U.S. and Canada

People with disabilities fight back

First, there were one or two. Then, a few dozen. By 3 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 1, hundreds of people…

August 12, 2016

New legal attack on Rasmea Odeh

The following email from the Committee to Stop FBI Repression was released Aug. 5. Attorneys representing Palestinian-American icon Rasmea Odeh…

August 12, 2016

Sanders, Clinton and revolution

There is a specter haunting America. The defeat of Bernie Sanders struck a nerve with a large portion of U.S.…

August 11, 2016

Buffalo, N.Y., residents fight gentrification

Threatened with displacement by the relentless development land grabs occurring all around them, residents of a historic Black neighborhood in…

August 11, 2016

Honoring Nate Greer: Killed by BART and Hayward police

On July 30, “A Day to Remember Our Loved Ones,” the Nate Greer family held a barbeque in Hayward, Calif.,…

August 11, 2016

Occupations amp up Black Lives Matter struggle

Activists with Millions March NYC began an occupation of New York City Hall Park the morning of Aug. 1. The…

August 9, 2016

Boston School Bus Union West Coast tour shares lessons of victory

By Hannah Kirschbaum and Stevan Kirschbaum A delegation from Team Solidarity, Boston School Bus Drivers, Steelworkers Local 8751 toured the…

August 9, 2016

Hawai’i August 1969: Pentagon at the Crossroads as soldiers resist war

One thousand people hushed as Airman 1st Class Louis “Buffy” Parry announced his act of conscience.  He would end his…

August 9, 2016

Anti-cop-brutality activists win for women prisoners at Santa Rita Jail, Oakland, Calif.

Four activists, arrested in 2014 for protesting police brutality and killings in Oakland, Calif., filed a civil rights suit against…

August 8, 2016

WWP’s Moorehead/Lilly campaign files for write-in status in Ohio

The Workers World Party 2016 team of Monica Moorehead and Lamont Lilly are now official presidential and vice presidential write-in…

August 8, 2016