U.S. and Canada

MAY DAY! One working class united vs. union busters

The joint call to action is signed by Starbucks Workers United and Amazon Labor Union.  In the last few months,…

April 19, 2022

Act now! Stop the execution of Melissa Lucio!

Houston Melissa Lucio, the first woman of Mexican descent on Texas’ death row, has lived in relative anonymity since being…

April 19, 2022

Wanted: a safe place to sleep

During a spate of mass public shootings in the last few weeks – from Sacramento, California, to Syracuse, New York…

April 19, 2022

Book review: “Mobilizing in Our Own Name”

Mobilizing in Our Own Name: Million Worker March – An Anthology by Clarence Thomas DeClare Publishing, 2021 In a commentary…

April 19, 2022

Gross negligence in for-profit prison health care

By law, people in prison have a right to get the health care they need. In the late 1970s, the…

April 15, 2022

Class struggle and the French elections  

Emmanuel Macron, from the party En Marche, whose job history as a banker primed him for his current role as…

April 15, 2022

NATO, EU role in Ukraine war

By John P. Neelsen This text appeared, dated March 19, on the web portal www.hintergrund.de. The German daily newspaper Junge…

April 14, 2022

PDF of April 14 issue

Download the PDF. Lizelle Herrera & Texas repression Arrest exposes anti-abortion laws War crimes, war on truth: Behind Bucha and…

April 14, 2022

Struggle launched against new Cuyahoga County jail

Cleveland — Over the past four years the Cuyahoga County Jail has become especially notorious for deplorable conditions. These include…

April 13, 2022

On the picket line

The labor movement has had a growth spurt since the 2020 demonstrations against racism that followed the police murder of…

April 13, 2022