U.S. and Canada

Organizing for Southern Workers Assembly

Charleston, S.C. — Labor leaders in Charleston, S.C., hosted a public meeting at the International Longshore Association union hall to…

August 29, 2012

‘Undocubus’ heads for North Carolina protests

Demanding immigrant rights, undocumented immigrants on a bus tour traveling through Southern states will join the protests around the Democratic…

August 29, 2012

Foreclosure moratorium needed as Bank of America gets ongoing federal bailout

The nationalization of the U.S. mortgage industry by the federal government — a takeover implemented by the Democrats and Republicans…

August 29, 2012

Actions set vs. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Minneapolis  — Anti-foreclosure and housing rights activists have called for demonstrations at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac regional offices during…

August 29, 2012

Activists gear up for March on Wall St. South

March on Wall Street South mobilizing meetings take place at the MOWSS convergence center every Monday at 7 p.m. For…

August 27, 2012

School workers fight denial of unemployment benefits

Atlanta — With each blow of the gavel, the words “Guilty, guilty, guilty!” brought the crowd to their feet, cheering…

August 27, 2012

On the picket line

Demanding workers’ rights at African American Museum Members of labor, human rights and faith communities protested at the main offices…

August 27, 2012

Caterpillar vs. Machinists: Giveback contract whets Wall St.’s appetite

With anger and tears, a narrow majority of union machinists at the Caterpillar plant in Joliet, Ill., voted on Aug.…

August 27, 2012

’We are all Asotrecol’

Activists from Detroit and Ann Arbor, Mich., came together on short notice for an emergency demonstration to support the fired,…

August 24, 2012

People’s library opens despite police repression

The Victor Martinez Community Library was opened by a group of Occupy activists in Oakland, Calif., on Aug. 13, giving…

August 23, 2012