U.S. and Canada

Assata Shakur is a modern-day Harriet Tubman

I had the distinct honor of meeting Assata Shakur in person at the 1997 World Youth Festival in Havana, Cuba.…

May 7, 2013

Lucasville prison uprising revisited

Activists, former prisoners and attorneys at the “Re-Examining the Lucasville Uprising Conference” at Columbus [Ohio] State Community College on the…

May 5, 2013

May Day in N. Carolina: 5 students arrested fighting for worker rights

Raleigh, N.C. — On May Day, the NC Student Power Union mobilized more than 350 students from 10 colleges from all…

May 4, 2013

LGBTQ+ activists denounce SF Pride Board decision against B. Manning

Carrying signs that read “I am Bradley Manning,” some 200 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and allied activists protested at…

May 2, 2013

Upstate New York protests drone warfare

Resistance to U.S. drone warfare intensified in upstate New York on April 28 as more than 250 people rallied at…

May 2, 2013

Detroit residents displaced by corporate interests

Detroit corporations and banks are driving more working-class, poor and nationally oppressed people out of the city’s downtown area. Government…

May 2, 2013

Emergency manager selected to kill jobs

Since March 25, the city of Detroit has been run by an unelected, 1%-beholden supreme dictator. On that day the…

May 2, 2013

Attacks on Social Security mean growing poverty for retirees, elderly

The Obama administration is proposing Social Security cuts totaling more than $127 billion over the next decade. Congress and politicians…

May 2, 2013

NYC teachers, students say testing unfair

Over 500 parents and teachers, children and students, and their supporters gathered April 26 in front of Tweed Courthouse, the…

May 2, 2013

On the picket line

Workers Memorial Day, April 28 Workers Memorial Day, celebrated internationally on April 28 since 1984, has taken on heart-wrenching importance…

May 2, 2013