U.S. and Canada

‘Saving the auto industry’: Behind the political spin

Detroit — The 2009 bailout of Chrysler and General Motors has become a major campaign issue in the contest to see…

September 22, 2012

Midwest protests Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac

Some 75 housing rights activists from Chicago, Detroit and Minneapolis demonstrated in front of the Chicago regional office of Fannie…

September 22, 2012

Activists tell Pa. Gov. Corbett: ’Corporate welfare, NO! Human welfare, YES!’

“Gov. [Tom] Corbett, blood is on your hands,” charged Jeffrey Jordan, pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church, on Sept. 13.…

September 22, 2012

On the picket line

Warehouse workers on strike in Calif., Ill. Workers at warehouses in major Walmart distribution centers in California and Illinois have…

September 22, 2012

Benefit held for anti-racist Tinley Park 5

A fundraising benefit was held Sept. 14 at the Turnerdome in north Philadelphia for the Tinley Park 5, anti-racist activists…

September 20, 2012

Leslie Feinberg files for speedy jury trial

Minneapolis — Transgender lesbian activist Leslie Feinberg appeared in court in Minneapolis on Sept. 13 to face a charge of…

September 20, 2012

Unity in struggle

Minneapolis — Leslie Feinberg, center, with activists who drove from Anoka, Minn., on Sept. 13 to demonstrate their ongoing solidarity…

September 20, 2012

Minneapolis activists demonstrate: ‘You can fight City Hall!’

Minneapolis — Activists rallied against state repression at a lunchtime protest at Minneapolis City Hall on Sept. 13. Demonstrators gathered…

September 20, 2012

Solitary confinement protested in Philadelphia

A Sept. 17 Philadelphia protest to abolish solitary confinement in Pennsylvania drew more than 100 people, who listened to former…

September 20, 2012

Rally of 3,000 in NYC: Stop incarcerations & torture

The historic Riverside Church on Manhattan’s Upper West Side was filled Sept. 14 with 3,000 people — many of them…

September 20, 2012