October 4, 1999 VERNON, British Columbia — “The most significant thing that has been accomplished has been everything regarding affection and solidarity between us,” stated Alcides López, representative of the Cuban Ministry of Agriculture. López was part of a delegation…
In a contradictory verdict, a jury in Tampa, Florida, decided Sept. 12 that Omali Yeshitela, the leader of the African People’s Socialist Party, and Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel, both members of the support group UHURU, were not guilty of…
The brutal effects of the U.S. rulers’ six-decades-long economic, trade and financial war against the Cuban people deserve the condemnation of working people everywhere. Our unions should demand the immediate and unconditional end to the embargo, as well as Washington’s…
RENTON, Wash. — A major showdown has erupted between some 33,000 workers, organized by International Association of Machinists District Lodge 751, and Boeing, one of two major producers of commercial airplanes worldwide. The Machinists shut down production Sept. 13 after…
Women and the Cuban Revolution is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for September. It includes speeches and documents by Fidel Castro, the central leader of Cuba’s socialist revolution; Vilma Espín, the founding leader of the Federation of Cuban…
MONTREAL — An unprecedented yearlong “free speech” frame-up trial of Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, two spokespersons for the 2022 truckers’ Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa, ended Sept. 13. Justice Heather Perkins-McVey has six months to deliver her verdict. If…
I really got a lot out of the feature article in the Sept. 2 issue of the Militant, “Forging a proletarian party in the class struggle today: Socialist Workers Party uses Marxist program and party’s experiences to set course.” I…
In a path-setting victory, for the first time the 28,000 flight attendants at American Airlines will be paid for time spent boarding passengers as part of a new contract voted up Sept. 12. It was one of the Association of…
MONTREAL — Two busloads of locked-out members of the Confederation of National Trade Unions (CSN) at the McKesson distribution center in Drummondville, about an hour and a half drive from Montreal, joined locked-out CSN workers on their picket line here…
CHICAGO — After nearly three weeks on strike, drivers at SCR Medical Transportation ratified their first contract Sept. 5. It includes significant pay raises, job and safety protections, and other gains. “Get up! Get down! Chicago is a union town!”…
