Atlanta remembers Troy Davis on Sept. 21

September 13, 2012

“We need to dismantle this unjust system …” Troy Davis had written shortly before his execution by the state of…

Demonstrate against racism in Wyandotte schools

September 13, 2012

A picket line went up in front of the Wyandotte Public Schools headquarters right outside the city of Detroit on…

Fred Hampton Sr’s 1969 assassination commemorated

September 13, 2012

Chicago — This year as every year, Comrade Mother Akua Njeri, the Prisoners of Conscience Committee, the Black Panther Party…

Students, community allies all support Chicago teachers on strike

September 12, 2012

Sept. 10 — The Chicago Teachers Union, in a just struggle for a fair contract, went out on strike during…

Obama, the Democratic Party and the working class

September 12, 2012

The Republican Party is so blatantly reactionary, so racist, so anti-immigrant, so openly hostile to women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender…

DNC street protests hit corporate polluter, demand freedom for Cuban Five

September 12, 2012

Downtown Charlotte, N.C., home to the national headquarters of Bank of America and regional headquarters of Wells Fargo, was buzzing…

Rally backs steelworkers in West Virginia

September 12, 2012

People rallied Sept. 8 in solidarity with members of Steel Workers Local 5668 of Ravenswood, W.Va., who have been on…

U.S. merchants of death top world’s arms sales

September 12, 2012

The United States military-industrial complex tripled its arms sales last year as it sold $66.3 billion in weapons overseas in…

Socialist Korea looks ahead

September 12, 2012

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea celebrated the 64th anniversary of the state’s founding on Sept. 9 with mass displays…

South African workers’ stoppages spread

September 12, 2012

The Lonmin Platinum PLC in Marikana, South Africa, has not restarted production at the facility where 44 workers died in…