U.S. and Canada

Harvard dining hall workers resist layoffs

By mYia X and Phebe Eckfeldt Cambridge, Mass. June 3 — Members of UNITE HERE Local 26, which represents Harvard…

June 16, 2021

Ye who shall not work (for low wages) shall not eat

In 2017, to justify changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Rep. Jodey Arrington leaned on the scriptures — specifically…

June 15, 2021

U.S.-led ‘African Lion 21’ hunts for new prey

Published June 8 in Il Manifesto; translation by John Catalinotto. The African Lion, the largest military exercise on the African…

June 11, 2021

The last words of Shaka Sankofa

by Shaka Sankofa Shaka Sankofa was lynched by the state of Texas June 22, 2000. These were his last words:…

June 11, 2021

PDF of June 10 issue

Download the PDF. Pro-Palestinian solidarity blocks Israeli ship June 13: Honoring Ramsey Clark Puerto Rican unions: ‘No LUMA!’ Economic recovery?…

June 10, 2021

Arizona ready to use Nazi death-camp gas in executions

In the United States, where support for state-sponsored executions has been dropping for the last decade, where fewer people are…

June 9, 2021

Solitary confinement ‘torture chambers’

Philadelphia Calling for “solidarity, not solitary,” dozens of people — including organizers from prisoners’ rights groups, survivors of solitary confinement…

June 8, 2021

Honoring Ramsey Clark on June 13

Representatives from Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Palestine, the Philippines, Malaysia, Serbia, Syria and more will be paying tribute June 13 to…

June 7, 2021

Workers need unions – Amazon offers ‘despair closets’

Just when it seemed impossible for Jeff Bezos and other Amazon bosses to be any more clueless and insensitive toward…

June 4, 2021