By Johnnie Stevens Thousands gathered in Riceboro, Georgia, from November 3 to November 10 for the 12th annual RiceFest. The parade and festival celebrate the culture, heritage and resistance of the Gullah Geechee people, a […]
By Abayomi Azikiwe November 6 was a day in which people across the United States, and indeed the world, were watching for some indications of the future political prospects for the leading capitalist state. It […]
By Jerry Goldberg The current period of capitalist development is characterized by the imposition of austerity by the capitalist class against the working class worldwide. Austerity means the direct rule by finance capital over cities, […]
By Elena Herrada The Day of the Dead is a Mexican tradition made increasingly popular each year through globalization. One of the benefits of the North American Free Trade Agreement is migration of culture, customs, […]
By Elena Herrada The story I heard from my father was that the welfare lady knocked on the door and told my grandfather that the family would have to leave, that they were not able […]
By Cassandra Devereaux Three days after the leak of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services memo outlining its plan to narrowly define people’s sex (and gender) based on genitals at birth, another front […]
By Jason Lambert Roanoke, Virginia — The struggle for justice for Kionte Spencer exposed the entire system. It showed us in Roanoke how things really run in this system, as well as the power of […]
By Anne Pruden Two Wendy’s fast food restaurants in New York City’s West Village appeared to have more people picketing outside than they had customers inside on the rainy Saturday night of October 27. A […]
By Fighting Words staff Detroit — Some 150 people rallied October 26 at the Ruth Ellis Center in Highland Park, Michigan, for transgender rights and lives, letting it be known loud and clear: Trans people […]
By PIST-Parents to Improve School Transportation “OPT — get the kids to school on time!” people chanted at a lunch-time rally called by Parents to Improve School Transportation at New York City Hall on October […]
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