California

Sign with Sonya Massey's face reads "Stop killing us"

Police once again showed their true colours on July 6, shooting in the face and killing 36-year-old Black mother, Sonya Massey, in her home in Springfield, Illinois, reports Malik Miah.

protesters outside Congress in Washington DC

United Auto Workers leader Shawn Fain is being targeted because of his union's stance against Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza and support for divestment and a just transition for workers in the war industry, reports Malik Miah.

cannabis pipe

The US state of Maryland made history when it legalised cannabis in a constitutional referendum on July 1, last year. The state took a further step on June 17, pardoning 175,000 cannabis convictions, reports Malik Miah.

picture of starbucks workers holding signs

The United States Supreme Court sided with international coffee chain Starbucks on June 13 in a decision that will make it easier for companies to sack union organisers, reports Malik Miah.

young protesters

Malik Miah argues that racism lives on in California, echoing its history as a 'free state' during slavery.

map of settler violence

While opposing Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza, we should not forget another aspect of Israel’s genocidal project: the growing violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, argues Barry Sheppard.

unionists with signs

There were early signs of a victory for unionisation at Mercedes-Benz's Alabama factory in the United States, when more than two-thirds of the workers signed cards supporting a ballot for unionisation. But in a setback for the United Auto Workers' drive, the vote went against the union by 56% to 44%. Malik Miah looks at the reasons why.

student encampments and staff picketing

Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah argue that Israel will fail in its military objectives in Gaza because of the Palestinian people’s resistance, which is buttressed by an growing anti-war movement in the United States and the condemnation of the world’s majority.

protest on university campus

Students are occupying university campuses in the United States to oppose Israel's genocidal war on Gaza and as repression of pro-Palestinian student and faculty voices grows, reports Barry Sheppard. Are we seeing a new wave of student radicalisation?

damage from a container ship collision with a bridge

Malik Miah looks at the "profits before safety" failings behind the collision that caused the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland to collapse, killing six maintenance workers.

woman with placard

In the United States, Arizona’s Supreme Court effectively banned all abortions, except to save a woman’s life, on April 10, after dusting off an 1864 law. But abortion rights activists are fighting back, reports Barry Sheppard.

pro-palestine woman protester

As a ground assault on Rafah still looms, United States President Joe Biden’s “get tough” stance towards Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu is not convincing populations in the US and the Middle East, report Barry Sheppard and Malik Miah.