U.S. and Canada

Hundreds block Brooklyn gentrification: ‘Kill the deal!’

Hundreds of angry protesters against gentrification lined the steps of Borough Hall, Brooklyn’s city hall, on July 10. Inside, the…

July 22, 2017

Ferguson activist Ashley Yates talks Oakland, Assata Shakur and Black Woman leadership

Ashley Yates is co-founder of the Ferguson-based grassroots organization, Millennial Activists United (MAU).  Originally from Florissant, Mo., Yates was one…

July 20, 2017

HEALTH CARE CRISIS: Tufts nurses strike for patient safety, pensions

Hundreds of cheering nurses streamed into the lobby of Boston’s Tufts Medical Center at 7 a.m. on July 17, wearing…

July 20, 2017

Little Steel Strike, Part 2: Murders, mass arrests and union militancy

1937 Little Steel Strike, Part 1: Capitalists expose their brutality In 1937, Youngstown, Ohio, had a population of 170,000. On…

July 20, 2017

Newark, 50 years after ‘A rebellion, not a riot’

Over 100 people gathered on July 12 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Newark Rebellion against racism. People…

July 20, 2017

Fracking Colorado, Part III: Impact on environment and people

Part 1: Impact on environment and people Part 2: Impact on environment and people Denver — The scientific evidence is…

July 20, 2017

Big real estate threatens to silence ‘people’s radio station’

A press conference was held on the steps of New York City Hall on July 13 to bring attention to…

July 20, 2017

MISSISSIPPI auto workers on road to historic union vote

In a historic action on July 10, workers at the Canton, Miss., Nissan automobile manufacturing plant filed a petition with…

July 18, 2017

Los Angeles neighborhood self-defense stops cops

Los Angeles, July 14 -- Tonight in my neighborhood I witnessed yet another example of the police as the occupying…

July 17, 2017

Eyricka King, Black trans woman prisoner, needs ‘Freedom to Live’

Tonight, some 2.3 million people in the United States will fall asleep in a prison, jail or juvenile or immigrant…

July 17, 2017