Long-time President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is looking beyond Turkey to see how in today’s unsettled world he can best defend the interests of Turkey’s capitalist rulers, as well as his own position. He is trying to balance between Washington and…
A massive rainfall in Spain’s eastern Valencia region Oct. 29 — nearly 20 inches fell in eight hours, more than normally falls in a year — caused catastrophic flash floods that killed over 200 people. Many more are still missing.…
November 22, 1999 For the eighth consecutive year the United Nations General Assembly voted in favor of a resolution condemning the U.S. government’s nearly 40-year-old embargo against Cuba. The tally of the vote: 155 governments in favor, 2 opposed (Washington…
SAN FRANCISCO — “What do we want? Contract!” 2,000 hotel workers chanted Oct. 30 as they marched around Union Square, home to many of the city’s big hotels. The action ended with a sit-in on the cable car tracks outside…
CHICAGO — In the final week before the vote for the U.S. presidency, Socialist Workers Party members continued to find interest in and support for the party’s working-class program and course. They’re taking steps toward successfully completing the eight-week campaign…
JACKSON, Mich. — The 525 members of United Auto Workers Local 475 remain on the picket line at Eaton Aerospace here, after rejecting a second contract proposal more than a month into their strike. “The new pay offer was only…
OAKLAND, Calif. — A meeting to celebrate the life and political contributions of Jim Altenberg will take place in San Leandro Nov. 16. Altenberg, 70, a member of the Socialist Workers Party for more than 20 years and a party…
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After 10 days on strike at the Union Carbide plant here, members of International Association of Machinists Local 598 won an improved contract Oct. 31. The 77 workers walked off the job Oct. 21 in a…
FORT WORTH, Texas — The Nov. 1 election victory for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union at the Siemens plant here “was a landslide. An absolute landslide,” Joshua Worthey, business manager and financial secretary of IBEW Local 220, told…
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…
