Cholera & hunger in Haiti meet militant resistance

October 22, 2012

As famine lurks throughout Haiti and cholera daily kills the weak, the very young and the old, the response of…

East Baltimore Peoples Assembly: ’Justice for Anthony Anderson Sr.’

October 20, 2012

On Oct. 13, community activists along with friends and families of victims of police brutality gathered for the East Baltimore…

People win battle with Power Authority in Puerto Rico

October 20, 2012

Puerto Rico’s people won a vital environmental struggle when acting President of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) Josué…

Cop that killed Alan Blueford won’t be charged

October 20, 2012

In an Oct. 3 letter written to Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley announced her…

U.S.-NATO driven to wage war on Syria

October 20, 2012

Turkey’s war jets forced down a civilian airliner flying from Moscow to Damascus. Thirty-five Russians and Syrians were passengers on…

Labor actions spread as South African truckers end strike

October 20, 2012

The 43,000-strong truckers’ strike ended on Oct. 11. An agreement with the South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union, a…

‘Mic check’ solidarity with grocery workers

October 20, 2012

On Oct. 13, a 13-person multinational group from “99-Pickets” with Labor Occupy Wall Street and Brooklyn’s Kensington OWS took action…

Grain Handlers to lock out longshore workers

October 18, 2012

  This lightly edited article was written for the Port Workers United newsletter in Oakland, Calif. Thomas is a third-generation…

Victory for anti-stop & frisk activist

October 18, 2012

Joseph “Jazz” Hayden no longer faces fourteen years of imprisonment for bogus weapons charges in his arrest last December. Hayden…

A youth in the struggle

October 18, 2012

Summer is an activist with the Revolutionary Students Union in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she lives with her partner…