U.S. and Canada

Baltimore anti-police brutality fighters refuse plea deal

Baltimore — Two representatives of the Baltimore Peoples Assembly, the Rev. Cortly “CD” Witherspoon of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference…

September 2, 2012

Baltimore vigil protests cop killing of homeless man

Representatives of the Baltimore Peoples Assembly gathered for a vigil and protest in front of the boarded-up house that Rudy…

September 2, 2012

Cops snuff out young lives

Brooklyn, N.Y. — Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. was just 13 years old when he was killed by “Robocop” Brian George…

September 2, 2012

Chicago teachers seek good contract

Since the third week of August, the Chicago Teachers Union has been practicing how to conduct a strike. About a…

September 2, 2012

New Yorkers rally for paid sick time

A rally at New York’s City Hall on Aug. 22 demanded paid sick time for workers at small businesses in…

September 2, 2012

UNAC condemns war threats against Syria, Iran

Confronted with the growing possibility of direct U.S. military intervention against Syria and open Israeli threats of an attack on…

September 2, 2012

Tijuana meeting on fight for education, public jobs

Tijuana, Mexico — The intense five days of the 9th U.S./Cuba/Mexico/Latin America Labor Conference and Seminar in Tijuana, Mexico, from…

September 2, 2012

Activists build Southern march

Charlotte, N.C. — Delegations from across the country are traveling to Charlotte, N.C. — otherwise known as Wall Street South…

August 30, 2012

Labor, racism & organizing the South

Following are edited excerpts from an Aug. 25 article by Saladin Muhammad, of the Southern International Worker Justice Campaign, entitled…

August 29, 2012

1962 and 2012 – two trips to Monroe, N.C.

Monroe, N.C. — What has changed? What has remained the same? That’s what we asked ourselves as the four of us…

August 29, 2012