U.S. and Canada

WAR ON UNIONS declared in Michigan

Lansing, Mich., Dec. 11 — As mounted State Police pepper-sprayed workers protesting outside, Michigan Gov. Rick ­Snyder wasted no time…

December 13, 2012

Holiday gifts and the shorter work week

We have heard the saying,“Business and politics don’t mix.” In fact the opposite is true. Many right-wing bills — from…

December 13, 2012

United protest wants good jobs at a fair wage

New York — Carpenters, car wash workers, college professors, janitors, fast food workers and many others came together Dec. 6 in…

December 13, 2012

Schools push students to for-profit prisons

While U.S. corporations seem unwilling to cut into their profits to provide living-wage jobs for millions of unemployed youth, for-profit…

December 13, 2012

Community protests killer cops

Philadelphia community activists organized by Free the Streets marched on Dec. 7 from 61st and Market streets, near where Derrick…

December 13, 2012

Atlanta housing activists stop foreclosure

Atlanta, Dec. 10 — Housing justice activists ratcheted up the struggle against foreclosures, evictions and homelessness by reclaiming a boarded-up, bank-owned…

December 13, 2012

Oppressed youth fight neo-fascist & police terror

Corporate media are complicit in war on youths CeCe McDonald & Anoka students tear white hood off ‘bullying.’ Part 2…

December 13, 2012

Labor mobilizes to stop Michigan ‘right-to-work’ law

A declaration of war on the entire U.S. working class and labor unions Lansing, Mich., Dec. 11 — Michigan Gov.…

December 11, 2012

Proposal for general strike circulates in Michigan

Only hours after the Michigan Legislature voted in favor of a union busting “right to work” law on Dec. 6,…

December 10, 2012

FBI closes case on Sikh temple massacre

The FBI recently confirmed what it has stated all along: Wade Michael Page acted alone. Page, a white supremacist associated…

December 9, 2012