U.S. and Canada

Stop the state murder of Jeff Wood

Austin, Texas Fact: Jeff Wood is scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas on Aug. 24. Fact: Jeff…

July 25, 2016

Rich benefit from Cuomo ‘jobs program’

Workers have had to fight for jobs for a long time. In response to the economic panic and depression of…

July 24, 2016

Free Chelsea Manning!

May 27 marked six years that Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning has been held in military custody. The heroic 28-year-old WikiLeaks…

July 24, 2016

Syracuse, N.Y., Black Lives Matter protests police terror

Some 500 people challenged racism and police terror in Syracuse, N.Y., on July 18, in a militant, high-energy and unified…

July 22, 2016

Brooklyn, N.Y., forum fights gentrification

Gentrification and displacement are hitting neighborhoods hard, nowhere more so than Brooklyn, N.Y. Organizing against the impact of austerity programs…

July 22, 2016

Justice for Teo Valencia

Teo Valencia, a Mexican-American man, was shot in the back with an AR-15 semi-automatic assault rifle by an as yet…

July 22, 2016

DAY 15 – Is This What Democracy Looks Like?

A crowd of several hundred people moves down St. Clair Avenue in Cleveland, holding signs and chanting slogans.  They are…

July 21, 2016

Philly airport workers strike two hours – threaten strike during DNC

Over 600 workers and their supporters took over three of the four lanes of the departures roadway at the Philadelphia…

July 21, 2016

Grocery workers in struggle coast to coast

About 147,000 grocery workers, repre­sented by the Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), have been fighting for contracts from coast to…

July 21, 2016

Black farmers still seek justice

Black farmers in the South filed a federal class action lawsuit known as Pigford vs Glickman in 1997. Timothy Pigford…

July 21, 2016