U.S. and Canada

Fred Hampton Sr’s 1969 assassination commemorated

Chicago — This year as every year, Comrade Mother Akua Njeri, the Prisoners of Conscience Committee, the Black Panther Party…

September 13, 2012

Students, community allies all support Chicago teachers on strike

Sept. 10 — The Chicago Teachers Union, in a just struggle for a fair contract, went out on strike during…

September 12, 2012

Obama, the Democratic Party and the working class

The Republican Party is so blatantly reactionary, so racist, so anti-immigrant, so openly hostile to women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender…

September 12, 2012

DNC street protests hit corporate polluter, demand freedom for Cuban Five

Downtown Charlotte, N.C., home to the national headquarters of Bank of America and regional headquarters of Wells Fargo, was buzzing…

September 12, 2012

Rally backs steelworkers in West Virginia

People rallied Sept. 8 in solidarity with members of Steel Workers Local 5668 of Ravenswood, W.Va., who have been on…

September 12, 2012

Anti-war protests planned across North America

The United National Anti-war Coalition has called for protest actions across the country on the anniversary of the imperialist U.S.…

September 10, 2012

Boston-area school bus drivers: Anatomy of a union victory

Boston — The bus drivers of Eastern Bus Co. have won the right to join militant Local 8751 of the…

September 6, 2012

Derrick Duncan: Jamaican immigrant & revolutionary

It’s tragic when a person in his 40s dies suddenly of a mysterious illness. But it’s especially tragic when he…

September 6, 2012

Court re-charges transgender author Leslie Feinberg for action supporting CeCe McDonald

Editor’s note: A campaign has been initiated to demand that the Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office drop the charges against Leslie…

September 6, 2012

On the picket line

Steelworkers on strike in West Virginia When bosses at Constellium Aluminum refused to budge from a lousy five-year contract, the…

September 6, 2012