U.S. and Canada

Jim Ricks: Lover of life, soldier for socialism

James Frederick Ricks came from rusty, dusty Lackawanna, N.Y., once a steel town near Buffalo. He became a New Yorker…

July 18, 2012

Heat waves, global warming & capitalist politics

Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana has not had much to say about the current deadly heat wave that has swept…

July 18, 2012

Pennsylvania fracking moratorium:
Only for the 1%

Philadelphia — With the stroke of a pen, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett exempted the state’s wealthiest counties from the direct…

July 18, 2012

Workers still hot at ‘Hot & Crusty’

Workers at Hot & Crusty restaurant picket each Thursday (shown here on July 5) to reinforce their position as negotiations…

July 18, 2012

Union defends locked-out Con Ed workers

New York — Con Edison, the utility company that supplies electricity, gas and steam to New York City and Westchester…

July 18, 2012

Police evict elementary school occupation

Oakland, Calif. - The city of Oakland, Calif., and its school district somehow found the funds to order a police…

July 18, 2012

School workers fight unemployment cut-off

Atlanta — An estimated 65,000 school workers in Georgia — from unionized bus drivers to food service workers employed by…

July 18, 2012

Detroit financial crisis continues

Detroit — If a legal challenge to the so-called “Financial Stability Agreement” is not dropped by Detroit’s Law Department, the…

July 18, 2012

Rhode Islanders fight to stop eviction

The Rhode Island Tenants and Homeowners Association and Rhode Island Peoples Assembly rallied at the home of Joann Manning in…

July 18, 2012

‘Occupy Solidarity’ heads through U.S. to Cuba

Following a struggle at the border crossing between British Colombia, Canada, and Washington state, the 23rd Pastors for Peace Friendshipment…

July 18, 2012