U.S. and Canada

Chicago window washers strike for decent pay and benefits

Suppose you had to earn your living washing skyscraper windows a thousand feet in the air? In summer you scald…

July 10, 2018

WW interview with Debbie and Mike Africa

Following a 15-month-long siege on a MOVE compound in Philadelphia’s Powelton Village neighborhood, police launched a major assault on the…

July 10, 2018

Philadelphia protesters occupy ICE, shut it down

In the early afternoon of July 5 without warning, police — including SWAT, Counter Terrorism and Homeland Security — took…

July 5, 2018

Rep. Waters, the Democrats and white supremacy

Los Angeles — At a rally here on June 24, U.S. Congressperson ­Maxine Waters came out hard against the vicious…

July 3, 2018

Star player: ‘U.S. soccer is a rich white-kid sport’

Hope Solo is a former goalkeeper for the U.S. women’s national soccer team, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a…

July 3, 2018

Detroiters build support for Lucasville Uprising defendants

Detroit activists had the opportunity June 30 to learn about the 1993 prison rebellion at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility…

July 3, 2018

Will tariff war boomerang on workers in U.S.?

To defend imposing steep tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum from Canada and Mexico, and then similar tariffs on…

July 3, 2018

On the picket line

Hundreds of LA caregivers march for higher wages Hundreds of in-home care workers marched through downtown Los Angeles June 26…

July 3, 2018

Protest the anti-worker Janus decision

The Professional Staff Congress-City University of New York called a “day-of” demonstration in New York’s Foley Square to protest the…

July 3, 2018

Abolish ICE, reunite families

Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in more than 700 actions in large cities and small towns across the U.S.…

July 2, 2018