U.S. and Canada

Ida B. Wells: Anti-lynching crusader

The many references by African-American women intellectuals and activists to educational achievement, economic self-reliance, sobriety and religious adherence suggest that…

March 15, 2017

‘No to DAPL, yes to sovereignty!’

Thousands of Indigenous people and their supporters marched in Washington, D.C., on March 10, taking a stand for Native sovereignty…

March 14, 2017

International Women’s Day: Women workers rising

Calls for a Women’s Strike ignited International Women’s Day in the U.S. on March 8. Organizers were following up on…

March 14, 2017

Anna Julia Haywood Cooper Vital to Pan-African movement

African-American women from the late 19th century to the early 20th century played a pivotal role in the internationalization of…

March 12, 2017

On the picket line

Illinois state workers fight back American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31, representing almost 40,000 state employees…

March 12, 2017

Seattle youth denounce racist attacks

A huge Black Lives Matter march of around 2,000 people took place in Seattle on the evening of March 4.…

March 12, 2017

Beating back billionaires’ agenda in Michigan

Sterling Heights, Mich. - A militant demonstration organized by the Michigan Peoples Defense Network countered a Trump rally here on…

March 10, 2017

Youths disrupt pro-Trump bigots

Anti-racist demonstrators besieged an “America First” rally in support of ruling-class President Donald Trump in Washington state’s capital of Olympia…

March 10, 2017

‘No surrender, no retreat’

“We come here to honor them — to commemorate Black resistance both inside and outside the walls!” announced Dequi Kioni-Sadiki…

March 10, 2017

Lynne Stewart: ¡Presente!

With deep sorrow we report that the courageous people’s attorney, Lynne Stewart, died on March 7. She spent more than…

March 9, 2017