Human needs before profits

Detroiters fight to save homes, not tear them down!Detroiters fight to save homes, not tear them down!

Detroiters fight to save homes, not tear them down!

Despite glowing corporate media reports of Detroit’s comeback, families here continue to face tax foreclosures by the thousands. As of…

August 7, 2017
Denver protesters say: No cuts in health care or housing!Denver protesters say: No cuts in health care or housing!

Denver protesters say: No cuts in health care or housing!

Over 100 residents of Kavod, a senior residence in Denver, protested congressional efforts to cut health care programs under the…

July 30, 2017
How Facebook got superrichHow Facebook got superrich

How Facebook got superrich

In 2004, Harvard student Mark Zucker­berg launched Facebook from his dormitory room. Facebook went public in early 2012. Zuckerberg was…

July 26, 2017
Fight for transit justice! Fight for socialism!Fight for transit justice! Fight for socialism!

Fight for transit justice! Fight for socialism!

By Taryn Fivek and John Steffin New York The state of this city’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority in 2017 is criminal.…

July 12, 2017
Detroit: ‘Stop foreclosures, water shutoffs!’Detroit: ‘Stop foreclosures, water shutoffs!’

Detroit: ‘Stop foreclosures, water shutoffs!’

Activists held a day of protest against property tax foreclosures and water shutoffs in Detroit on June 28. Members of…

July 8, 2017
In Chicago, ‘Healthcare = Life’In Chicago, ‘Healthcare = Life’

In Chicago, ‘Healthcare = Life’

Chicago, June 27 -- "Don't Kill Us: Healthcare = Life!"  Chicagoans, including dozens of differently abled people, participated in a…

June 29, 2017
‘Healthcare Not Wealthcare!’: Disability rights activists arrested‘Healthcare Not Wealthcare!’: Disability rights activists arrested

‘Healthcare Not Wealthcare!’: Disability rights activists arrested

“Healthcare not Wealthcare” was a sign left behind at the die-in protest on June 22 inside Senate Majority Leader Mitch…

June 27, 2017
Philly vigils against health care cutsPhilly vigils against health care cuts

Philly vigils against health care cuts

Over 200 demonstrators participated in a June 22 rally in Philadelphia against massive cuts to the Affordable Care Act and…

June 27, 2017
Oakland, Calif., rally against racist verdictOakland, Calif., rally against racist verdict

Oakland, Calif., rally against racist verdict

Hundreds rallied June 17 at Oscar Grant Plaza in downtown Oakland, Calif., angered by the not-guilty verdict for the cop…

June 22, 2017
Comey’s testimony and the Big Lie: Elections, democracy and the FBIComey’s testimony and the Big Lie: Elections, democracy and the FBI

Comey’s testimony and the Big Lie: Elections, democracy and the FBI

Assuming that the FBI is ‘nonpolitical’ with respect to the capitalist political parties, all its neutrality goes out the window…

June 12, 2017