New ‘Till’ film misses real story of fight to overturn Jim Crow

Vol. 87/No. 2 - January 9, 2023
Some 250,000 filed by Emmett Till’s 1955 Chicago funeral, helping fuel fight against Jim Crow nationwide. Till’s mother, Mamie, spent years protesting acquittal of two racists who killed him.

“Till,” 2022, a film directed by Chinonye Chukwu, written by Michael Reilly, Keith Beauchamp, and Chinonye Chukwu, starring Danielle Deadwyler. BY ILONA GERSH If you want to learn about the powerful movement that ended the brutal Jim Crow system of…


Nurses strike Sutter Health hospitals over wages, staffing

Vol. 87/No. 2 - January 9, 2023

OAKLAND, Calif. — Registered nurses hit the picket lines Christmas Eve in front of Sutter Health hospitals here and in Berkeley, launching a nine-day strike. The 1,800 members of the California Nurses Association voted to go on strike because the…


25, 50 and 75 years ago

Vol. 87/No. 2 - January 9, 2023

January 12, 1998 The recent actions by immigration authorities seizing hundreds of workers at factories in Georgia for deportations deserve condemnation. These arrests are aimed at dividing working people and intimidating undocumented workers who try to resist the bosses’ attacks…


Jordan: Truckers strike against fuel price increases

Vol. 87/No. 2 - January 9, 2023

Truck drivers in Jordan, above, ended a 17-day strike Dec. 19, after six members of parliament promised that their demands for lower fuel prices and cancellation of a special tax on fuel derivatives would be met. But some workers said…


Oregon governor ends death penalty, botched executions spread

Vol. 87/No. 2 - January 9, 2023

On Dec. 13 outgoing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown commuted the death sentences of all 17 prisoners sentenced to be executed in the state. “I have long believed that justice is not advanced by taking a life, and the state should…


Titles on politics, history draw at Montreal Book Fair

Vol. 87/No. 2 - January 9, 2023

MONTREAL — There was increased interest in books about working-class and revolutionary history and politics at the Pathfinder booth at the Nov. 23-27 annual Montreal Book Fair. Volunteers from Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and New York City sold 138 books and…



Capitalist crisis fuels stagflation: prices rise as recession bites

Vol. 87/No. 1 - January 2, 2023
South African public workers protest in Pretoria Nov. 22 on “National Day of Action,” demanding 10% wage raise to cover rising prices. Similar actions are taking place worldwide.

With prices continuing to rise alongside growing numbers of layoffs, working people face the beginning of what could be an extended period of “stagflation” — a combination of increased prices and falling capitalist production, trade and jobs. The impact of…


Starbucks workers go on strike, advance fight for a union

Vol. 87/No. 1 - January 2, 2023

ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Strikers picketed the Starbucks here Dec. 16-18 as part of a three-day national work stoppage, organized by Starbucks Workers United at some 100 of the company’s shops, demanding union recognition and negotiations for a contract. According…


Nurses, rail, postal workers go on strike across the UK

Vol. 87/No. 1 - January 2, 2023
Nurses picket Royal Marsden Hospital in London Dec. 15, one of a series of nationwide work stoppages aimed at beating back low wages, effects of inflation and eroding work conditions.

LONDON — Rail workers, postal workers, ambulance drivers and nurses are joining in nationwide union work stoppages to fight declining real wages, job cuts and eroding conditions of work, and they’re winning support from other workers. Ten thousand members of…