U.S. and Canada

$15 and a union!

Philadelphia -- Low-wage workers and their supporters gathered outside a McDonald’s restaurant here on April 3 for the second time…

April 10, 2014

Detroit youth march for jobs

Demanding jobs and an end to the corporate theft of city services in the municipal bankruptcy case, several dozen people…

April 10, 2014

Who killed Kendrick Johnson?

Macon, Ga. -- Hundreds of people gathered on the steps of the William Augustus Bootle Federal Building in Macon, Ga.,…

April 10, 2014

Barbecue honors Bobby Hutton

The “Lil’ Bobby Hutton BBQ for the People” was held in Oakland, Calif., on April 6, with about 75 people…

April 10, 2014

Lenin’s ‘Imperialism’ and the struggle vs the 1%

In commemoration of Lenin's death 90 years ago. Excerpted from a talk given at the March 29, 2014, “Hard Times…

April 9, 2014

The National Question & Black Liberation

In commemoration of Lenin's death 90 years ago. Excerpted from a talk given at the March 29, 2014, “Hard Times…

April 9, 2014

Challenge to labor movement: UPS fires 250 union workers

Bosses fire workers for being late. But Jairo Reynes, a 24-year United Parcel Service worker at the company’s Maspeth hub…

April 9, 2014

All out for Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 60th birthday

Philadelphia -- On April 24, political prisoner and world-renowned journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal turns 60. He has spent over half his…

April 8, 2014

Black Workers for Justice banquet

Black Workers for Justice held their 31st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Support for Labor Banquet in Raleigh, N.C., on…

April 8, 2014