The editors of the New York Times and other liberal meritocrats view the capitalist leaders of the European Union as “cultured” and “brights” like they consider themselves. They see the EU as a model of what they call the “rules-based…
State Department official Alice Wells met with Taliban representatives in Doha, Qatar, in mid-July to pave the way for one-on-one Washington-Taliban talks aimed at ending the 17-year-long Afghanistan war. The administration of Donald Trump would like to wind down the…
NEW YORK — Four years after New York police officer Daniel Pantaleo put a chokehold on Eric Garner and killed him outside a Staten Island beauty supply store, the city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board said it will hold disciplinary hearings…
NEW YORK — Over 170 people gathered at the New York State Nurses Association hall here July 27 to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada Barracks, the opening of Cuba’s revolutionary war. “This action marked a…
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — “What do we want? The right to choose! When do we want it? Now!” chanted hundreds demonstrating outside City Hall here July 7. The youthful rally, organized by Alliance for Choice and Rally for Choice, was…
When the Russian government announced plans to raise the retirement age for workers on the eve of the World Cup, it hoped this would be drowned out by the football euphoria. But the proposal provoked widespread anger and protests across…
Conditions leading to widespread protests against the government of President Daniel Ortega this year have been in the making for more than a decade. It was an explosion of pent-up grievances against what many working people and middle-class layers in…
BOSTON — “If we stay strong we will get what we want,” United Steelworkers Local 12003 President Joe Kirylo told 1,500 locked-out Steelworkers and their supporters who marched from City Hall to a spirited rally at the Massachusetts Statehouse here…
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Some 100 silver miners and their supporters gathered outside the Hecla bosses’ corporate headquarters here July 20 to show support for the ongoing strike by United Steelworkers Local 5114. The workers have been on strike at…
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — “When nurses’ rights are under attack, stand up, fight back!” several thousand nurses, other health care workers and supporters chanted as they marched through the central city here July 12. The demonstration was one of many…
