Vol. 78/No. 41      November 17, 2014

News articles

• Burkina Faso: Protests depose hated president
Open toilers’ battle for political space
• ‘NY Times’ puts focus on rulers’ Cuba policy debate
• Party-Building Fund gets boost from subscription drive success
• Garment workers in Bangladesh fight plant closing, build union
• Iraqi Kurdish troops join Syrian Kurds in Kobani battle
• Rallies worldwide back Kurds’ defense of Kobani (photo box)
• UN condemns US embargo of Cuba for 23rd straight year
• Cubans ‘first to respond’ to call to fight Ebola (photo box)
• Fight against killer cops in UK ‘not going away’
• Ottawa uses ‘terrorism’ to take aim at workers’ rights
• Australia rally protests deportations of asylum seekers
• Who are the Cuban Five?
• LA-area grocery workers demand a contract, respect
• Movers in Illinois strike in fight for first contract
• Phone workers in New England walk off the job over concessions
• Howard University workers rally against job outsourcing
• Locked-out uranium workers fault Honeywell for toxic gas leak
• Calif. farmworkers fight bosses’ union-busting drive
• Postal unions plan National Day of Action Nov. 14