It is being billed as the largest immigration protest since the mass demonstrations of 2006. In immigrant neighborhoods nationwide the expectation ahead of Sunday’s march in Washington, D.C., was palpable. In New York, immigrants gathered days before the protest to paint signs with messages like “Obama, keep your promise.” Popular... » read this article

People from all over the country are organizing to converge on Washington, D.C., to demand the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan and Iraq. On Saturday, March 20, 2010, there will be a massive National March & Rally in D.C. A day of action and outreach in... » read this article

For the first time in the University of California history, the UC Berkeley Student Senate has approved a bill to divest from two US companies in response to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and to Israel’s siege and bombardment of the Gaza Strip. The Senate bill directs both the UC Regents and... » read this article

Labor unions are flexing their muscle this month in scores of protests against the country's largest banks, which are lobbying heavily to influence financial overhaul legislation. Unions will hold roughly 200 events by March 26 aimed at Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Wells... » read this article

WASHINGTON- In an attempt to further pressure EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to enforce the Clean Water Act and halt mountaintop removal coal mining (MTR), activists early this morning erected two 20-foot-tall, purple tripod structures in front of the agency's headquarters. A pair of activists perched at the top of the... » read this article

This coming Sunday, March 21, thousands of immigrants and their allies from unions, community and faith based organizations will converge on the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. to call for the passage of comprehensive immigration reform. A progressive immigration reform that protects the rights of both immigrant and U.S. born... » read this article

Come Home, America a national network of Americans from across the political spectrum is forming on the 7th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq to oppose U.S. war and Empire. “After 7 years of the Iraq war, 8 years of war in Afghanistan and in the midst of a ‘Long... » read this article

Los Angeles filmmaker and environmental educator Dave Chameides traveled to Haiti two weeks after the earthquake as part of a camera crew for a documentary being made about the humanitarian organization Partners in Health. He talked to Cindy Kaffen about what he saw. WHY DID you go to Haiti? THE... » read this article

Participants in a 260-mile trek from Bakersfield to Sacramento attended a rally at Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park as part of the “March for California’s Future” to highlight how budget cuts have forced the closure of state parks throughout California. Marchers reached Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park after walking almost... » read this article

MONTREAL—Algonquin hip-hop artist Samian raps about the realities of life on First Nations reserves in Quebec. With a growing following on reserves and in Quebec's cities, he's also struck a chord with hip-hop communities everywhere. Exploding the classic political binary of Quebec's two solitudes, Samian raps about Indigenous people and... » read this article

Hundreds of students rallied here at the Federal Plaza Wednesday in a "National Coming Out of the Shadows Day" for comprehensive immigration reform. The rally was followed by 1,000 people marching throughout the streets of Chicago chanting, "No papers, no fears, immigrants are marching here!" Undocumented and unafraid, youth at... » read this article

FORT FRANCES, ONTARIO: Gene Stoltzfus 1940-2010 – PRESENTE! Wednesday, 10 March, Christian Peacemaker Team’s founding director Gene Stoltzfus died of a heart attack in Fort Frances, Ontario while bicycling near his home on the first spring-like day of the year. He is survived by his wife Dorothy Friesen and many... » read this article

The National Farmers Union Youth say we must increase the number of young farmers in Canada. "Between 1991 and 2006 the number of farmers under 35-years-old decreased by over 60 percent," says Kalissa Regier, a 31-year-old organic grain farmer.  That's a trend that Regier and other young farmers gathered in... » read this article

Billion dollar refineries are closed in one part of the world, while others open elsewhere. This is the craziness of the global capitalist economy. It wastes huge amounts of material and human resources, whereas these same resources could be used in a global plan to develop the economy in way... » read this article

Today, FDL launches its Students Not Banks campaign, with a petition calling on Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and members of Congress to pass student loan reform quickly through reconciliation. One of President Obama’s most ambitious plans for both education and the budget was the transition from a system of government... » read this article

THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD: Rekindling the Radical Imagination The ongoing capitalist crisis generated high hopes that the parties and social movements of the Left, both in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world, would be re-energized. So far this has not happened. The Left remains fractured and confused, drifting away... » read this article

Enough is enough! It’s time we up the ante and demand that our voices be heard and heeded. It’s time that the logical and rational voices of reason get a Peace of the Action. While the wars in Central Asia and the Middle East rage hotter and hotter, and while... » read this article

When it comes to local food, supply and demand aren’t always in sync. Many Bay Area shoppers still lack convenient access to affordable local food while many farmers struggle to expand their markets, even as awareness of the value of their products continues to grow. And while traditional farmers markets... » read this article

The student activism yesterday in the "Day of Action" serves as one powerful example of what Civic Revolution is about. Yesterday, March 4, students, teachers, faculty, campus workers and community members are made their voices heard--in California and around the country. They're taking a stand against the ongoing attack on... » read this article

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