Katrina + 10: Natural disaster or forced removals?

September 2, 2015

It has been a decade since the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast were dislocated due to the…

Why Emmett Till’s life still matters

September 1, 2015

During the height of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement in the South,  activists like Jimmy Lee Jackson, Medgar Evers, Viola…

Boston demonstrators demand peace for Syria

September 1, 2015

The Syrian American Forum mobilized people to gather in Copley Square in Boston to call on the Obama administration to…

People’s Assembly links rising racism to economic crisis

September 1, 2015

A People’s Assembly and Speakout were held on Aug. 29 in downtown Detroit at Grand Circus Park. The event was…

Protest demands release of Rev. Pinkney

September 1, 2015

Grand Rapids, Mich. -- “It’s not one thing, it is everything,” says the Rev. Edward Pinkney of Berrien County, Mich.,…

New books on USSR’s role in World War II

September 1, 2015

World War II, which ended 70 years ago, was the bloodiest war ever fought. It brought tens of millions of…

Days of action against the blockade of Cuba

September 1, 2015

The success of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 struck fear into the cold heart of U.S. imperialism, which responded by…

Brazilian autoworkers strike back against layoffs

September 1, 2015

On Aug. 8, General Motors do Brasil, which has four plants in the country, announced there would be 798 workers…

Justice for Samuel Harrell!

September 1, 2015

A “beat-up squad” of up to 20 prison guards killed Samuel Harrell on April 21 at Fishkill Correctional Facility in…

Rising struggle lifts pay, rights

September 1, 2015

Low-wage workers are winning big victories in their continuing struggle to raise wages and strengthen rights for those in the…