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Hundreds of anti-racists rallied and marched in central London last Saturday in protest against racism and injustice.

Detroit, I Do Mind Dying, by Dan Georgakas and Marvin Surkin, paints a marvellous portrait of a great industrial city pulsating with working class revolt.

Around 100 people protested at the US embassy in London yesterday, Tuesday, demanding justice for Trayvon Martin.

Protests have spread across the US following the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case last Saturday. 

The US is refusing to stop the force-feeding of 45 Guantanamo detainees through the annual Muslim fast of Ramadan. The men are among 106 detainees who are on hunger strike in protest at being held in the prison for years without trial. 

Medea Benjamin of the anti-war campaign Codepink says the tide is starting to turn for social justice activists

Hundreds of fast food and retail workers in the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, went on strike last week.

It is “indisputable” that the US government used torture after 11 September 2001—and top officials are ultimately to blame.

The police manhunt for the people who planted the Boston bombs targeted two brothers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. 

North Korea recently issued a “No.1 combat readiness alert” announcing that the “North and South are at war”. Leader Kim Jong-un also put his strategic missile units on standby for launch.

Almost 50 people have been arrested in Brooklyn, New York, after attending a peace vigil in memory of 16 year old Kimani Gray.

US politicians agreed a deal on the economy last week amid panic that failure to do so would lead to economic disaster.