U.S. and Canada

At Texas construction site, grim discovery of prison/plantation slavery

Houston — Almost 100 graves have been uncovered in Sugar Land, Texas, a Houston suburb that was once a sugar…

August 29, 2018

Pride at Work convention: ‘Proud and Powerful’

Phoenix, Ariz. — Pride at Work, the LGBTQ Constituency Group of the AFL-CIO, held its triennial convention Aug. 23-25 in…

August 29, 2018

UE convention advances working class solidarity

Raleigh, N.C. — The tenth biannual statewide convention of the North Carolina Public Service Workers Union, United Electrical Workers Local…

August 29, 2018

Washington state teachers vote to strike

Aug. 25 — Teachers throughout southwest Washington state have overwhelming­ly approved potential strikes and work stop­pages if their demands for…

August 29, 2018

‘Freedom Riders’ closes the gap

“Each generation out of relative obscurity must discover its mission, fulfill or betray it.” — Frantz Fanon Veteran human and…

August 29, 2018

On the picket line

Contract fightback at Coca-Cola bottling plant in Alabama A multiracial force of 275 drivers, salespeople, merchandisers, clerks and mechanics went…

August 29, 2018

Critical moment for Mumia Abu-Jamal!

It’s time to fill the streets in Philadelphia and pack the court on Aug. 30 for Mumia Abu-Jamal. Mumia, a…

August 29, 2018

Trump under fire — the ruling-class dilemma

All the indictments, plea bargaining, immunities, exposures, etc., amount to this: The anti-Trump forces in the ruling class are doing…

August 28, 2018

National prison strike enters week two

Prisoners across the country are striking in response to an April 15 prison-guard-incited riot at Lee Correctional Institution, a maximum-security…

August 28, 2018

Palestinians send solidarity to U.S. prison strike

The following statement was released by Palestinians of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who have been jailed…

August 28, 2018