U.S. and Canada

Breakthrough in Mumia’s fight for justice

DA ordered to release entire case file In the latest development in a months-long judicial tug-of-war between attorneys for political…

September 20, 2017

U.S. empire in disarray

Pentagon’s grim proposals U.S. war crises and threats are intensifying on every side of the globe, from Korea to Afghanistan,…

September 20, 2017

Post-Irma Florida: Poor suffer most for lack of gov’t preparation

The aftermath of Hurricane Irma, despite the storm hitting Florida with less force than at first expected, again highlights the…

September 20, 2017

ESPN sportscaster Jemele Hill calls Trump a white supremacist & rightfully so

Some of the most prominent athletes, especially in professional sports, are refusing to be viewed as “dumb jocks” or to…

September 18, 2017

Political prisoner beaten, Free Herman Bell!

Herman Bell is 69 years old.  This former Black Panther has been incarcerated for over 40 years. In a stunning…

September 18, 2017

Indigenous peoples fight for land, history in Rhode Island and New Mexico

Pokanoket Demand Return of Land from Brown U. Members of the Pokanoket Nation and their allies set up an encampment…

September 15, 2017

‘Dolores’: Labor organizer, Chicana woman warrior

Dolores Huerta has been an unsung hero of the 20th-century U.S. labor movement. But not any more. The recent release…

September 15, 2017

Protest of mayor’s housing policies says: ‘New York City is NOT for sale!’

At New York’s City Hall, Johnnie Stevens from the Oscar-Mandela Committee addressed a protest on Sept. 8 aimed against Mayor…

September 15, 2017

More Labor Day 2017: When we fight, we win!

On Labor Day 2017, along with traditional union parades, workers in U.S. cities from coast to coast held direct actions…

September 14, 2017

Low-wage workers go on strike, fight for $15

On Labor Day workers in the Hawkeye State rallied for $15 an hour and a union. The Service Employees Union…

September 14, 2017