U.S. and Canada

L.A. teachers’ strike ‘to safeguard the future of public education’

Some 30,000 Los Angeles public school teachers and professional staff in the country’s second largest school district went on strike…

January 22, 2019

Women’s marches hit all forms of bigotry

Tens of thousands of protesters marched in 89 cities around the world on Jan. 19 in conjunction with the third…

January 22, 2019

Federal shutdown: Who gets paid and who doesn’t

As the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history enters month two, Trump and congressional leaders appear incapable of resolving…

January 22, 2019

Oakland teachers stage wildcat, are ready to strike

Jan. 20 -- As a large banner was hoisted today on the walls of the union headquarters, President Keith Brown…

January 22, 2019

A message to the Jan. 19 marches: Building unity and solidarity

Women and all gender-oppressed people are under attack. From the federal government shutdown, hitting women workers hardest;  to the Education…

January 17, 2019

To oppose Title IX ‘revisions’ send public comments by Jan. 28

The U.S. Department of Education’s proposed revision of Title IX regulations contradicts the intent of those rules addressing sexual harassment,…

January 17, 2019

Movement to stop executions gained in 2018

At their January meeting, members of the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement emptied the contents of four red mesh onion…

January 17, 2019

A housing march for homeless people in Atlanta

Housing rights activists marched Jan. 7 in an effort to make the city open warming and day shelters for homeless…

January 17, 2019

Shut-out federal employees say: Stop the war on workers!

“Stop the war on workers!” and “We want work, not walls!” read signs held by furloughed federal employees at the…

January 15, 2019

Oakland teacher unions prepare for action

Jan. 15:  Yesterday 30,000 Los Angeles public school teachers went out on strike. Today teachers will be picketing 1,000 schools…

January 15, 2019