U.S. and Canada

‘Day of Mourning’: Indigenous protest at Plymouth Rock

Hundreds of Native people and their supporters gathered in Plymouth, Mass., on Nov. 22 to commemorate the 43rd annual National…

November 29, 2012

Peltier: ‘Recapture the freedoms we’ve lost’

From greetings sent by Leonard Peltier, imprisoned leader of the American Indian Movement, to the Day of Mourning in Plymouth,…

November 29, 2012

Ohlone people protest mall

Indigenous people and their supporters gathered in Emeryville, Calif., on Nov. 23 at the site of the Emeryville Shellmound, the…

November 29, 2012

Activists protest ‘Red Dawn,’ defend People’s Korea

Demonstrators gathered in front of the Regal Stadium 13 movie theater near Times Square as the film “Red Dawn” opened…

November 28, 2012

Israel ‘Guilty,’ says Russell Tribunal on Palestine

New York — The Russell Tribunal is an International People’s Tribunal organized to bring to light Israel’s recognized violations of…

November 25, 2012

Michigan ‘emergency manager’ law defeated

Proposal 1, a ballot initiative in Michigan to reinstate Public Act 4, popularly known as the “dictator law,” was defeated…

November 25, 2012

‘Save the Berkeley post office!’

Berkeley, Calif. — When the major banks and financial institutions in this country were facing economic failure, they were quickly given…

November 25, 2012

On the picket line

Kansas Machinists strike and win better contract After Machinists (IAM) Local Lodge 639 members in Wichita, Kansas, got a load…

November 25, 2012

Coney Island suffering two weeks post-Sandy

Public housing tenants in Coney Island are facing falling temperatures by the waterfront with hardly an open store to be…

November 25, 2012

Rosa Parks Day events planned for Rhode Island

Providence, R.I. — On Saturday, Dec. 1, the Rhode Island Rosa Parks Human Rights Day Committee will hold its seventh…

November 25, 2012