U.S. and Canada

National Day of Mourning: The truth about the Pilgrims’ invasion and 400+ years of genocide that followed

This article is based on lightly edited excerpts from a talk given at the Nov. 2 Workers World Party meeting…

November 25, 2019

Portland rally: ‘Defend DACA!’

Members of the Oregon DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) Coalition shared their stories during the “Defend DACA, Home Is…

November 22, 2019

On fifth anniversary of his killing, Tamir Rice remembered

Hundreds gathered here on Nov. 20 to remember Tamir Rice.  Cleveland cops had brutally shot and killed the 12-year-old boy…

November 22, 2019

Harvard Act on a Dream protests newspaper’s call to ICE

Nov. 15 -- Harvard College Act on a Dream (AOD) launched the #CrimsonListen campaign today with a petition, boycott, teach-in…

November 22, 2019

On the picket line

No to charters, resegregated schools in Little Rock, Ark. Teachers in the Little Rock School District went on strike Nov.…

November 22, 2019

Wheeling, W.V.: U.S. hands off Bolivia!

A dozen people demonstrated Nov. 19 against the U.S.-backed coup in Bolivia on the campus of West Liberty University near…

November 22, 2019

Activists return to Ft. Benning to Close the SOA!

On Nov. 16, 1989, six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her 16-year-old daughter were murdered by a special battalion of…

November 22, 2019

McDonald’s workers take on sexual harassment with class action lawsuits

While hundreds of McDonald's workers walked off the job in Michigan on Nov. 12 to demand a $15 per hour…

November 22, 2019

‘Boycott Wendy’s’

Farmworkers with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and their allies marched in midtown Manhattan Nov. 18 demanding real transparency and…

November 22, 2019

Workers win first union contract at Iowa General Mills plant

The workers at the General Mills plant here ratified their first union contract on Nov. 14, after a hard-fought battle…

November 22, 2019