U.S. and Canada

West Virginia rank-and-file education workers block privatization

West Virginia educators walked out, again, on Feb. 19, in a reprise of their 2018 militancy. The statewide walkout was…

February 25, 2019

Oakland teachers’ strike remains strong

Oakland teachers went on strike Feb. 21 in a fight against privatization and for racial justice in Oakland schools. Striking…

February 25, 2019

Teachers strike at Ohio charter school

Ohio has over 600 charter schools; only a few states have more. Only one of these schools, which are for-profit,…

February 25, 2019

SF Labor Council says ‘No’ to U.S. intervention in Venezuela

The following resolution was adopted by the Delegates Meeting of the San Francisco Labor Council (AFL-CIO) on Feb. 11, 2019.…

February 22, 2019

‘A fabulous achievement’

Elliott Abrams, the architect of Ronald Reagan’s “dirty war” in Central America, is an undisputed war criminal and blatant liar.…

February 22, 2019

Pauli Murray, gender-nonconforming civil rights, women’s rights activist

Civil Rights and women’s rights activist Pauli Murray was the brilliant theorist who laid the intellectual foundation for some of…

February 22, 2019

On the Picket Line: Teachers & energy workers win, Southern unions hold the line

Chicago charter teachers win historic strike victory! Education workers, parents and students won the second-longest charter-teacher strike in U.S. history…

February 22, 2019

Seattle Black Lives Matter fights racism in schools

Black Lives Matter at School was held Feb. 4-8 and beyond at schools all across the U.S., including Seattle. This…

February 22, 2019

In West Virginia win, rank-and-file education workers block privatization

West Virginia educators walked out, again, on Feb. 19, in a reprise of their 2018 militancy. The statewide walkout was…

February 21, 2019

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan: ‘I proudly stand with President Maduro and the people of Venezuela’

This statement originally appeared on Sheehan’s Jan. 27 “Soapbox” blogspot. Since Hugo Chávez Frias became president of Venezuela in 1998…

February 21, 2019