U.S. and Canada

Fighting wage theft in Iowa City

Iowa City, Iowa - Workers are demanding justice for labor violations committed by Georgia-based Rimax Contractors during construction of the…

January 22, 2017

On the picket line

Twin Cities janitors strike J20 Janitors contracted to clean Home Depot stores in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., announced Jan.…

January 22, 2017

Women’s liberation NOW!

The Women’s March on Washington on Jan. 21 has issued unity principles defining what it stands for. Included in eight…

January 19, 2017

MLK Day in militant motion

Fierce determination marked this year’s Martin Luther King Day actions. Those who rallied during the Jan. 14-16 weekend pledged a…

January 19, 2017

Detroit MLK Day links struggles to defeat racism, war and poverty

In Detroit, this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Rally and March was organized under the demands for “Jobs,…

January 19, 2017

‘The inauguration of the resistance’

Hundreds participated in a Jan. 14 statewide March for Immigrant and Refugee Rights in Milwaukee. Same-day similar actions in over…

January 19, 2017

Roanoke, Va., Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade

The annual Roanoke, Va., Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade Jan. 16 was sponsored by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference,…

January 19, 2017

State says no to prisoners’ healthcare treatment — again

Taken from a Jan. 14 audio column at prisonradio.org. Several days ago, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections appealed the Jan.…

January 19, 2017

Trump’s attack plan against federal workers

In November, the Trump “transition team” promised to slash federal employment with a mandatory across-the-board hiring freeze. This would reduce…

January 18, 2017

How Michigan criminalized unemployed workers

King Midas of Greek mythology had a wish that everything he touched would turn to gold. Yet he found himself…

January 18, 2017