A month after Ukrainian forces drove into the Kursk region of Russia Aug. 6, opposition to the war is growing among Russian conscripts and their families. The Ukrainian offensive is aimed at dealing blows to Moscow’s invasion led by Russian…
SAN FRANCISCO — More than 2,000 hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 2, went on a three-day strike here Sept. 1, part of a nationwide fight against moves by hotel chains Marriott, Hyatt and Hilton to increase workloads while…
The cold-blooded murder of six Israeli hostages by Hamas in late August is further proof that defeating the Tehran-backed group and demolishing its command structure is essential for defending Israel’s right to exist as a refuge for Jews. And for…
The four-months-long fight continues to end the ban on Militant issue no. 17, imposed by prison authorities at Jackson Correctional Institution in Malone, Florida, at the end of April. The Florida Department of Corrections Literature Review Committee upheld the impoundment…
President Joseph Biden announced proposals July 29 to gut the power of the U.S. Supreme Court and muzzle its justices in an attack on the constitutionally mandated role of the judiciary. Days later, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer deepened the…
BY BETSY FARLEY, SARAH ULLMAN and JANICE LYNN Labor Day actions across the country were marked by strikes by 10,000 UNITE HERE hotel workers, 17,000 AT&T workers and other union fights. Hundreds joined the Labor Day parade in Detroit Sept.…
During a four-day campaign visit to the Chicago area, Socialist Workers Party presidential candidate Rachele Fruit joined the Labor Day parade and festival organized by the Chicago Federation of Labor in the historic Pullman district of Chicago Aug. 31. Her…
ATLANTA — Over 17,000 members of the Communications Workers of America in nine states across the Southeast went on strike Aug. 16 against telecommunications giant AT&T. Service technicians and customer service representatives walked out in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,…
COVENTRY, England — Warehouse workers Ceferina Floresca, left, and Garfield Hylton, second right, discuss their fight for a union at Amazon’s BHX4 facility here, with Socialist Workers Party presidential candidate Rachele Fruit, center; SWP leader Mary Martin, second from left;…
SYDNEY — Chanting “Hands off our union!” tens of thousands of construction workers marched off the job and rallied in major cities across Australia Aug. 27. The action was a resounding protest against the federal Labor Party government, which days…
