U.S. and Canada

Another link in the chain of mass incarceration

In September 1990 — two weeks after the wrongful conviction of three defendants in the rape of a jogger in…

January 3, 2014

Solidarity from Seattle workers

On Dec. 16, when more than 1,000 workers at Amazon.com in Germany walked off the job to protest getting lower…

January 3, 2014

Detroiters reject $165 million payout to big banks

Detroit, Jan. 2 — A statement issued Jan. 1 by the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions & Utility…

January 2, 2014

New York: Protesters at de Blasio inauguration slam NYPD, AIDS policies

A few dozen hearty souls from New Yorkers Against Bratton, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) and Occupy Wall Street endured frigid…

January 2, 2014

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 26

Marriage and the struggle for socialism "Revolution is necessary ... not only because the 'ruling' class cannot be overthrown in…

January 2, 2014

‘Caravan for Justice’ supports SuperShuttle drivers

Baltimore — Despite a massive show of airport police, who ejected them from the SuperShuttle holding lot, 35 decorated cars…

January 2, 2014

Veolia’s long history of racist, anti-worker, union-busting activities

Boston -- It seems obvious now. When Thomas Hock, the vice president for labor relations of Veolia Transportation, signed a…

January 2, 2014

Michigan rolls back women’s reproductive rights

Detroit — Michigan has definitely been in the public eye recently. The biggest story, of course, has been the Detroit…

January 2, 2014

Trial lifts lid on banks’ looting of Detroit

Something unexpected happened in the city of Detroit bankruptcy case in court on Dec. 18. Judge Steven Rhodes adjourned the…

December 30, 2013

CeCe McDonald to be released

CeCe McDonald, the 24-year-old African-American transwoman who courageously defended herself and friends from a vicious, racist, anti-lesbian-gay-bi-trans-queer attack, will be…

December 30, 2013