U.S. and Canada

West Coast activists resist growing repression

Oakland, Calif. — Occupy activists from the Bay Area and the Pacific Northwest have been the target of arrests and FBI…

January 15, 2013

Kansas People’s Rally says ‘fight back’

Members of many progressive organizations representing those struggling for the rights of women, the LGBTQ community and immigrant rights, as…

January 15, 2013

Banks bailed out, people sold out

Two settlements were announced Jan. 7 in ongoing legal actions against the major banks for abuses in placing millions of…

January 14, 2013

Zionist state of Israel is also anti-African

Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu has praised efforts aimed at banning African migrants from entering and remaining in the state…

January 13, 2013

Guns – weapons or tools? Pointed which way?

Part 5: Haitian Revolution defeated colonial armies Under capitalism, guns — like other weapons technology — are commodities produced by…

January 13, 2013

A pardon for the Wilmington 10

On Dec. 31, outgoing North Carolina governor, Beverly Perdue, pardoned the Wilmington 10 — the Rev. Benjamin Chavis, Connie Tindall,…

January 11, 2013

Labor, youth protest right-wing governor

Raleigh, N.C. — On Jan. 5, activists gathered in Raleigh to protest the inauguration of the new ultra-right-wing Republican governor…

January 11, 2013

Chicago New Black Panther Party focuses on local issues

Chicago — The first public meeting of the newly re-established Illinois Chapter of the New Black Panther Party was held on…

January 11, 2013

As NYC mayor attacks workers: Parents stand with school bus drivers

School bus drivers and parents joined together on Jan. 6 in a rally at City Hall to demand that Mayor…

January 10, 2013

Walmart worker tells WW: Conditions are ‘very frustrating’

Angelita lives and works in a large city in the Southwest. She is the sole supporter of her two children…

January 10, 2013