U.S. and Canada

Gerrymandering, the census and the class character of the Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down two important decisions on June 27.  Both have major ramifications for the working class,…

July 11, 2019

Im/migrants and the repressive state

A grassroots movement has been growing across the U.S. to counter the government’s brutal campaign targeting im/migrants. As more people…

July 11, 2019

‘Close the camps’ actions accelerate in Houston

Since im/migrant families began to be torn apart at the border in 2018, there have been dozens and dozens of…

July 11, 2019

Union pickets ‘declare independence from poverty wages’

Service Employees Local 1199 (SEIU) picketed outside the Key Bank building July 3 in downtown Cleveland to “declare independence from…

July 11, 2019

‘Shut down our hospital? Hell, No!’ say Philly workers, community

In a classic case of capitalism not caring about the needs of the community, Hahnemann University Hospital’s hedge fund owners…

July 11, 2019

Acts of solidarity with migrants grow

The United States government is waging a white-supremacist, imperialist, neocolonial war on multiple fronts. While this war on oppressed people…

July 9, 2019

‘Policing the womb’ in Alabama

The intensified attack on women, the gender-oppressed and reproductive justice, denounced as “policing the womb” by reproductive rights advocate and…

July 9, 2019

How real reparations can be won

“If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, there's no progress. If…

July 9, 2019

Capitalism means the working class is working poor

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its most recent jobs report July 5, citing 224,000 “new jobs” added, with…

July 9, 2019

A crooked river and a crooked economic system

To many the phrase “burning river” might seem like an oxymoron. Rivers are water, and water is used to extinguish…

July 9, 2019