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After Ferguson, police go on counterattack: Mass resistance is the answer

April 27 — The arrogant defiance and evasive obstructionism that the Baltimore police have put up in the face of…

April 29, 2015

Brooklyn tenants take to streets

Brooklyn tenants and homeowners rallied on April 9 across the street from a high-rise luxury apartment building owned by the…

April 19, 2015

Why a warming planet means game over for capitalism

Until his veto of the Keystone XL pipeline on Feb. 24, President Barack Obama had kept the entire world unsure…

April 15, 2015

Workers, community denounce move to privatize nursing homes

Freehold, N.J. -- A meeting called by the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders was held on March 24 to…

April 9, 2015

April 15 protests: Turning point for low-wage workers

Analysis This April 15 could be the largest united protest of fast food workers ever. Fast food workers, who have…

April 9, 2015

Activists demand no medical execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal

Frackville, Pa., April 3 — Car caravans carrying over 40 people travelled from Philadelphia and New York City today to…

April 5, 2015

Study exposes racism & why Black girls matter

All human life matters. But throughout U.S. history, that reality has been overshadowed by the doctrine and practice of white…

March 30, 2015

Dinah, Bett and Albany, N.Y., slave rebellion

On March 14, 1794, two young slave girls were hanged in Albany, N.Y. One was named Dinah, aged 14. The…

March 19, 2015

U.S. ranks as world’s worst in jailing women

Women are the fastest growing prison population in the U.S. due primarily to harsh sentencing for nonviolent crimes and drug…

March 12, 2015

Ferguson, Attica, Zimmerman and the capitalist state

Several judicial rulings in recent weeks demonstrate the determination of the capitalist government to shield the front-line forces of the…

March 9, 2015