U.S. labor delegation in Israel: Why not solidarity with Palestine?

May 2, 2013

During the week of April 17, an official American Federation of Government Employees delegation, led by National President J. David…

Attacks on Social Security mean growing poverty for retirees, elderly

May 2, 2013

The Obama administration is proposing Social Security cuts totaling more than $127 billion over the next decade. Congress and politicians…

NYC teachers, students say testing unfair

May 2, 2013

Over 500 parents and teachers, children and students, and their supporters gathered April 26 in front of Tweed Courthouse, the…

On the picket line

May 2, 2013

Workers Memorial Day, April 28 Workers Memorial Day, celebrated internationally on April 28 since 1984, has taken on heart-wrenching importance…

Bangladeshis rebel against corporate rule

May 1, 2013

April 29 — In Savar, an industrial suburb of Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, nearly 400 workers, mostly women, have died in…

Condemn big-brand exploitation

May 1, 2013

Any real war on terror would start by hunting down those responsible for the textile factory collapse outside Dhaka, Bangladesh.…

Hospitals deport undocumented patients

May 1, 2013

In 2010, Quelino Ojeda Jiménez was working atop a building at Chicago’s Midway Airport when he fell to the ground…

PayPal blocks funds earmarked for Cuban 5 mobilization

May 1, 2013

Issued by the International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five on April 26. One day after a matching-fund…

REAL terrorist in the world today…

May 1, 2013

Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up!” is the title of an excellent Saul Landau video revealing the terror campaign…

May Day protests reflect depth of European crisis

May 1, 2013

Will the traditional May Day workers’ demonstrations in Europe evolve into a gigantic anti-austerity protest this year? Massive protests are…