On the picket line

June 30, 2013

The purpose of “On the Picket Line” is to report positive, fightback developments in the labor movement, which includes both…

Protest hits closing of Greece radio, TV

June 30, 2013

In the name of austerity and efficiency, the Greek government pulled the plug on its public radio and television service…

Mass march commemorates ‘Great Walk to Freedom’

June 28, 2013

June 22 represented a highpoint in Detroit when tens of thousands of people gathered on Woodward Avenue in midtown and…

Struggle on to ban fracking in Michigan

June 28, 2013

Hundreds of grassroots activists across Michigan are working to make this state the second, after Vermont, to ban horizontal hydraulic…

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Solidarity with Manning, Snowden

June 27, 2013

Progressives and anti-imperialists in Berlin, Germany, demonstrated while U.S. President Barack Obama was visiting there June 17, carrying a big…

Veterans of Kenya’s liberation battles reject British offer as incomplete

June 27, 2013

Although the British government offered a formal apology and modest compensation for the crimes committed against the people of Kenya…

Teachers and students encircle Pennsylvania Capitol protesting cuts to education

June 27, 2013

Harrisburg, Pa. —  Days before state legislators completed the 2013-2014 Pennsylvania budget, over 1,200 teachers, parents, students and community members from…

United call for actions against war on Syria

June 27, 2013

The following is a call issued by dozens of organizations in the United States for national days of action from…

Study on poverty shows LGBTQ people need jobs!

June 26, 2013

By Imani Henry and Johnnie Lewis The societal myth that the vast majority of LGBTQ-identified people in the U.S. are…

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 6

June 26, 2013

Hominin origins and evolution We turn now to speculation on the origins and evolution of humanity. In this section, we…