Dozens of family members of prisoners on death row marched down a busy street in Tehran to the Majlis, the Iranian parliament building, Oct. 29, calling for the abolition of the death penalty. “No to executions” and “We are not…
Workers who make Milk-Bone dog treats went on strike in Buffalo, New York, Oct. 28. Milk-Bone is owned by the J.M. Smucker Company. The union says that 165 members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 36G…
Days before Russian President Vladimir Putin launched Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he denied the country really exists as an independent nation, claiming it was “an inalienable part” of Russia. He blamed V.I. Lenin, the central leader of the…
50 Years of Covert Operations in the US: Washington’s Political Police and the American Working Class by Larry Seigle, Farrell Dobbs and Steve Clark is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for November. It traces the U.S. capitalist rulers’…
NEW YORK — Many of the over 600 tech workers on strike at the New York Times picketed outside the paper’s headquarters Nov. 5 to demand equitable pay increases with similar workers at other media outlets, as well as stronger…
DETROIT — Nearly 300 workers at the Marathon oil refinery here, members of Teamsters Local 283, walked off the job Sept. 4 after voting by 95% to strike. They had been working without a contract since January. It’s the first…
Working people in the U.S. face a deepening economic, social and moral crisis of U.S. and world capitalism today. Bosses are pushing job cuts, onerous schedules that rip family life apart, attacks on health care and pensions, unsafe conditions and…
NEW YORK — The jury trial of Daniel Penny, 25, a former U.S. Marine and current architectural student charged with the 2023 death of Jordan Neely, opened here Nov. 1. Penny pled “not guilty” after being indicted on second-degree manslaughter…
Trick-or-treaters this Halloween got a rude surprise, as chocolate candy, one of the most popular treats, was in short supply. Nerds Gummy Clusters took its place. The reason? The price of chocolate has soared, like prices for virtually all essentials…
