Livable wage assembly launches fight for $15 campaign starting with May Day action

April 26, 2013

Inspired by the struggles of low-wage workers in Chicago and New York, the Livable Wage Assembly in Oakland has launched…

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Newark, N.J., protest denounces cuts in Social Security

April 26, 2013

The community group, People’s Organization for Progress, held a rally on April 16 in Newark, N.J., against cuts in Social…

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Behind Newark cancellation of ‘Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary’

April 25, 2013

In December 1981, award-winning journalist and political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal was accused of killing a Philadelphia police officer. While professing…

Protest to demand Newark theater show film on Mumia

April 25, 2013

After weeks of promotional planning, Cityplex-12, Newark’s [N.J.] only major movie theater complex, announced Thursday, April 11, that it was…

Beyond socialism? A critical look at the ‘Cleveland model’

April 25, 2013

Until recently, Glenville — an African-American neighborhood on Cleveland’s economically depressed East Side — was best known for its 1968…

Fired for speaking out, Chrysler worker gets warm welcome back

April 25, 2013

The mood at the Chrysler stamping plant in Warren, Mich., is generally dour these days. Most workers are unhappy about…

Five protesters arrested at Oregon mail facility

April 25, 2013

Forty people protested the scheduled June closing of the Salem, Ore., mail plant on April 17. When five “occupiers” stepped…

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Detroit youth rally for Korea

April 25, 2013

Red Youth in Detroit called a rally in solidarity with the Korean people on April 20. They said that in…

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Nicolás Maduro seeks to deepen revolution

April 24, 2013

A wonderful civilian-military ­parade capped the inauguration of Nicolás ­Maduro in Venezuela on April 19. Maduro took the oath of…

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Groups demand U.S. recognize Venezuela gov’t

April 24, 2013

U.S.-based organizations swiftly denounced U.S. intervention against the election of President Nicolás Maduro Moro in Venezuela and mobilized. Weekend actions…