A crisis within a crisis: Lack of response to Sandy in New Jersey

November 5, 2012

Jersey City, N.J. — Nearly a week after Hurricane Sandy struck, as cold weather sets in and a new nor’easter storm…

Hurricane hits Haiti, Jamaica

November 5, 2012

Sandy began in the southern Caribbean near Nicaragua, and when it passed over Jamaica, its winds were barely hurricane force.…

Solidarity flows in Cuba after hurricane

November 5, 2012

Before laying waste to the Eastern U.S., Hurricane Sandy ripped through Caribbean islands, causing deaths in Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico,…

Workers clean up capitalist-made ‘super-storm’

November 4, 2012

New York — They are often unseen and unrecognized by the television cameras in the coverage of the devastation caused…

NYC Mayor Bloomberg talks big, but made little infrastructure progress

November 4, 2012

New York — At a news conference in 2009, New York City billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg stated that “planning for…

Boston tenants fight rent hikes, evictions

November 4, 2012

Boston — Tenants and supporters marched to the offices of Alpha Real Estate in Boston to oppose the unprecedented, forced, mass,…

Corporate criminals suppressed years of urgent warnings of climate change

November 4, 2012

The disaster known as Hurricane Sandy should have come as no surprise. Every possible warning sign had preceded it. For…

NYC protesters: Superstorm exposes capitalism

November 4, 2012

New York, Nov. 3 — The Peoples Power Movement held a protest in the center of Manhattan in front of…

Hurricane Sandy: Capitalism is the disaster, people’s power is the answer

November 4, 2012

Following is the text of the Peoples Power Assembly statement: Protest Rally & March in NYC Sat. Nov. 3 —…

Immigrant rights, LGBTQ activists fight deportation of gay immigrant

November 4, 2012

Ann Arbor, Mich. — “Free Hugo Now!” was the loud and clear message from a multinational demonstration of nearly 100…