LOS ANGELES — “I haven’t received the $350 in my bank account yet, but I am sending that amount to the Militant now in anticipation of getting it,” Los Angeles area resident Pat Nixon said Oct. 18. “The Militant is…
Nine student groups at the University of California’s Berkeley School of Law adopted bylaws in August promoted by Law Students for Justice in Palestine that ban “speakers that have expressed and continued to hold views or host/sponsor/promote events in support…
ROUYN-NORANDA, Quebec — One thousand people of all ages, including many children, marched here Sept. 23 to protest emissions of arsenic by the Horne copper smelter located in the town. The march was led by a banner that read in…
Marianas in Combat: Teté Puebla and the Mariana Grajales Women’s Platoon in Cuba’s Revolutionary War, 1956-58 by Teté Puebla is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for October. Puebla became second in command of the first all-female platoon in…
LARYMNA, Greece — A solidarity concert attended by over 250 mine and smelter workers, their families and area unionists and other supporters took place here Oct. 9, about a two-hour drive north of Athens. Larco, the largest nickel producer in…
PHILADELPHIA — Unionized graduate assistants at Temple University protested outside the school’s board of trustees meeting taking place at Charles Library here Oct. 11 demanding a new contract. The demonstration, organized by Temple University Graduate Student Assistants, American Federation of…
SAN FRANCISCO — After three days on strike, over 1,000 cooks, servers, dishwashers, baristas, lounge attendants and cashiers at San Francisco’s International Airport won a new contract Sept. 28. They got a $5 an hour wage increase over two years,…
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. — More than 200 United Steelworkers members from U.S. Steel’s Gary Works braved rain and stiff winds to send a message to the corporation’s CEO, David Burritt, who was speaking here Oct. 11 to the local chapter of…
LONDON — Just 40 days after taking office, Prime Minister Elizabeth Truss faces calls to quit from fellow Conservative Party members, following financial turmoil triggered by her government’s first budget. This heralds further assaults on jobs, wages and pensions, exacerbating…
ATLANTA — International Longshoremen’s Association Local 1410 sent out a press release announcing plans to take strike action Oct. 20 against CSA Equipment Company, which operates at the Port of Mobile, Alabama, on the Gulf of Mexico. “There is overwhelming…
