U.S. and Canada

Political prisoner’s health scare ignites mass action

March 31 — At 1 p.m. EDT on March 30, political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal had a medical emergency, and was…

April 3, 2015

Michigan students demand end of corporate tyranny

On March 26, 150 college students and supporters from around Michigan marched through downtown Lansing to the state Capitol to…

April 3, 2015

Big business media criminalizes victims of police killings

To further illustrate the widespread law-enforcement abuses in Ferguson, Mo., and throughout the United States, Jeffrey Williams, charged with the…

April 2, 2015

King County, Wash., councilmembers question contract with Veolia union-busters

Our regular readers know that the militant Boston school bus drivers union, USW Local 8751, has been combating a union-busting…

April 2, 2015

Women fight back against racist killer cops

Los Angeles — Women leaders in the anti-police brutality struggle that reaches from Oakland, Calif., to New York City gathered…

April 2, 2015

Gov’t report reveals extent of police shootings

The ink had barely dried on a U.S. Department of Justice report made public on March 23 citing excessive police…

April 2, 2015

Gas explosion leaves two dead, 25 injured

New York -- A little more than a year after a gas explosion in East Harlem left eight people dead,…

April 2, 2015

Philly 10 resist cops’ racism & vilification

A police-led panel discussion in Philadelphia’s northeast area on March 19 quickly turned violent as officers brutally attacked and arrested…

April 1, 2015

Detroit faces massive tax foreclosure crisis

Bulletin: A temporary moratorium on tax foreclosures until May 12 was announced on March 31, after a mass demonstration outside…

March 31, 2015

Transgender warrior Leslie Feinberg united all struggles for liberation

Workers World Party commemorated and celebrated the life and contributions of our beloved comrade, Leslie Feinberg, with a memorial in…

March 31, 2015