U.S. and Canada

From Ferguson to Baltimore: JAIL KILLER COPS!

The murder of 18-year-old Michael Brown last Aug. 9 by white police officer Darren Wilson ignited an almost two-week uprising…

May 12, 2015

On strike against BP, Marathon, workers keep fighting for safety, job security

UPDATE: On May 11 USW Local 7-1 announced that the membership had ratified a new contract and BP and the union had…

May 12, 2015

Baltimore protest set for May 16; struggle demands amnesty for arrestees

May 11 -- Close to 500 people have been arrested here since the rebellion that began on April 25 after…

May 11, 2015

Stop medical murder of Mumia Abu-Jamal

An important news conference was held in Harlem, N.Y., on May 7 to continue the national and international campaign pressing…

May 11, 2015

Rochester, N.Y., transit workers rally against union busting, racist bus cuts

Rochester, N.Y. -- More than 300 members and supporters of Local 282 of the Amalgamated Transit Workers militantly marched and…

May 11, 2015

People’s City Council protests gentrification in Oakland, Calif.

Oakland, Calif. -- Members of Black.Seed (formerly Black Brunch) and Asians4BlackLives took over the Oakland City Council meeting on May…

May 11, 2015

Supreme Court pressed to grant right to marry

Last week the Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments for and against legalizing same-sex marriage. Plaintiffs from Michigan,…

May 8, 2015

New book exposes U.S.’s ‘hidden war’ on Africa

Journalist Nick Turse has researched the increasing role of the United States Africa Command (Africom) over the last seven years,…

May 8, 2015

On the picket line

California nurses strike for health coverage, safety Some 5,000 registered nurses, organized by the California Nurses Association and National Nurses…

May 8, 2015

For immigrant and workers’ rights, against police murders

From April 30 to May 3, people in many U.S. cities held rallies, marches and other events in solidarity with…

May 6, 2015