U.S. and Canada

Protests decry anti-Islam film

Fifteen hundred people packed the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, Mich., for a rally on Sept. 28…

October 3, 2012

Oct. 5-7: Anti-war protests set for 30 cities

As of Sept. 26, organizations in 27 cities in North America have called demonstrations, meetings, vigils or other actions, mostly…

September 30, 2012

‘Arab summer?’

This column was transcribed from a Sept. 12 audio column from prisonradio.org. Several years ago, a new American president charmed…

September 30, 2012

What’s next after March on Wall Street South

The March on Wall Street South was a resounding success. The streets of Charlotte, N.C., vibrated and shook on Sept.…

September 29, 2012

Protest, public hearing challenge Pennsylvania solitary confinement

Philadelphia — In August 2011, Juan Mendez, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, stated that solitary confinement “may cause…

September 29, 2012

Ongoing protests target racist Pa. voter ID law

On Sept. 18, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court sent the state’s controversial voter identification (ID) law back to a lower court…

September 29, 2012

Alan Blueford supporters shut down Oakland City Council

Oakland, Calif. — The Justice for Alan Blueford (J4AB) campaign, angry and over a hundred strong, led by Alan’s family,…

September 29, 2012

Pa. guv meeting disrupted by protest

Protesters disrupted Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s “Town Hall” meeting on Sept. 19. Ten minutes into the event at the Philadelphia…

September 29, 2012

OWS free university welcomes radical ideas

In the week following Occupy Wall Street’s one-year anniversary demonstration, occupiers convened a “free university” in Madison Square Park in…

September 29, 2012

Oct. 7 action: End the wars

On the 11th Anniversary of the War on Afghanistan   END THE WARS NO to RACISM, RAIDS & REPRESSION! END…

September 27, 2012