U.S. and Canada

Rallies coast to coast protest sequester

The American Federation of Government Employees called a national day of protest March 20 targeting the federal government-imposed sequester, which…

March 25, 2013

Latina activists present play on ‘audacious’ Harriet Tubman

Bronx, N.Y. — For the second week in a row, a local stage production in commemoration of the centennial death of…

March 25, 2013

Issues behind postal workers’ struggle

The battle over six-day delivery and to save the U.S. Postal Service from being privatized reflects both the depth of…

March 25, 2013

March 24 national protests to demand NO cuts to postal service & jobs

The National Association of Letter Carriers has called for 100 rallies and other protests on Sunday, March 24, to save…

March 22, 2013

‘Vampire’ holiday: The passing of Chávez

Transcribed from a March 8, 2013, audio column at prisonradio.org.  The writer is a political prisoner housed at SCI Mahanoy…

March 22, 2013

ILWU fights global grain giants

Hundreds of International Longshore and Warehouse Union members and supporters rallied March 8 in Vancouver, Wash., then marched to the…

March 22, 2013

Michigan lesbians fight for marriage, adoption rights

“Love makes a family.” This is a simple and obvious statement. Yet in Michigan, where 56 percent of those polled…

March 21, 2013

Why U.S. capitalism perpetuates gender inequality

The concept of equal rights for women has been around for more than 200 years, ever since Mary Wollstonecraft published…

March 21, 2013

Protests demand end to Detroit home tax foreclosures

Two demonstrations in Detroit have demanded an end to the massive number of home tax foreclosures going on in the…

March 21, 2013

John Brown called her ‘General Tubman’

Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Maryland in 1820; her birth name was Araminta Harriet Ross. As a child,…

March 20, 2013