U.S. and Canada

Central Park 5: Merry-go-round for justice

For the umpteenth time, another “Central Park 5” court hearing/status conference was adjourned on July 23. Again, the Manhattan courtroom…

August 4, 2013

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 11

Domesticating the hunters – Knight’s hypothesis British anthropologist Chris Knight has joined a host of militant workers in capitalist society…

August 4, 2013

Bernie Dwyer, presente

The following is based on a statement from the International Committee to Free the Cuban Five. At 7:30 a.m. today,…

August 4, 2013

Berkeley, Calif., says: Save the People’s Post Office

About 200 people rallied on July 27 “in direct defense of our post office” on the steps of the threatened…

August 1, 2013

Postal bill draws protests in U.S. cities

Bronx, N.Y. — No more door-to-door mail delivery. The end of Saturday mail. Those are just two of the severe…

August 1, 2013

On the picket line

Raise the federal minimum wage NOW! On July 24, during a national day of action in more than 30 cities,…

August 1, 2013

Community battles Detroit bankruptcy, demands pensions

“This Is War!” was the battle cry headline on a leaflet issued by the Moratorium Now! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures,…

July 31, 2013

Walking While Black – A Song for Trayvon Martin

People of conscience, please let me impart. An American story that’s breaking my heart. Young Trayvon went out for Skittles…

July 31, 2013

‘Dreamers’ sleep in Florida Capitol to fight for justice for Trayvon Martin

By Imani Henry and Scott Williams Tallahassee, Fla., July 28 — They came from all over: Florida, California, New Orleans,…

July 30, 2013

Fast-food workers demand ‘living wage’

July 29 — “We can’t survive on $7.25!” and “What’s outrageous? Poverty wages!” chanted hundreds of striking fast-food workers and their supporters outside…

July 30, 2013