U.S. and Canada

Chickens come home to roost: Chris Dorner & Los Angeles police brutality

Los Angeles — To protect and serve? For a growing number of Los Angeles residents, that motto is now in question.…

February 11, 2013

Labor council demands justice for Alan Blueford\

The Alameda Central Labor Council passed the following resolution in support of Justice for Alan Blueford unanimously at its monthly…

February 11, 2013

Student gathering to declare: ‘Retaking our schools, remaking our society!’

The North Carolina Student Power Union will convene a statewide organizing conference in Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 16 under the banner…

February 11, 2013

Austerity can’t solve crises of capitalism

Millions of workers across the United States received a rude and unpleasant jolt this January when they discovered that their…

February 8, 2013

Detroit area workers send Walmart packing

Southfield, Mich. — With over 10,500 stores worldwide, Walmart, the world’s biggest corporation, has a wealth of experience in dealing…

February 7, 2013

Rhode Island People’s Assembly meets on MLK Day

Chairperson Mary Kay Harris convened the Eighth Annual Rhode Island MLK All-Peoples Assembly on Jan. 26, by reminding those gathered…

February 7, 2013

‘Promised Land’ hits nerve with drillers

Fracking has gone Hollywood. In January the movie “Promised Land,” directed by Gus Van Sant and written by and starring…

February 7, 2013

‘Capitalism has not liberated women’

The following talk was presented by LeiLani Dowell, a WW managing editor, at the 3rd All India Women’s Conference that…

February 7, 2013

U.S. perpetuates rape culture

The following remarks were written by Elena, a youth-oriented organizer and a member of the Durham, N.C., branch of Workers…

February 7, 2013

Immigrant groups respond to new proposals

Despite the hullabaloo about the recent announcement of the possibility of bipartisan legislation to pass so-called “comprehensive immigration reform,” the…

February 6, 2013