LGBTQ labor group commits to solidarity

September 27, 2012

Pride at Work, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer constituency group of the AFL-CIO, held its eighth convention in…

‘Redd’ Welsh releases ‘Stand with the People’

September 27, 2012

The spirit of Woody Guthrie, the working-class troubadour who popularized the struggles of poor and working people in ballad and…

Heed Troy Davis’ words

September 27, 2012

On Sept. 21, 2011, shortly before the state of Georgia executed him, Troy Davis urged his supporters to “dismantle this…

The real criminals behind Pakistan’s factory fires

September 27, 2012

The deadly fire of 1911 — which killed 146 workers, mostly immigrant women and girls — and the ensuing publicity,…

Outside U.N., protest U.S. use of drones

September 27, 2012

The Pakistan USA Freedom Forum and its allies rallied for three hours at 47th Street and First Avenue across from…

End the wars abroad and at home

September 24, 2012

Sept. 17 — As of today, organizations in nearly 20 cities in North America have called demonstrations, meetings, vigils or…

South African police crack down on wildcat strike activity

September 24, 2012

South African police have arrested striking workers in an effort to stem protests and violence in the areas surrounding platinum…

Jim-Crow-era voting law protested

September 24, 2012

Hundreds of people gathered outside the Philadelphia Municipal Building on Sept. 16 for an early morning rally to oppose the…

Words blow away Pentagon smokescreen

September 24, 2012

War Without Victory, by Sara Flounders. World View Forum, 2012 (176 pages, index, bibliography), $15.95. There are times in history…

1 million Portuguese shout: ‘Fxxk the troika!’

September 24, 2012

Some 1 million of Portugal’s 11 million people held massive marches in Lisbon, Oporto and 38 other cities and towns…