U.S. and Canada

Nat’l People’s Assembly decries police terror, lack of jobs

Baltimore — There was excitement in the air as people gathered in Baltimore on Dec.15 for the first National People’s Power…

December 20, 2012

Right-wing continues attacks on Michigan workers, oppressed

Since the passage of “right-to-work” legislation in Michigan on Dec. 11, unions and community organizations have vowed to continue their…

December 20, 2012

U.S. surge in police and neo-fascist lynchings

Oppressed have right to fight ‘by any means necessary’, part 3   An “unwritten law” in the U.S. “dictates that…

December 20, 2012

On the picket line

Pickets continue for low-wage food workers In Manhattan on Dec. 14, labor activists picketed Capital Grille, a chain owned by…

December 20, 2012

Sandy Hook tragedy: Its roots go deeper than guns

Most people find it unconscionable that anyone would deliberately harm a child. In fact, most would have the same reaction…

December 19, 2012

Gala to honor IAC and its founder, Ramsey Clark

New York -- An exciting Jan. 12 gala is being organized by supporters of the International Action Center to honor…

December 19, 2012

Protests follow Cleveland police shooting spree

Cleveland — Police shootings of unarmed Black “suspects” are sadly all too common nationwide. But firing 137 bullets to stop a…

December 19, 2012

Another racist vigilante slaying

Jordan Russell Davis was with friends in an SUV listening to music in a gas station in Jacksonville, Fla., over…

December 19, 2012

NYC struggle over racist subway ads

New York — When the far-right blogger Pamela Geller collaborated with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in September to run a series…

December 19, 2012

Still suffering from Sandy

Thousands of people living in New York City’s Far Rockaway and Staten Island areas are still without heat, hot water…

December 19, 2012