U.S. and Canada

Protest on Wall Street

Under the slogan “Rise up for the unemployed,” the People’s Power Assembly and OccuEvolve held a protest Feb. 7 on…

February 13, 2014

Subprime loans drive auto recovery

The scramble for profits is again leading to overproduction and the pushing of high-interest loans, this time in the auto…

February 12, 2014

Congress votes for hunger and poverty

Corporate lobbyists get what they want as Congress cuts both food stamps and extended unemployment benefits. Congress delivered a one-two…

February 12, 2014

MASSIVE MARCH

Upsurge in South sets People’s Agenda By Eva P. and Ben C. Raleigh, N.C. -- The appeal went out: “Just…

February 12, 2014

New York tribute to Mandela and Cuba

By Cheryl LaBash and Monica Moorehead Harlem, N.Y. — A special tribute to the great freedom fighter Nelson Mandela was…

February 12, 2014

Workers, activists fighting Veolia hold international conference

By Terri Kay and Judy Greenspan San Francisco — An international conference here on Feb. 8 brought together workers, community…

February 12, 2014

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 30

Final thoughts This series has sought to shed a historical materialist spotlight on the human social/sexual relationship usually referred to…

February 8, 2014

Fannie Lou Hamer remains a symbol 50 years after Freedom Summer

More than 1,000 student volunteers, along with rank-and-file workers and professionals from the northern and western cities of the U.S.,…

February 7, 2014

Chrysler workers must resist ‘culture of poverty’

Chrysler became 100 percent owned by Fiat on Jan. 20, when the trust fund responsible for United Auto Workers retirees’…

February 7, 2014

Why the New York Times is worried

Most progressive activists in the United States probably know about the reactionary, racist Koch brothers. But one has to wonder…

February 7, 2014