A massive fire and explosion on the Sahid Rajaee docks in Bandar Abbas, Iran’s largest port, April 26, killed at least 70 people and injured over 1,000. Working people have responded with growing opposition to the reactionary regime and its…
‘Best response to SWP in years’ at the Los Angeles book fair LOS ANGELES — The annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books drew thousands to the University of Southern California campus April 26-27. Sales at the Pathfinder booth, featuring…
“To make lasting change we need to change which class rules,” Alyson Kennedy, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Fort Worth, Texas, told 90 people at an April 21 candidates debate hosted by the Fort Worth Tarrant County NAACP…
U.S. military forces joined those from the Philippines for yearly Balikatan combat drills April 21, preparing for a “full-scale battle scenario” in the disputed South China Sea. These enlarged war maneuvers are a reflection of Washington’s deepening military collaboration with…
For the “crime” of speaking out in defense of Ukraine’s sovereignty, 19-year-old Darya Kozyreva was sentenced by a court in St. Petersburg April 18 to two years and eight months in prison for “discrediting” the Russian army. The Russian teenager…
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen members voted down a proposed contract offer from NJ Transit by a resounding 87% April 15. The company then rescinded its offer, forcing negotiations to start over. Restricted by red tape and anti-strike provisions…
MONTREAL — A federal government-appointed arbitrator imposed a new contract April 7 on some 6,000 train conductors, engineers, yardmasters and yard switchmen at Canadian National Railway. They’re members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference. Liberal Minister of Labour Steven MacKinnon…
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region, Iraq — “Cosmetics, Fashion, and the Exploitation of Women helps us understand how the capitalist system that dominates the world today turns not only cosmetics but all economic and social relations into commodities,” said Catharina Tirsén…
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region, Iraq — Tens of thousands participated in the 17th Erbil International Book Fair April 9-19. The event took place amid sharpening national struggles, class conflicts and wars across the Middle East and worldwide. The book fair itself…
