U.S. and Canada

Baltimore event supports ‘OUR Walmart’ workers

Editor’s note: It was announced Jan. 31 that the OUR Walmart campaign will stop picketing Walmart locations for at least…

February 2, 2013

Resistance proves irrepressible—‘Free CeCe!’

Help deliver peoples’ verdict, part 2 CeCe McDonald survived a racist, transphobic attack by a group of neofascists, who attacked…

February 2, 2013

Conference strategizes to ‘Free Mumia’

Philadelphia — United around the goal “Mumia, Free in 4!” — meaning his release in four years — dedicated activists…

January 31, 2013

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