U.S. and Canada

Mabel Williams: A legacy of struggle & community service

Funeral services were held in Detroit on April 25 for Mabel Robinson Williams, the widow of African-American revolutionary Robert F.…

April 30, 2014

All out for May Day!

Teresa Gutierrez, right, co-coordinator of the May 1 Coalition for Worker and Immigrant Rights, with other coalition activists at an…

April 29, 2014

Six unelected men deliver blow to Civil Rights

The unelected U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a sharp blow to rights won through mass struggles against racism. In a…

April 29, 2014

’Free Mumia! Free them all!’

The Sons and Daughters of the Revolution March on April 26 capped off three days of activities in Philadelphia honoring…

April 29, 2014

100 years later, miners remember Ludlow Massacre

Ludlow, Colo. -- Near this town in the gloomy, gray, coalfields of southern Colorado stands a memorial built by the…

April 28, 2014

U.S. bosses hoard $2 trillion overseas

Hundreds of U.S. corporations’ profits that are held in overseas bank accounts nearly doubled between 2008 and 2013, when the…

April 28, 2014

Restaurant workers: ‘Stop wage theft’

In a powerful demonstration of support, dozens of people marched into Liberato restaurant in the Bronx demanding better wages and…

April 28, 2014

Philadelphia: ‘Reinstate Temple Prof. Monteiro’

Community activists and students marched through the North Philadelphia neighborhood surrounding Temple University on April 16 to demand the immediate…

April 26, 2014

Drive for new legal review for Mumia

It seems almost too good to be true. On April 15, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams announced the creation of…

April 25, 2014

On the picket line

Walmart: Make Gerawan pay the farmworkers! The United Farm Workers latest campaign, on behalf of more than 5,000 mostly migrant…

April 25, 2014