U.S. and Canada

Oakland, Calif., port truckers gather support

Oakland, Calif. -- More than 200 truckers, their families and local supporters of the Port of Oakland Truckers Association gathered…

November 10, 2013

Foreclosure reprieve won for Cleveland activists

Members of the Carl Stokes Brigade, Black on Black Crime, Affordable Housing Centers of America, Peoples Fightback Center and Oberlin…

November 10, 2013

Large TWU protest for a decent contract

More than 4,000 people — mainly members of Transport Workers Union Local 100 — protested in front of the Metropolitan…

November 10, 2013

On the picket line

Grocery workers fight cutbacks from coast to coast In the state of Washington, Safeway, Albertsons and Kroger blinked two hours…

November 10, 2013

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 23

Same-sex love and ‘marriage’ in pre-capitalist class society In Part 12 of this series we dealt with manifestations of same-sex…

November 10, 2013

Community protests police killing of 13-year-old

Santa Rosa, Calif. -- Thousands of students and community members have taken to the streets to protest the killing of…

November 7, 2013

Philadelphia meeting highlights Assata Shakur

Around 100 people participated in the Day of Awareness of Assata and All Political Prisoners at a meeting in Philadelphia…

November 7, 2013

‘Fighting for Kendrick’

On Jan. 11, the bloodied body of 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson was discovered in a rolled-up gym mat at his high…

November 7, 2013

New York City rally demands: ‘Drop appeal of stop-and-frisk case!’

People representing groups participating in the Communities United for Police Reform coalition held a rally and news conference on the…

November 7, 2013

Solidarity with North Carolina teachers’ walk-in protests

The following is an edited version of a statement issued Nov. 6 by the Southern Workers Assembly in salute of…

November 7, 2013