Bosses at ‘assisted living’ use add on fees to boost profits

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023

Increasing numbers of older workers who have turned to assisted-living facilities for housing and care are unable to cover the huge costs and increasing “add on” fees the profit-hungry bosses impose on them. This reflects the social and moral crisis…


Kurdish teachers strike, march on Baghdad for unpaid wages

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023

Over 58,000 Kurdish teachers in Sulaimaniyah province have been on strike for back wages for more than two months in the longest teachers strike in the history of Kurdistan, putting nearly a million students out of school. More than 1,000…


Russians in NY protest Moscow’s genocidal war on Ukraine

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023
Russian emigres protest in New York Nov. 26 commemorating the Holodomor, “death by starvation,” imposed by Joseph Stalin regime that killed 4 million people in Ukraine in 1932-33.

NEW YORK — Holding signs like “Genocide by famine: The Ukrainian Holodomor, 1932-1933” and “We stand with Ukraine,” a group of largely Russian emigres gathered in Times Square here Nov. 26 to protest the famine Joseph Stalin’s counterrevolutionary regime imposed…


‘Jewish Question’ draws interest at Montreal book fair

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023

Pathfinder Press was among 650 publishing houses setting up booths at the Salon du Livre in Montreal, which was attended by some 88,000 visitors Nov. 22-26. “With all the action this week, it was a very rich experience,” said Josette…


1,300 nurses in Everett strike over safety, patients’ care

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023

EVERETT, Wash. — Some 1,300 nurses here, members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 3000, forced Providence Regional Medical Center, one of Snohomish County’s largest hospitals, back to the bargaining table after an around-the-clock strike Nov. 14-19. The company…



Health care workers win gains in fight at Kaiser

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023
Kaiser health care workers rally at Los Angeles Medical Center Oct. 6 in fight for new contract. After monthslong fight, 85,000 unionists ratified new pact with 21% pay raise over four years.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Over 85,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente have voted to ratify a contract that will raise wages for all workers by 21% over four years. The contract covers nursing assistants, pharmacy and X-ray technicians, respiratory therapists,…


Over half a million public workers strike across Quebec

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023

MONTREAL — “We don’t have enough resources to teach the students. This demonstration shows how urgent this is. We also need a real wage increase because of inflation,” striking teacher Joseph Dejustima told this Militant worker-correspondent at the start of…


The roots of Hamas lie in Hitler’s ‘final solution’

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023

Workers looking to understand why Hamas thugs and their backers in Tehran organized the systematic slaughter of over 1,200 Jews, as well as a few dozen Bedouin Arabs and immigrants, Oct. 7 will greatly benefit from a look at the…


‘Democratic’ imperialism won’t protect Jews, Israel

Vol. 87/No. 46 - December 11, 2023
Home destroyed by Tehran-backed Hamas Oct. 7 at Kfar Aza Kibbutz near Gaza border. Hamas death squads had orders to kill as many Jews — and anyone who works with Jews — as possible. Israeli war in Gaza aims to destroy Hamas’ military capability, prevent more pogroms.

Washington and other democratic imperialist governments are stepping up the pressure on the Israeli government to agree to a long-term cease-fire with Tehran-backed Hamas in Gaza. That would mean Israel abandoning its efforts to destroy Hamas, allowing the terrorists to…