White House vigil for Lynne Stewart’s compassionate release starts June 17

June 17, 2013

The continuing campaign to gain compassionate release for Lynne Stewart — the grievously ill, imprisoned human rights attorney — is…

Alabama struggle defends voter rights

June 17, 2013

Selma, Ala. — The National Coalition of Leaders to Save Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is in the forefront…

Delegation will support Chokwe Lumumba’s mayoral inauguration

June 17, 2013

The Baltimore People’s Power Assembly is organizing a national delegation to attend the July 1 mayoral inauguration of Chokwe Lumumba…

Georgia prison tour verdict: Shut it down!

June 17, 2013

Ocilla, Ga. — The Irwin County Detention Center sits just outside the town of Ocilla, population 3,400, in southern Georgia.…

Apple bites workers at home & abroad

June 16, 2013

Workers and small business people complain a lot about taxes — and rightfully so. Too often, however, some especially in…

Supporters of fired Colombian workers confront GM

June 16, 2013

Detroit — For nearly two years members of Asotrecol — the Association of Injured Workers and Ex-workers of General Motors…

Protests in France mark the murder of young anti-fascist student

June 16, 2013

Clément Méric, an 18-year-old student at an elite university in Paris and a militant in the Antifascist Action collective (AAPB),…

Kansas protests austerity

June 16, 2013

Poor and working people from throughout northeastern Kansas and beyond marched and rallied in Lawrence on June 8 to protest…

Greece’s catastrophe shows what lies ahead for Europe

June 16, 2013

Speaking at the Left Forum in New York, June 9, Eirini Dourou said that the working people of Greece were…

The Syrian pretext

June 15, 2013

The reactionary terrorist gangs trying to overturn the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad are near collapse after a military defeat…