Puerto Rico is in the heart of “hurricane alley” in the Caribbean and has been the target of many brutal storms over the years. In 2017 Hurricane Maria slammed into the island with 155 mph winds and torrential rain, right…
While on a vacation in Hawaii, Socialist Workers Party campaign supporter Val Libby visited Maui, which was devastated one year ago by a wildfire caused by errors made by the power company there, driven by its thirst for profit. “Today…
FORT WORTH, Texas — A lively discussion followed an Aug. 10 Militant Labor Forum I gave here as the Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate, on why the working class needs its own party, a party of labor. Ysmemia…
MANCHESTER, England — Rachele Fruit, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. president, met with rail workers fighting to win recognition for the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers union here Aug. 19. Israel Akanji and Festus Igho are gateline workers…
“A sea of nurses across the country is demanding their rights,” the Tehran-based Iranian Labour News Agency reported Aug. 18. Their strike, which began in Karaj and Shiraz, has spread to dozens of hospitals, involving thousands. The nurses are demanding…
ATLANTA — Tessie Prevost, one of four 6-year-old girls who faced down violent mobs to desegregate New Orleans schools, died July 6. Sixty-four years ago Prevost, along with Leona Tate and Gail Etienne, were escorted by federal marshals as they…
A battle with big stakes for all working people and the labor movement is unfolding in Canada. Almost 10,000 rail workers at Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Kansas City have walked out or been locked out in a fight against…
September 6, 1999 HAVANA — Nearly 600 youth from 66 countries gathered here August 15-18 to participate in the International Seminar of Youth and Students on Neoliberalism. The last day conference participants filled the National Theater for a closing session…
CHICAGO — After voting overwhelmingly to strike, hundreds of members of the Illinois Nurses Association walked off the job at the University of Illinois Hospital here when their contract expired Aug. 19. This kicked off a weeklong work stoppage, in…
DALLAS — In 105 degree heat, Dallas Black Dance Theatre performers and 200 of their supporters turned out for a spirited rally and picket in front of One Arts Plaza here Aug. 17. After the dancers voted to join the…
