U.S. and Canada

Tashi Kiya: Revolutionary theoretician, activist

Detroit — Tashi Kiya, 74, an anti-imperialist, ­anti-racist people’s fighter, made his transition on Feb. 13 after a battle with cancer.…

March 1, 2013

Honoring Harriet Tubman included in NYC women’s coalition month of events

By Dolores Cox and Sara Flounders New York -- The International Working Women’s Day Coalition, an alliance of community-based women's…

March 1, 2013

IWA calls for international actions on March 8th, International

The International Women’s Alliance (IWA) is a global alliance of grassroots-based women’s organizations, institutions, alliances, networks and individuals committed to…

March 1, 2013

Central Park 5 civil suit: Justice still denied

Another status conference pertaining to the Central Park 5 civil lawsuit against New York City and the New York Police…

February 28, 2013

Baltimore community groups sue to stop school closing

Community organizations in Baltimore have opened a struggle to keep a high school open in defiance of the city school…

February 28, 2013

Philadelphia protesters hit school privatization plans

Hundreds of students, parents, school workers and community activists protested at a meeting of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission against…

February 28, 2013

Country club workers win contract after 3-year lockout

Pleasanton, Calif. — In February 2009, 61 janitors, cooks, grounds workers and others were locked out of their jobs here by…

February 28, 2013

Black History forum: Obama, Harriet Tubman & jobs

A dynamic Black History Month forum took place Feb. 23 in the new office of the New York City branch…

February 27, 2013

Palestinian filmmaker detained at LAX

Palestinian director Emad Burnat and his family were detained and threatened with deportation by U.S. immigration officials when they arrived…

February 27, 2013

Lessons of the NYC school bus strike: Was it worth it?

The bourgeois media made a decision to portray the end of the New York City school bus union's four-week strike…

February 26, 2013