U.S. and Canada

Arpaio guilty of racial profiling

Tucson, Ariz. — In a ruling that came as no surprise to Arizona’s oppressed and terrorized Latino/a community, a federal judge…

May 30, 2013

A brief history of ‘marriage,’ part 2

The challenge of uncovering human prehistory Part 1 of this series focused on the counterrevolution in anthropology that arose in…

May 30, 2013

D.C. actions to demand: Free the Cuban Five!

The writer is a logistics volunteer with the Inter­national Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5. May 29 —…

May 29, 2013

Gerardo Hernández: We will always be the Cuban Five

A May 3 message about his Cuban 5 comrade René González, who is being allowed to stay in Cuba. He…

May 29, 2013

Protest invades ‘Banana Republic’

Demonstrators demanding safety measures protecting Bangladesh garment workers filled the Banana Republic, then moved to the Gap and Old Navy…

May 29, 2013

Sweden’s immigrant communities rebel

Many were shocked at the week of rebellion that began May 19 in the suburb of Husby just outside Stockholm,…

May 29, 2013

U.S. gov’t taps AP phones to repress truth

The U.S. Attorney General’s office announced on May 10 that the government had secretly “tapped” the phone records of a…

May 26, 2013

Antonio Guerrero’s new paintings unveiled

Hyattsville, Md. — What are the impressions of 15 years of imprisonment? ”Me muero como viví” (“I shall die as I…

May 26, 2013

Tornadoes and capitalism devastate Oklahoma

On the afternoon of May 20, a force equal to 600 times the Hiroshima atomic bomb’s power struck the city…

May 25, 2013

Philadelphia workers say, ‘We will shut city down’

“Welcome to the city that doesn't pay their workers.” That’s how Pat Eiding, Philadelphia council president of the AFL-CIO, introduced the…

May 25, 2013