U.S. and Canada

All labor should support LEGALIZATION!

As progressives and workers march once again on May Day, it is important to reflect on the workers’ movement in…

April 23, 2014

The meaning of low-wage worker struggle

And the need for an independent revolutionary pole in new working-class movement The nationwide strikes of workers at places like…

April 19, 2014

Northwestern football players can unionize

In a move that could change the rights of many of the 420,000 NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) athletes, the…

April 18, 2014

‘Raise minimum wage, no food stamp cuts’

Labor and community activists marched through the Near West Side neighborhood of Cleveland on April 12, protesting against recent cuts…

April 18, 2014

Philadelphia teachers’ seniority rights stripped away

After failing to settle a contract with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers for over nine months, on March 24 the…

April 18, 2014

Community barbecue turns into police riot

A community barbeque and speakout was held on April 12 in Stockton, Calif., organized by the Inter Council for Mothers…

April 18, 2014

Common Core and the educational-industrial complex

The war on public education, part 2 In 2009, the Obama administration launched Common Core, which was a devastating attack…

April 17, 2014

Rights for women or corporations? Part 2

Part 1: Rights for women or corporations? The case of Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby, which was presented to the Supreme…

April 17, 2014

Automation threatens 47 percent of U.S. jobs

A wakeup call for labor movement and working class Two scholars at Oxford University have made an exhaustive study of…

April 17, 2014

Judge says Detroiters owe banks $85 million

The ruling on April 11 in the Detroit municipal bankruptcy by Federal Bankruptcy Court Judge Steven Rhodes awarded an $85…

April 17, 2014