U.S. and Canada

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer view on rights, liberation, & anti-racist solidarity

The following excerpts are from a talk on “LGBTQ: Rights, Liberation and Solidarity” given by Shelley Ettinger, a former WW…

June 29, 2015

‘By any means necessary, Black Liberation will matter!’

By Erica Mines Philadelphia represents the epitome of state-sanctioned violence at the hands of police: the so-called race riots of…

June 29, 2015

As Black churches burn, where are the feds?

The capitalist state in the U.S. coexists cosily with right-wing terrorists. This vile fact has once again been confirmed in…

June 29, 2015

An eyewitness report from Columbia, S.C.

Columbia, S.C., June 27 -- As Bree Newsome climbed the pole in the early morning of June 27, James Tyson…

June 28, 2015

Longshore worker local condemns Charleston massacre

The following resolution -- submitted by longshore rank-and-file worker veteran Clarence Thomas -- was adopted by the International Longshore and…

June 28, 2015

U.S. terrorism comes from the right

The capitalist media would have the people of this country believe that the main terrorist threat in the United States…

June 28, 2015

Sexual Minorities Archives: ‘Queer Archiving = Queer Activism’

For LGBTQ Pride, WW Contributing Editor Minnie Bruce Pratt interviewed longtime anti-racist Transgender activist Ben Power Alwin, curator of the…

June 28, 2015

Gender bias behind Detroit outrage

We are taught, beginning in elementary school, that our rights are protected by the Constitution. Freedom of expression is one…

June 28, 2015

Rape culture and Rolling Stone

With just the title of his article, a Washington Post writer has unwittingly spoken volumes about the issue of rape…

June 28, 2015

U.S. Cuba Network extends solidarity to Charleston massacre victims

The following statement was issued on June 20, 2015. The National Network on Cuba extends our solidarity to the survivors…

June 25, 2015