U.S. and Canada

Mumia Abu-Jamal events raise question: ‘Have Black lives ever mattered?’

Philadelphia – “Have Black Lives Ever Mattered,” the title of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s latest book, was also the focus of Dec.…

December 13, 2017

Protests across U.S. hit Trump’s attack on Palestine

Demonstrations were swiftly organized in cities around the United States in opposition to the U.S. declaration on Dec. 6 that…

December 12, 2017

Tax bill sparks protests

From small towns to big cities, nationwide protests erupted in response to the pro-rich “tax reform” bill passed by both…

December 12, 2017

Conference livestream reaches growing audience

Excerpts from a talk by Julie Varughese to the Workers World Party national conference on Nov. 19. It has been…

December 12, 2017

Students protest Chicago school closings

By Becca Tellgren-Leng and Thomas Tellgren-Leng Chicago Students at Harper High School staged a sit-in on Dec. 1, protesting the…

December 8, 2017

Syracuse University union drive: Grad workers denounce tax plan

Syracuse, N.Y. — Worker outrage and organizing was the order of the day on Nov. 30, as some 150 members…

December 8, 2017

Seattle school bus drivers strike

Four hundred school bus drivers held a one-day strike Nov. 29 against First Student, the big national contractor. The strike…

December 8, 2017

Brooklyn, N.Y., tenants insist ‘The city is not for sale!’

Brooklyn, N.Y., tenants against gentrification were threatened with arrest on Nov. 30 during a New York City Council meeting. Earlier,…

December 8, 2017

Durham anti-racist activists: ‘Be a witness in our defense!’

By LeiLani Dowell and Ben Carroll Durham, N.C. Activists and community and family members gathered here the morning of Dec.…

December 7, 2017

Boston cop’s transphobic rant at potential juror subverted justice for Sam Smith

Boston — A struggle is building to win a new trial to free Sam Smith of Roxbury, Mass., a Black…

December 7, 2017