U.S. and Canada

Mumia Abu-Jamal fights life imprisonment

As activists gear up for a Sept. 14 event in New York promoting the struggle to free Mumia Abu-Jamal, the…

September 13, 2012

Leslie Feinberg stays firm: ‘Free CeCe McDonald!’

  This article uses the gender-neutral pronouns hir and ze. Leslie Feinberg, an internationally known and widely respected author, editor…

September 13, 2012

Atlanta remembers Troy Davis on Sept. 21

“We need to dismantle this unjust system …” Troy Davis had written shortly before his execution by the state of…

September 13, 2012

Demonstrate against racism in Wyandotte schools

A picket line went up in front of the Wyandotte Public Schools headquarters right outside the city of Detroit on…

September 13, 2012

Fred Hampton Sr’s 1969 assassination commemorated

Chicago — This year as every year, Comrade Mother Akua Njeri, the Prisoners of Conscience Committee, the Black Panther Party…

September 13, 2012

Students, community allies all support Chicago teachers on strike

Sept. 10 — The Chicago Teachers Union, in a just struggle for a fair contract, went out on strike during…

September 12, 2012

Obama, the Democratic Party and the working class

The Republican Party is so blatantly reactionary, so racist, so anti-immigrant, so openly hostile to women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender…

September 12, 2012

DNC street protests hit corporate polluter, demand freedom for Cuban Five

Downtown Charlotte, N.C., home to the national headquarters of Bank of America and regional headquarters of Wells Fargo, was buzzing…

September 12, 2012

Rally backs steelworkers in West Virginia

People rallied Sept. 8 in solidarity with members of Steel Workers Local 5668 of Ravenswood, W.Va., who have been on…

September 12, 2012

Anti-war protests planned across North America

The United National Anti-war Coalition has called for protest actions across the country on the anniversary of the imperialist U.S.…

September 10, 2012