U.S. and Canada

A message from Lynne Stewart to all of us

The following letter was issued on Aug. 1 by political prisoner Lynne Stewart, who is suffering from breast cancer and…

August 6, 2013

Ambiguity, inaccuracy and the ‘mentally ill’

Some people in the community of people with disabilities — including this reporter — who have an emotional, psychiatric or…

August 6, 2013

Beyond Trayvon: When the personal ain’t political

Column written on July 21st. The Trayvon Martin case is rightly the straw that broke the camel’s back, for it…

August 4, 2013

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