U.S. and Canada

Protest at women’s prison: ‘Overcrowding equals death’

Chowchilla, Calif. — Over 400 anti-prison activists marched and rallied on country roads in front of two Chowchilla prisons on Jan.…

January 31, 2013

Solidarity with Venezuela

Ten days of actions and meetings in the United States and other countries began on Jan. 22 in solidarity with…

January 31, 2013

Billboard for Palestine

“Stop $30 billion to Israel!” Palestinians and their supporters put up a billboard with this powerful message on a busy…

January 30, 2013

Unions, parents support NYC school bus workers

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181 has been on strike since Jan. 16 against a plan by billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg and…

January 29, 2013

Campaign launched to release Lynne Stewart

The struggle to free human rights champion Lynne Stewart has become extremely urgent, as the 73-year-old attorney has been diagnosed…

January 29, 2013

Solidarity with Venezuela

Ten days of actions and meetings in the United States and other countries began on Feb. 22 in solidarity with…

January 29, 2013

Capitalism & the corporate ‘tax holiday’ — A WW youth perspective

Time magazine featured an article by Rana Foroohar on Jan. 14 entitled, “The Trillion-Dollar Homecoming,” which discussed transnational companies’ proposal for another…

January 28, 2013

Community protests as Baltimore killer cops go free

Outraged members of Baltimore's African-American community and their supporters protested on Jan. 26 against the announcement by state's attorney for…

January 28, 2013

Winner at Sundance: ‘Fruitvale’ is about police killing of Oscar Grant

African-American writer/director Ryan Coogler graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts only two years ago, but…

January 28, 2013

Signal boost the peoples’ verdict—‘Free CeCe McDonald!’

1% & its hired guns can’t suppress growing solidarity Of all the words I’ve penned over decades — as a…

January 28, 2013