After months of intensive campaigning and then four days of visits telling him goodbye, Jeff Wood’s family began screaming and jumping up and down with joy around 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 21 when attorneys for Wood told them the federal court had issued a stay of execution and the state of Texas would not try to appeal the ruling.

Thank you, Recreate ’68, for inviting me to join your efforts in Denver to practice democracy in the shadows of the empire.

Aug. 21 marked the 37th anniversary of the assassination of Black Panther leader and political prisoner, George Jackson, in San Quentin Prison by prison guards.

Colombia is the most dangerous country in the world for labor leaders. However, very little is known about the judicial system and the lawyers who defend the victims of human rights abuses.

On Aug. 21, about 70 protesters challenged the “Fair to Remember” event at the Michigan State Fairgrounds in Detroit that marked the 60th anniversary of the founding of the U.S.-backed Israeli settler state.

Denver police have used violence and mass arrests in an attempt to silence dissent during the Democratic National Convention. However, organizers and activists have put the city and police on notice that their intimidation tactics will not work.

A series of rallies, marches, teach-ins and cultural events have taken place in the first two days of people’s resistance to the Democratic Party during its national convention in Denver.

Nearly two months after the runoff presidential elections in the Republic of Zimbabwe, a new Parliament has been convened amid stalled talks over the formation of a government of national unity.

Both the McCain and Obama campaigns have made “winning in Afghanistan” a campaign issue.

The Bush administration is making believe that it is in control in Iraq.

On Aug. 21 the U.S. Chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, or BAYAN USA, an alliance of 12 Filipino organizations in the United States, condemned the U.S.-backed Arroyo regime’s initiatives to engage and derail a so-called “peace process” with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

Aside from wanting to find out as much of what can be known about the current capitalist crisis, the question on the minds of all who are interested in the prospects for opening up the class struggle is “Will U.S. workers fight back?”

The nominating conventions of the two major parties representing the imperialist ruling class of the United States—the Democrats and the Republicans—are coming up. Massive demonstrations on the most important issues affecting the people of this country and the world will coincide with, and in some cases directly challenge, these conventions.

Sharply higher food prices are not making headlines as much as the high price of gas and oil, but are squeezing working people’s budgets all the same.

On July 14, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, charged President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan with genocide and crimes against humanity. The Sudanese government has declared it will never hand over any of its citizens for trial in a foreign court.

“Enough is enough” was a recurring theme as 800 Chrysler workers and their supporters rallied outside the corporation’s headquarters on Aug. 14 to protest the latest attack on their livelihoods.

Millions of people in the U.S. are facing foreclosure; some 8,500 workers lose their homes each day, largely due to predatory subprime loans.

* Tinker Bell arrested at Disneyland
* L.A. mandates day-laborer centers
* Two strikes averted
* Support American Idol workers
* Nursing home workers win 6-month strike
* Labor solidarity with Colombian, Gulf Coast workers

The recently formed Constituent Assembly of Nepal has made history with the election of Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda as the country’s prime minister