U.S. and Canada

Native nations respond to Hurricane Sandy

Nov. 2 — “We know a tidal surge of about four to six feet came into the Reservation. We still…

November 7, 2012

Hurricane Sandy’s lesson: Profit system breeds disaster

Nov. 6 — A crisis arising out of a major natural disaster — itself rooted in climate change — tends…

November 7, 2012

New York’s railroad tunnels flooded for first time in a century

By a railroad worker Hurricane Sandy and capitalist disorganization have devastated railroads and transit lines serving New York and New…

November 5, 2012

A crisis within a crisis: Lack of response to Sandy in New Jersey

Jersey City, N.J. — Nearly a week after Hurricane Sandy struck, as cold weather sets in and a new nor’easter storm…

November 5, 2012

Workers clean up capitalist-made ‘super-storm’

New York — They are often unseen and unrecognized by the television cameras in the coverage of the devastation caused…

November 4, 2012

NYC Mayor Bloomberg talks big, but made little infrastructure progress

New York — At a news conference in 2009, New York City billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg stated that “planning for…

November 4, 2012

Boston tenants fight rent hikes, evictions

Boston — Tenants and supporters marched to the offices of Alpha Real Estate in Boston to oppose the unprecedented, forced, mass,…

November 4, 2012

Corporate criminals suppressed years of urgent warnings of climate change

The disaster known as Hurricane Sandy should have come as no surprise. Every possible warning sign had preceded it. For…

November 4, 2012

NYC protesters: Superstorm exposes capitalism

New York, Nov. 3 — The Peoples Power Movement held a protest in the center of Manhattan in front of…

November 4, 2012

Hurricane Sandy: Capitalism is the disaster, people’s power is the answer

Following is the text of the Peoples Power Assembly statement: Protest Rally & March in NYC Sat. Nov. 3 —…

November 4, 2012