Quebec public worker strikes make advances

Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024
Striking teachers march in Montreal Dec. 12. Banner reads, “Aiming higher for teachers and public schools.” Almost 600,000 public sector workers have walked picket lines across Quebec, often at the same time, forcing the government to offer tentative settlements Dec. 28.

MONTREAL — Under the pressure of a lively five-week strike by 66,000 primary and secondary school teachers — members of the Autonomous Federation of Education (FAE) — and the threat of a strike in early 2024 by the Common Front…


Defend Israel’s right to exist! Join fight against Jew-hatred

Defeating Hamas opens door to unite Jews, Arabs
Vol. 88/No. 2 - January 15, 2024
Filipino migrant workers in Israel volunteer to help bring in the crops after Oct. 7 pogrom. Hamas had killed not just Jews, but Filipinos, Thais and Arab Israelis who worked with Jews.

Israeli forces continue making gains against the Tehran-sponsored Hamas terror organization in Gaza. These advances are increasing openings to bring together Jewish, Arab and other workers in Israel and the Middle East in common struggle. Israeli forces, with the backing…


Defend Israel’s right to exist! Fighting Jew-hatred is union question

Israel battles to stop new Hamas pogroms
Vol. 88/No. 1 - January 1, 2024
Soldados israelíes en túnel en norte de Gaza, 15 de dic., parte de la extensa red subterránea que Hamás usa para realizar ataques contra judíos en Israel como el pogromo del 7 de octubre.

The U.S. government is ratcheting up pressure on Israel to wind down its war against Tehran-backed Hamas in Gaza, a war aimed at defending Israel’s right to exist as a refuge for Jews and preventing the reactionary Islamist outfit from…