Join in charting new course for working class

Vol. 86/No. 17 - May 2, 2022

The bosses and their political parties — facing increasing cutthroat competition and conflict worldwide — are stepping up their assaults on working people at home and abroad. To defend their dog-eat-dog profit system, they’re driving to lower our living standards,…


25, 50, and 75 Years Ago

Vol. 86/No. 17 - May 2, 2022

May 5, 1997 STOCKHOLM — As Washington leads the imperialist drive to extend NATO into eastern and central Europe, the Swedish ruling class has become increasingly active in defending its imperialist interests in the Baltic region. Both the Social Democratic…



Quebec Molson brewery workers strike for wages and respect

Vol. 86/No. 17 - May 2, 2022

MONTREAL — Over 400 workers at the Molson-Coors brewery and distribution center here went on strike March 25. Key issues are the bosses’ inadequate wage offer, where workers would actually lose ground to inflation, and the company’s demand to impose…



Rally boosts Chevron refinery workers strike in California

Vol. 86/No. 17 - May 2, 2022
Striking United Steelworkers Local 5 members and supporters rally outside Chevron refinery in Richmond, California, April 7 in fight for safety, higher pay and hiring more workers.

RICHMOND, Calif. — Several dozen workers and their families joined striking refinery workers, members of United Steelworkers Local 5, at a picket line rally outside the Chevron refinery here April 7. The expanded picketing was part of ongoing efforts by…