U.S. and Canada

Philadelphians demand COVID safety

Several dozen teachers, parents and community activists protested outside Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenny’s home on Feb 12. They were demanding…

February 15, 2021

Capitalists consolidate control over U.S. farmland

The amount of farmland in the United States has been in steady decline for most of the 21st century. While…

February 12, 2021

Immigration changes: What has Biden done so far?

Duke university student Anthony Salgado said it best in an editorial for his university paper: “We need immigration revolution, not…

February 12, 2021

PDF of February 11 issue

Download the 12-page PDF. Haiti: Struggle intensifies Black History Month: Salute to Rosa Parks, Harry Haywood, Ben Fletche ALSO: Nurses,…

February 11, 2021

Philadelphia teachers defy return to classroom order

Philadelphia Thousands of Philadelphia public school teachers defied an order from school Superintendent William Hite Jr. to return to their…

February 10, 2021

LGBTQ2S+ youth targeted again in Florida: Defeat HB241/SB582!

Occupied Muscogee Creek/Seminole/Timucua Land In January of 2020, Florida LGBTQ+ organizers mobilized thousands of people against 10 anti-LGBTQ2S+ bills. Introduced…

February 10, 2021

Biden’s ‘prison reform’: Smoke and mirrors

In an executive order signed Jan. 26 as part of his “racial equity” plan, President Joe Biden ordered the U.S.…

February 10, 2021

Ben Fletcher, militant labor leader

One of the greatest labor leaders of the tumultuous period of the early 20th century was a Black man from…

February 10, 2021

Stop union busting! BAmazon Union now!

Amazon Warehouse workers in Bessemer, Ala., are in a historic organizing drive for union representation by the Retail, Wholesale and…

February 9, 2021

Dangling the carrot

Maybe some thought that President Joe Biden was serious about doubling the minimum wage to $15 an hour and doing…

February 9, 2021