U.S. and Canada

Support for California prison hunger strike

At a short rally before the march to Oakland’s city jail, Janetta Johnson, representing the Trans GenderVariant Intersex Justice Project,…

September 4, 2013

No attack on Syria!

Sept. 2 — Anti-war, anti-imperialist and Syrian-American organizations inside the U.S. all see the coming week as the last chance…

September 3, 2013

Coast-to-coast protests hit U.S. plans to attack Syria

On Aug. 28, with Washington, London and Paris apparently on the verge of opening up another very unpopular and dangerous…

September 3, 2013

Obama pushes war on Syria with new tactic

Another step to war On Sept. 3, Republican senators John McCain and Lindsay Graham, brokers for the Pentagon hawks, met…

September 3, 2013

Philadelphia protesters fight for public schools’ future

Despite thunder and rain on Aug. 22, a flood of red T-shirt-wearing protesters overtook Philadelphia’s Comcast Center, home to the…

August 29, 2013

Detroit retirees fight pension theft

On Aug.19, the largest turnout yet protested Detroit’s bankruptcy proceedings. More than 200 retirees and their supporters protested outside the…

August 29, 2013

War and fracking protested in Buffalo, N.Y.

A big, noisy demonstration met President Barack Obama when he visited the Buffalo, N.Y., campus of the State University of…

August 29, 2013

50th anniversary rally renews call for jobs and freedom

Tens of thousands of people from all over the country traveled to Washington, D.C., Aug. 24 to commemorate the 50th…

August 28, 2013

STOP U.S. war on SYRIA

Coast-to-coast protests Aug. 27 — Without presenting even a hint of proof of Washington’s allegations that Syria has used poison…

August 27, 2013

Vigil held for murdered transgender woman in Harlem, N.Y.

A vigil was organized by Harlem Pride Aug. 27 in remembrance of Islan Nettles and other tragic victims of hate crimes.…

August 27, 2013