U.S. and Canada

Leonard Peltier’s greeting to Day of Mourning 2015

The following solidarity statement from Native political prisoner, Leonard Peltier, was read by Bert Waters at National Day of Mourning…

December 2, 2015

Baltimore solidarity with Native peoples, workers

Representatives of the Baltimore People’s Power Assembly, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Baltimore Chapter, Maryland Institute College of Art students,…

December 2, 2015

Justice for Laquan McDonald

As we go to print, Chicago Police Superintendent, Garry McCarthy, has been fired, Dec. 1, due to mass anger over…

December 1, 2015

Terrorist attack on Planned Parenthood in Colorado

Nov. 30 -- A second terrorist attack in the same week occurred in the United States on Nov. 27, just…

December 1, 2015

No shopping as usual on Black Friday

All across the United States from Burlington, Vt., to Cincinnati, Chicago, Minneapolis, San Diego, Seattle and Portland, Ore., and many…

November 30, 2015

International Day of Persons with Disabilities inspires struggle against disabled oppression and racism

Because of the worldwide struggle of people with disabilities for equal rights, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities was…

November 30, 2015

Detroit’s neocolonial rulers ruin public education

The Detroit Public Schools have been under an emergency manager since 2009 for the stated reason that the district was…

November 30, 2015

Homeless set up tent city in Berkeley, Calif.

Berkeley, Calif., Nov. 29 -- A tent city of more than 60 homeless people has taken over the grounds of Old…

November 30, 2015

What makes China able to plan for the future

In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we have discussed the phenomenal rise of the People’s Republic of China…

November 29, 2015

Public workers fight for health care

Huntington, W.Va. -- Some 300 public workers and ­residents crammed into an auditorium in Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, W.Va., on…

November 29, 2015