U.S. and Canada

Bosses meet global slowdown with mass layoffs

Big business economists breathed a public sigh of relief at the announcement that the U.S. economy grew by an annual…

November 16, 2012

Why we need to demand a shorter work week

In February, the Detroit Free Press reported that the United Auto Workers union was preparing “arguments over the thirty-hour week,…

November 16, 2012

NYC Transit workers want to be paid

A 2011 study from Columbia University estimated that it would take several weeks, or longer, for the New York City…

November 16, 2012

Community, unionists march on bank to stop foreclosure

Detroit — More than 100 friends and neighbors of the Cullors family in northwest Detroit, including anti-foreclosure activists and dozens of…

November 16, 2012

Oakland, Calif., marches against police killings

Oakland, Calif. — “We just commemorated the six-month anniversary of my son’s death. I am here today to speak for…

November 15, 2012

Mumia meets with parents of Alan Blueford

Mumia Abu-Jamal met with Jeralynn Blueford and Adam Blueford, the parents of Alan Blueford, when they traveled to Pennsylvania on…

November 15, 2012

Annual march protests executions in Texas

Austin, Texas — They chanted, “Executions? Shut ‘em down! Racist courts? Shut ‘em down! Lying cops? Shut ‘em down! Sleeping…

November 15, 2012

Texas governor’s 250th execution protested

With the stick swinging the piñata at full force, the grandson of Shaka Sankofa literally knocked the head off Texas…

November 15, 2012

Revolutionary reflections on bourgeois elections

Under capitalism, especially here in the United States, so-called “democracy” serves the wealthy. Whoever wins elections, the Pentagon and weapons…

November 15, 2012

Pennsylvania environmental department fronts for frackers

For years, Pennsylvania families living near natural gas drilling activity have relied on the state’s Department of Environmental Protection to…

November 15, 2012