Human needs before profits

Protesters surround Detroit bankruptcy court

Oct. 24 — The federal courthouse in downtown Detroit was surrounded by more than 1,000 defiant protesters the morning of…

October 24, 2013

Shutdown crisis set back Tea Party, but mass struggle crucial to fight reaction and austerity

The government shutdown/debt-ceiling crisis evolved out of a civil war within the Republican Party between right-wing conservatives and the ultra-right…

October 23, 2013

Detroit City Council tells EM and banks, ‘No!’

Oct. 21 — In a unanimous vote today, Detroit’s City Council refused to rubber stamp the state-appointed Emergency Manager’s plan…

October 22, 2013

Vigil for Laporshia Massey – Victim of Philly Schools Budget cuts

In honor of Laporshia Massey, nearly 150 people gathered on Oct. 17 for a silent candlelight vigil hosted by school…

October 19, 2013

Activists demand: ‘Stop the banks’ looting of Detroit’

Oct. 18 — The ongoing struggle against the racist, undemocratic emergency manager regime in Detroit and its filing of Chapter…

October 19, 2013

Philadelphia education cutbacks claim first victim

For over two years, parents, students and school workers warned the Philadelphia School Reform Commission that draconian cuts in school…

October 18, 2013

Political roots of the shutdown/debt-ceiling crisis

Oct. 15 — Articles in the capitalist press say that big business is losing its sway with the Republican Party.…

October 16, 2013

Philadelphia: Our schools are not for sale!

As a group of wealthy investors looking to capitalize on the public education crisis met behind closed doors at the…

October 11, 2013

Detroit assembly fights banks and austerity

“We’re calling on the banks to refund the money they stole from our community. Make the banks pay!” With those…

October 10, 2013

Gov’t lockout rooted in capitalist crisis

By a representative of locked out workers Washington, D.C. On Oct. 1, the federal government shut down most of its…

October 9, 2013