U.S. and Canada

Union response to sequester

The first response to the threat facing government workers from the ­sequester was from the American Federation of Govern­ment Employees.…

March 8, 2013

Between Quvenzhané and a hard place

Taken from a Feb. 27, 2013, audio column from prisonradio.org.   Never let it be said that I don't have…

March 7, 2013

Emergency action called for two women political prisoners in U.S.

Following are excerpts from an International Action Center news release announcing a press conference for Friday, March 8, International Women’s…

March 7, 2013

Sequester means Europe-style austerity plan

Using an obscure, impersonal term — “sequester” — U.S. finance capital is trying to put over European-style, across-the-board budget cuts…

March 7, 2013

Rebel Diaz Art Collective evicted in South Bronx

New York City police and federal marshals raided the Rebel Diaz Artists Collective (RDACBX) in the South Bronx on Feb.…

March 7, 2013

Philadelphia judge acquits cop who beat woman

Philadelphia  — March, a month dedicated to working women worldwide, began in this city with a demonstration at City Hall in…

March 7, 2013

Seattle resisters released

Seattle  — On Feb. 28, anti-corporate activists Katherine “Kteeo” Olejnik and Matthew Duran were released from the Sea-Tac Federal Detention Center…

March 7, 2013

From Alabama to Michigan, Black vote is under attack

Forty-eight years after passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Supreme Court is currently deliberating about the historic…

March 6, 2013

Sexism, class society and the Oscars

The following article is based on a talk given by Monica Moorehead, a WW managing editor and WWP Secretariat member,…

March 6, 2013

Manning proudly admits to exposing U.S. war crimes’

Pvt. B. Manning read a 35-page statement to a court-martial session at Fort Meade, Md., on Feb. 28, in which…

March 6, 2013