U.S. and Canada

Anti-drone protest: ‘Stop U.S. wars!’

Syracuse, N.Y. -- In continued resistance to escalating U.S. wars, 75 people marched and rallied at the gates of Hancock…

October 9, 2014

WW forum links Ferguson, Palestine

“What’s happening in Ferguson isn’t rioting, it’s rebellion. And this isn’t the first time in our history we’ve rebelled,” declared…

October 9, 2014

Mumia speaks to Goddard commencement

Nestled in the bucolic setting of Plainfield, Vt., is Goddard College, which suddenly became the focus of a vicious campaign…

October 8, 2014

Solidarity Day 6 in Boston: Hundreds demand ‘Drop the charges’ in anti-union frame-up

Dorchester, Mass. -- It was the second pre-trial hearing for Stevan Kirschbaum, a founder of Steelworkers Union Local 8751 of…

October 7, 2014

Ebola in Texas: For-profit health care system exposed

On the evening of Sept. 25, Thomas Duncan walked into the emergency room of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.…

October 7, 2014

On the picket line

Nurses stage die-in to demand Ebola readiness in U.S. About 1,000 members of National Nurses United staged a die-in during…

October 4, 2014

PSC members demand raise and contract

The Professional Staff Congress represents 25,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York, who educate 270,000 students.…

October 4, 2014

Laundry workers celebrate third anniversary

It was a warm and classy – in all senses of the word – event to celebrate the Laundry Workers…

October 4, 2014

Postal workers, supporters protest cuts

Members of the New York Metro and Mid-Hudson areas of the American Postal Workers Union, the National Postal Mail Handlers…

October 3, 2014

Capitalism, greed and DNA

When some 5,000 people — mainly CEOs and other executives — gather at New York’s Radio City Music Hall for…

October 3, 2014