U.S. and Canada

Livable wage assembly launches fight for $15 campaign starting with May Day action

Inspired by the struggles of low-wage workers in Chicago and New York, the Livable Wage Assembly in Oakland has launched…

April 26, 2013

Newark, N.J., protest denounces cuts in Social Security

The community group, People’s Organization for Progress, held a rally on April 16 in Newark, N.J., against cuts in Social…

April 26, 2013

Behind Newark cancellation of ‘Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary’

In December 1981, award-winning journalist and political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal was accused of killing a Philadelphia police officer. While professing…

April 25, 2013

Protest to demand Newark theater show film on Mumia

After weeks of promotional planning, Cityplex-12, Newark’s [N.J.] only major movie theater complex, announced Thursday, April 11, that it was…

April 25, 2013

Beyond socialism? A critical look at the ‘Cleveland model’

Until recently, Glenville — an African-American neighborhood on Cleveland’s economically depressed East Side — was best known for its 1968…

April 25, 2013

Fired for speaking out, Chrysler worker gets warm welcome back

The mood at the Chrysler stamping plant in Warren, Mich., is generally dour these days. Most workers are unhappy about…

April 25, 2013

Five protesters arrested at Oregon mail facility

Forty people protested the scheduled June closing of the Salem, Ore., mail plant on April 17. When five “occupiers” stepped…

April 25, 2013

Detroit youth rally for Korea

Red Youth in Detroit called a rally in solidarity with the Korean people on April 20. They said that in…

April 25, 2013

Groups demand U.S. recognize Venezuela gov’t

U.S.-based organizations swiftly denounced U.S. intervention against the election of President Nicolás Maduro Moro in Venezuela and mobilized. Weekend actions…

April 24, 2013

May Day in Raleigh, N.C.

March to confront austerity, attacks on working class Durham, N.C. — With extreme right-wing ideologues in the Legislature and governor’s seat,…

April 24, 2013