Today we celebrate May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, a holiday celebrated by working people worldwide. This day began in commemoration of the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago, where police fired upon workers striking for an eight-hour-day. Since… Read More ›
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: On May Day, as millions of people around the world celebrate workers’ rights, a coalition of grassroots immigrant rights activists, anti-war organizations, rank and file workers and community members are calling on Chicago to march! We march… Read More ›
The Emergency Financial Manager for the city of Benton Harbor has stripped power from all elected officials of the city in a move sure to make citizens believe they voted to shatter any illusions of democracy. The Governor of Michigan,… Read More ›
Barring a last minute agreement, the federal government will shutdown all services it deems “non-essential” on April 9th, making this the first time such a shutdown has occurred since 1995. While the Republican legislators, in particular the Tea Party faction,… Read More ›
Officials from Serbia and Kosovo met in Brussels last week for a second round of negotiations aimed at establishing a formal relationship. Because of the potential for the talks to be politically fraught, negotiators have agreed to limit themselves to… Read More ›
Another “Humanitarian Bombing” – First Yugoslavia, Now Libya President Barack Obama has now made the exact same speech Bill Clinton made on network news back in 1999 – promising “no ground forces” in the next American-led war of aggression. U.N…. Read More ›
The International Action Center calls on all anti-war and social justice activists to call Emergency Response STOP THE U.S. WAR AGAINST LIBYA AND BAHRAIN actions in their areas on Friday, March 18 or Saturday, March 19, or to mobilize support… Read More ›
From The Nation: The UN Security Council on Thursday authorised the use of “all necessary measures” to protect civilians in Libya, paving the way for air and naval attacks against the forces of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi as he vowed to… Read More ›
TUNIS // For years, Hamma Hammami’s chief concern was staying out of a Tunisian jail. Today, it is fielding non-stop phone calls from local and international media. “The fact that we spoke against Ben Ali gives us credibility,” said Mr… Read More ›
On Sunday, Walker said he would not back down in his confrontation with the public sector unions and repeated his threat to lay off state workers if the standoff continues. “If we do not get these changes and the Senate… Read More ›
Wisconsin Protests Draw Thousands Of Workers Fighting For Key Union Rights MADISON, Wis. — On Friday, February 11, at the same hour that the world watched the former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak resign his post, the newly appointed Republican Governor… Read More ›
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker made the dramatic announcement on the morning of 11 February that he is prepared to call in the Wisconsin National Guard to respond if there is any unrest among state employees. In the wake of his… Read More ›
President Obama’s 2012 budget, set to be released on Monday, will propose cutting $2.5 billion from a $5 billion program that provides home heating aid for the poor, according to the National Journal. A perennial budget target, the Low-Income Home… Read More ›
For Immediate Release The January unemployment figures have been released. We believe that they will be slightly lower than before, and that the Obama Administration will be using this to say that their policies are working. However, there is a… Read More ›
There is a Middle Eastern state that repeatedly disobeys United Nations directives issued to it. This state has weapons of mass destruction and violates its neighbor’s borders on a routine basis. When it does, it commits ethnic cleansing and the… Read More ›
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