U.S. and Canada

Chicago Teachers Union president defends strike

Teachers all over the United States closely followed what happened in the one-week strike of the 26,000-strong Chicago Teachers Union,…

September 27, 2012

LGBTQ labor group commits to solidarity

Pride at Work, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer constituency group of the AFL-CIO, held its eighth convention in…

September 27, 2012

‘Redd’ Welsh releases ‘Stand with the People’

The spirit of Woody Guthrie, the working-class troubadour who popularized the struggles of poor and working people in ballad and…

September 27, 2012

Outside U.N., protest U.S. use of drones

The Pakistan USA Freedom Forum and its allies rallied for three hours at 47th Street and First Avenue across from…

September 27, 2012

End the wars abroad and at home

Sept. 17 — As of today, organizations in nearly 20 cities in North America have called demonstrations, meetings, vigils or…

September 24, 2012

Jim-Crow-era voting law protested

Hundreds of people gathered outside the Philadelphia Municipal Building on Sept. 16 for an early morning rally to oppose the…

September 24, 2012

Words blow away Pentagon smokescreen

War Without Victory, by Sara Flounders. World View Forum, 2012 (176 pages, index, bibliography), $15.95. There are times in history…

September 24, 2012

Autoworkers speak out: ‘We got a war going on’

Detroit — When you read about the auto industry in the news media, all they talk about is the “rebound” of…

September 22, 2012

‘Saving the auto industry’: Behind the political spin

Detroit — The 2009 bailout of Chrysler and General Motors has become a major campaign issue in the contest to see…

September 22, 2012

Midwest protests Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac

Some 75 housing rights activists from Chicago, Detroit and Minneapolis demonstrated in front of the Chicago regional office of Fannie…

September 22, 2012