Canada conservatives push to curb civil liberties
Canadian conservatives aren't slowing down their steamroller attempt to impose legislation criminalizing dissidents.
Claudia Jones Communist, anti-racist and feminist
Paying tribute to Claudia Jones, activist and tireless fighter for working-class women.
Repressive "anti-terrorist" legislation in Canada and resistance
Conservative Party's new legislation if passed will further undermine Canadian privacy rights, civil liberties and freedom of speech.
PEGIDA: Horrors and contradictions
In Germany the ultra-right is building bases in towns and villages while the government fears any progress which threatens their austerity policy.
Germany today: People challenging new right extremists
Recent events here in Germany remind me of a playground see-saw, with constant ups and downs of one side and the other.
Five years after Haiti quake, workers still struggle
In recent discussions with export apparel workers in Port-au-Prince, the AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center found that workers pay half their daily wage on two daily meals.
Iranian workers resist as sanctions grip
The coming to power of President Hassan Rouhani was sold, both nationally and internationally, as a turning point in the politics of Iran.
Repression fails to stem mass outrage in Mexico
Police repression has failed to stop a wave of protests sweeping Mexico demanding the return of 43 kidnapped students in the state of Guerrero.
Human Rights Day spurs Iranians' call to end repression
Each year, on Dec. 10 the world remembers the day in 1948 when all nations came together in Paris to sign the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Canada's Conservative Harper continues to push for unlimited spying
Last year, the government requested information 1.2 million times (every 27 seconds), and Bill C-13 will make the situation worse.
