Africa on May 7. The ruling African National Congress, after…

Volkswagen workers lost. Why?

February 20, 2014

From Feb. 12 to 14, hourly workers at Volkswagen’s four-year-old plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., voted on whether or not to…

Rhode Islanders build ‘Women of All Colors’ Assembly for International Women’s Day

February 19, 2014

Providence, R.I. -- A multinational grouping of women came together on Feb. 8 for the first Women's Assembly Planning Committee…

Malcolm X and global Black struggle

February 19, 2014

In March 1964, Malcolm X announced his official departure from the Nation of Islam. He had spent 12 years working…

Salute to Yuri Kochiyama

February 19, 2014

With raw courage on one hand, and a comrade’s love in the other, she rushed onto the stage, literally, before…

Love and liberation for Lynne Stewart

February 19, 2014

By Dolores Cox and Sara Flounders New York -- Some 500 people gathered here at St. Peters “Jazz” Church on…

U.S. backs terror against Venezuela

February 19, 2014

Feb. 18 — The current violence by rightist forces opposing the Bolivarian Revolution is a continuation of the siege that…

Mass workers’ actions shake Bosnia

February 19, 2014

Almost every city in Bosnia-Herzegovina has been shaken by a series of mass demonstrations that started Feb. 4. Government officials…

Families, community demand California attorney general prosecute killer cops

February 19, 2014

By Bryan G. Pfeifer and Terri Kay Oakland, Calif. -- As part of the escalating campaign to demand that California…

Políticas imperialistas y las olimpiadas

February 19, 2014

Esta es la era del imperialismo. Los Juegos Olímpicos no pueden escaparse de ser arrastrados a las grandes luchas contemporáneas…