Sizzling summer in Detroit: Profit motive creates heat misery

August 2, 2012

Detroit  — The recent heat waves have had a devastating effect in Michigan, which already suffers from high rates of unemployment,…

Boycott Palermo’s! Youth support striking pizza workers

August 2, 2012

The strike of workers at Palermo’s Pizza is entering its third month. On July 29, students from Youth Empowered in…

Hunger strikes rattle North Carolina’s abusive prison system

August 2, 2012

Durham, N.C. — Over 100 prisoners started a hunger strike on July 16 at three facilities in North Carolina: Bertie…

Panther commemorated in Houston

August 2, 2012

Houston — Former Black Panthers, activists, family and friends gathered at the gravesite of Carl Hampton on July 26 to honor…

Imperialism’s crimes against Syria

August 2, 2012

Washington and the other NATO powers claim they want a peaceful resolution to the civil war in Syria. Nothing could…

Cops kill, cops lie – Anaheim rebels

August 1, 2012

Los Angeles — The city of Anaheim is about a 40- to 50-minute drive south of Los Angeles and is the…

Oakland, Calif., marchers show solidarity with Anaheim residents

August 1, 2012

Hundreds rallied at Oscar Grant Plaza and then marched to the Oakland police station on July 27 to show that…

Protests hit poverty wages

August 1, 2012

As part of a national day of action against poverty wages, over a hundred low-wage workers and their supporters took…

China and the Olympics

August 1, 2012

China’s Olympic triumphs prove once again the transforming nature of revolutions. The People’s Republic of China sent its first delegation…

LIBOR: How big banks conspired to cheat the people

August 1, 2012

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney went to London to attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games. But that wasn’t…