U.S. and Canada

Riding while Black from Chicago to Washington, D.C.

Have you ever experienced “Riding While Black”? Imagine traveling in a 50-passenger bus halfway across the country, Chicago to Washington…

January 26, 2017

Greensboro city workers form union

City workers in Greensboro, N.C., turned the tides of history when they packed a City Council meeting on Jan. 17.…

January 26, 2017

Women march against sexism, racism & Trump

A massive women’s demonstration of more than 1 million people in Washington, D.C., and 673 other protests around the U.S.…

January 25, 2017

Repression fuels resistance in DC

Washington, D.C., Jan. 23 — The last of the Workers World delegation left Washington, D.C., today with people affiliated with…

January 25, 2017

Chelsea Manning wins release

Over the strenuous objections of Pentagon chief Ash Carter, President Obama commuted the 35-year sentence of Chelsea Manning. She is…

January 25, 2017

Peltier clemency denied ‘but we will keep fighting’

The following email from the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee was issued on Jan. 18. Brothers, sisters, friends and supporters:…

January 25, 2017

Trump’s inaugural speech

He speaks and writes like a third grader. He’s boorish and crude. He’s a misogynist and a sexual predator and…

January 23, 2017

Counterinauguration protests from coast to coast

Tens of thousands of people, unable to get to Washington, D.C., for the anti-Trump demonstrations there, took to the streets…

January 23, 2017

J20 Bay Area Counter-Inaugural: 120 hours of direct action

From Martin Luther King Day to Inauguration Day, the San Francisco Bay Area seethed with protests, shutdowns and other actions.…

January 23, 2017

At J20 Los Angeles: ‘We have to stop the system that created Trump’

Rebecka Jackson gave the following speech at the counterinauguration protest in Los Angeles on Jan. 20. I am here from…

January 23, 2017