African Americans still not recovered from Great Recession

November 10, 2013

Despite claims that the country is in a gradual economic recovery, millions are being thrown into poverty and prolonged joblessness.…

Energy industry looks to government to save profits

November 10, 2013

For nearly a decade, the natural gas industry has drained valuable water resources, poisoned the land with dangerous chemicals, released…

South African miners demand higher wages

November 10, 2013

Conditions are driving more workers in the platinum sector of the mining industry in South Africa to engage in strikes…

Nigerian Labor Congress co-hosts solidarity conference with the Saharawi people

November 10, 2013

A long-delayed referendum on the independence of Saharawi from Morocco was the subject of the African Conference in Solidarity With…

Oakland, Calif., port truckers gather support

November 10, 2013

Oakland, Calif. -- More than 200 truckers, their families and local supporters of the Port of Oakland Truckers Association gathered…

Foreclosure reprieve won for Cleveland activists

November 10, 2013

Members of the Carl Stokes Brigade, Black on Black Crime, Affordable Housing Centers of America, Peoples Fightback Center and Oberlin…

IAC condemns Israeli air strike against Syria

November 10, 2013

The International Action Center released the following statement Nov. 2 on the Israeli bomb attack against Syria. Speaking on Nov.…

Washington talks peace, wages proxy war

November 10, 2013

Contradicting peace gestures by the Obama administration, U.S. warplanes attacked Syria. U.S.-made F16s fired U.S.-made missiles at two bases of…

Indonesia, Bangladesh workers battle low wages

November 10, 2013

At the end of October, both Bangladesh and Indonesia saw strikes involving millions of low-wage workers demanding substantial increases in…

92 die in desert migrating in Africa

November 10, 2013

A convoy of two trucks, carrying over 100 people from the small town of Arlit in northern Niger to Algeria,…