U.S. and Canada

Community meets to condemn killer cops

It was a meeting held against all odds. Hurricane Sandy had just swept up the Eastern seaboard. Public transit was…

November 8, 2012

Racist cops protested in Philadelphia

Community members protested outside a Fraternal Order of Police benefit in Philadelphia on Oct. 28.  One sign read, “The FOP…

November 8, 2012

Six hospital evacuations in NY-NJ

Capitalist priorities intensify storm crisis The storm that hit the U.S. East Coast Oct. 29 exposed the harm done by…

November 7, 2012

Native nations respond to Hurricane Sandy

Nov. 2 — “We know a tidal surge of about four to six feet came into the Reservation. We still…

November 7, 2012

Hurricane Sandy’s lesson: Profit system breeds disaster

Nov. 6 — A crisis arising out of a major natural disaster — itself rooted in climate change — tends…

November 7, 2012

New York’s railroad tunnels flooded for first time in a century

By a railroad worker Hurricane Sandy and capitalist disorganization have devastated railroads and transit lines serving New York and New…

November 5, 2012

A crisis within a crisis: Lack of response to Sandy in New Jersey

Jersey City, N.J. — Nearly a week after Hurricane Sandy struck, as cold weather sets in and a new nor’easter storm…

November 5, 2012

Workers clean up capitalist-made ‘super-storm’

New York — They are often unseen and unrecognized by the television cameras in the coverage of the devastation caused…

November 4, 2012

NYC Mayor Bloomberg talks big, but made little infrastructure progress

New York — At a news conference in 2009, New York City billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg stated that “planning for…

November 4, 2012

Boston tenants fight rent hikes, evictions

Boston — Tenants and supporters marched to the offices of Alpha Real Estate in Boston to oppose the unprecedented, forced, mass,…

November 4, 2012