U.S. and Canada

Colin Kaepernick files job grievance vs. NFL bosses

Oct. 16 — As the National Football League completed the sixth week of its 2017 season, Colin Kaepernick, the former…

October 17, 2017

California wildfires: Who gets hurt when the world burns

At least 40 people have died from some 16 wildfires ripping through California, as of Oct. 16. This is the…

October 17, 2017

#DoItLikeDurham in smashing white supremacy

New York — A public meeting on Oct. 14 on the theme “Do It Like Durham” lived up to its…

October 16, 2017

Fight for justice for Abdul Burnette and all Durham County Jail inmates

In another racist act of injustice in the Durham County police and court system, Abdul Burnette, 20 years old, was…

October 16, 2017

Clarence Thomas, Longshore unionist: ‘Why workers must fight white supremacy’

New York — Clarence Thomas, a retired rank-and-file member of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 10 in the Bay…

October 16, 2017

Portland, Oregon, protesters block ICE deportation bus

By Zac Fraser and Misha Litvak Portland, Oregon Scores of courageous protesters assembled outside the offices of U.S. Immigration and…

October 16, 2017

ICE detainee inspires Boston fightback

A noontime crowd of immigrant rights organizations, community leaders and unions rallied on Oct. 13 in front of the Massachusetts…

October 16, 2017

Mumia Abu-Jamal on ‘An Abolitionist Life’

What does it mean to call oneself an abolitionist? The word doesn’t mean today what it meant 150 years ago.…

October 16, 2017

Rally unites struggles against racism & war

New York — Hundreds of antiwar militants gathered in busy midtown Manhattan on Oct. 11, the 16th anniversary of the…

October 14, 2017

Women’s rights and health care: Battlegrounds in the class struggle

While the very rich may be experiencing an “era of good feeling,” the multinational working class is facing attacks at…

October 14, 2017