Carl Lewis

Korryn Gaines didn’t have to die!

Korryn Gaines, a 23-year-old African-American woman, was shot to death on Aug. 1 by police in Randallstown, Md., in the…

September 4, 2016

World trade union federation to hold congress

Under the slogan “Forward! For the attainment of the contemporary needs of the working class and the emancipation of workers…

August 14, 2016

El Salvador Amnesty Law repeal & U.S. intervention

By a 4 to 1 vote, the Supreme Court of El Salvador repealed an Amnesty Law that they stated was…

July 22, 2016

Baltimore activists mobilize Workers’ Assembly

Baltimore - A determined group of activists met at the Enoch Pratt Library in the Waverley community on June 11…

June 16, 2016

Verizon strike ends after 44-day workers’ struggle

May 29 -- On May 27, some 39,000 union workers at Verizon ended a strike that started on April 13,…

May 30, 2016

Philippine election and U.S. imperialism

In the years following the Spanish-American War of 1898, U.S. imperialism consolidated its political, economic and military domination over Spain’s…

May 27, 2016

Sadiq Khan elected mayor of London

Sadiq Khan, a center-left member of Britain’s Labor Party and a first-generation son of immigrants from Pakistan, has been elected…

May 13, 2016

‘Dump Trump’ in Maryland

Hagerstown, Md. -- Chanting “Dump Trump!” and “Racist! Sexist! Anti-gay! Donald Trump, go away!” the second of two Maryland protests confronted…

May 3, 2016

Solidarity still needed to break blockade of Cuba

A forum at the University of the District of Columbia’s David A. Clark School of Law, entitled “Through Cuban Eyes,”…

April 25, 2016

Historic repression of federal unions and possible revival today

This is part 2 of an article on federal unions and discusses the historical background to workers’ “sensitivity” ratings. Part…

April 22, 2016