U.S. and Canada

Veterans For Peace highlights U.S. war crime, the My Lai massacre

Veterans For Peace, New York Chapter, presented an art installation in Manhattan on March 22 that exposed the U.S. war…

March 25, 2019

Pennsylvania inmates subjected to dangerous and demeaning treatment, sexual harassment

Prisoners and prison abolitionists in Pennsylvania have debunked bogus claims by Gov. Tom Wolf and Department of Corrections Secretary John…

March 23, 2019

Elizabeth Jennings — a New York City pioneer

More than a century before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus in 1955,…

March 21, 2019

Amazon workers walk out after grievances pile up

Workers at the Amazon fulfillment center in Shakopee, Minn., a suburb of Minneapolis, escalated their campaign for workers’ rights on…

March 21, 2019

Workers, retirees call for better contracts

Detroit - From March 11 to 13 the United Auto Workers held a “Special Bargaining Convention” in this city. Thousands…

March 21, 2019

On the Picket Line: Struggle by Kentucky educators continues

Struggle by Kentucky educators continues Ten Kentucky school districts have closed since Feb. 28 due to teacher absences, called “sickouts,”…

March 21, 2019

Protest at ICE calls for release of Chin, a trans man

Atlanta - A militant, colorful and loud protest was held outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters here March 11 in…

March 21, 2019

Georgia rules against DACA students

Undocumented students who are recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA, have been barred from attending…

March 20, 2019

Russell Westbrook incident exposes ongoing racism

Russell Westbrook is a super-talented guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder and a former most valuable player. On March 11,…

March 20, 2019

Ella May: Anti-racist strike martyr

Ella May, a textile union leader killed during a 1929 strike in North Carolina, was born in 1900 in Tennessee.…

March 20, 2019