U.S. and Canada

Shirley Littman: Women workers’ champion, Presente!

Shirley Littman, labor union, anti-war, social justice activist and “Raging Grannies” artist, died on Dec. 7 in New York City.…

January 10, 2018

Trump presidency survives by paying off the ruling class

Journalist Michael Wolff’s new book “Fire and Fury” depicts Donald Trump as totally unfit to serve as the chief executive…

January 9, 2018

A visit with Mumia Abu-Jamal

Prisoner ailing but still fighting Mahanoy SCI, Pa. — Philadelphia political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal looks older than he should at…

January 9, 2018

Activists call for ‘Days of Rage against Trump and Capitalism’

Despite a brutal year of attacks on the working class, especially on the most oppressed, the spirit of rebellion cannot…

January 9, 2018

Durham People’s Tribunal to put white supremacy on trial

Activists put courts, cops on trial By Tyler Stuart and LeiLani Dowell Durham, N.C. Comrades and community members in Durham…

January 8, 2018

‘No heat, no rent!’ cry Brooklyn, N.Y., tenants

Brooklyn, N.Y. — An emergency demonstration in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill neighborhood on Jan. 7 drew several dozen protesters supporting tenants…

January 8, 2018

Link between domestic violence and mass murder

After Devin P. Kelley murdered 26 people and wounded 20 others in a Texas church on Nov. 5,  the media…

January 8, 2018

Supporters demand ‘Justice for Sam Smith!’

Dec. 15 — Transgender activists, family members and supporters came out to show support for Sam Smith in his bid…

January 5, 2018

’Friends of labor’ and state repression

2017 marked the 80th anniversary of many important labor struggles. The victory of the Flint sit-down strike against mighty General…

January 4, 2018

No justice in 1946 racist lynching

The Atlanta Journal Constitution announced in an exclusive report Dec. 28 that the FBI had “quietly closed its investigation into…

January 4, 2018