U.S. and Canada

Protests hit poverty wages

As part of a national day of action against poverty wages, over a hundred low-wage workers and their supporters took…

August 1, 2012

March on Wall Street South builds

Charlotte, N.C. - Organizing for the March on Wall Street South is going full speed ahead in Charlotte and across…

July 29, 2012

Struggle grows to stop eviction by Fannie Mae

Save Jennifer Britt’s Detroit home   Home foreclosures and evictions are still plaguing people throughout the United States. Since 2007,…

July 29, 2012

Victories amidst attacks on reproductive rights

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit July 17 filed by seven state attorneys general that sought to block the birth…

July 29, 2012

Restaurant workers get support

A strong, multinational protest took place on July 19 in front of the Capital Grille on East 42nd Street, a…

July 29, 2012

Voter ID laws aim to disenfranchise

Philadelphia - It is being called the new “poll tax” levied as a requirement for voting in parts of the…

July 27, 2012

Entrenching racism: the repeal of N.C.’s Racial Justice Act

North Carolina has a long history of violence and racism, from public hangings at the turn of the 20th century…

July 27, 2012

African Americans and the war at home

When wars are declared, enemies are designated to justify them, whether for real, imagined, opportunistic or fabricated reasons. Actions such…

July 27, 2012

‘Justice 4 Alan Blueford’ campaign gears up

Oakland, Calif. - The “Justice 4 Alan Blueford” campaign went into high gear during mid-July, culminating in the family receiving…

July 26, 2012

‘Jobs not jails!’

On July 17, protesters were stopped from marching to the gates of Graterford Prison, outside of Philadelphia, by police, who…

July 25, 2012