U.S. and Canada

On the picket line

AT&T workers win grievance strike Communications Workers Local 9509, representing some 1,700 AT&T workers in San Diego, walked off the…

June 3, 2016

Capitalism, in brief

A short primer on capitalism: 1. The current crisis is a crisis of capitalism. It is not a crisis of…

June 3, 2016

Black Lives Matter, the elections and self-determination

Let’s be honest, Bernie Sanders and his campaign of “democratic socialism” have struck a chord with young people and the…

June 2, 2016

Trump rally, cops and protest

Families from San Diego’s African-American and Latino/a communities met at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on May 21, the sixth…

June 2, 2016

Vote for a revolutionary socialist future – VOTE JOHN PARKER!

The U.S. presidential campaign is being deluged by racist backwash from the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee Donald Trump. But in…

June 1, 2016

Virginia rallies vs. Verizon

Communication Workers Local 2204 hosted a rally May 28 in Roanoke, Va. Union members and labor and community supporters drove…

June 1, 2016

Thousands march on McDonald’s for $15/hr and a union

Despite heavy rains and winds, fast food workers and their supporters converged May 25 on McDonald’s corporate headquarters in Oak…

June 1, 2016

#JusticeForEricHarrisNOLA

New Orleans — Eric Harris, only 22 years old, was killed here last Feb. 8 by a hail of bullets…

June 1, 2016

Verizon strike ends after 44-day workers’ struggle

May 29 -- On May 27, some 39,000 union workers at Verizon ended a strike that started on April 13,…

May 30, 2016

San Francisco mourners honor Jessica Williams, condemn racism

San Francisco, May 30 -- People gathered Friday night in the Bayview District to honor and mourn Jessica Nelson Williams,…

May 30, 2016