Workers behind bars are among those being hit hardest by COVID-19. One in five state and federal prisoners in the U.S. has tested positive for the virus, a rate over four times higher than in the general population. In some…
For the past few months thousands of workers at state-owned iron ore, coal and uranium mines in Ukraine have been involved in a series of protests, including strikes, work-to-rule actions and underground sit-ins, over nonpayment of months of wages and…
Some 100 Moroccan workers ended a 10-day underground occupation at the Jebel Aouam mine near M’rirt in Khenifra province Dec. 21 after Touissit Mining bosses agreed to rejoin talks on improving workers’ wages and conditions. The sit-in, backed by another…
This article by Abel Prieto appeared in the Dec. 4 issue of the Cuban daily Granma, with the headline “Culture and Revolution.” Prieto is director of Casa de las Américas, a renowned Cuban cultural institution. Prieto, an author, was the…
The Spanish edition of Capitalism’s World Disorder: Working Class Politics at the Millennium by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party, is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for December. The book explains the economic and political…
January 8, 1996 LAWRENCE, Massachusetts — “Everyone knew it was a time bomb waiting to go off,” Pedro Bares, a production worker from the apparel division, described the fire that consumed the Malden Mills textile plant December 11. Thirty workers…
A spreading second wave of government-ordered lockdowns on production, retail, restaurants and other stores is worsening the crisis conditions inflicted on working people by the bosses and their governments. Small shopkeepers are being crushed and mass unemployment is deepening competition…
Workers and our unions need to raise the banner of fighting to shorten the workweek to 30 hours without a single penny cut from take-home pay. This can prevent layoffs and keep millions of fellow workers on the job. Winning…
The pro-imperialist opposition led by Juan Guaidó that’s seeking to overthrow the government of Nicolás Maduro lost control of the legislature in elections held Dec. 6. Guaidó, with the backing of U.S. imperialism, had declared himself president in January 2019.…
After a spirited two-day strike by 200 nurses at Montefiore Health System’s hospital in New Rochelle Dec. 1 and 2, the New York State Nurses Association and the bosses are back at the negotiating table. Front and center is the…
