Some 4,000 workers at the Arak Aluminum Company in Iran’s Markazi province have ended 43 days of hunger strikes, sit-ins and other protests demanding better wages and work conditions. The hard-fought battle was closely watched by workers across Iran. The…
From the Escambray to the Congo: In the Whirlwind of the Cuban Revolution by Víctor Dreke is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for September. Since the 1950s Dreke has been a leading participant in Cuba’s revolutionary movement —…
MANILA, Philippines — Tens of thousands of people crowded into the SMX Convention Center here Sept. 10-14 for this year’s Manila International Book Fair. Workers and students came from this capital city of over 15 million and from all across…
CHICAGO — Socialist Workers Party members from Chicago, Cincinnati and Minneapolis set up a well-stocked booth of books by party leaders and other revolutionaries at the Printers Row annual book fair here Sept. 6-7. It was often swamped with people…
PITTSBURGH — Over the last decade, black lung disease has been on the rise among U.S. coal miners, particularly in Appalachia. On Aug. 24, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette described years of inaction by the Mine Safety and Health Administration in testing…
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The British Columbia General Employees’ Union, which represents 34,000 government employees across the province, launched strike action Sept. 2, after the union’s members voted 92.7% to go out. Their contract expired March 31. The central issue…
ATLANTA — Nearly 100 workers who operate and maintain the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport’s Plane Train voted 56-24 to go union. The International Association of Machinists Rail Division and Transportation Communications Union/IAM announced the election results Aug. 20. The Plane…
HOUSTON — After nine days on strike, 400 workers represented by UNITE HERE Local 23 who work at Hilton Americas-Houston here have extended their walkout through Sept. 20. The extension was announced as over 150 strikers and their supporters attended…
PITTSBURGH — Nurses at Magee-Womens Hospital led the Labor Day parade of thousands here Sept. 1. In mid-August they voted to join the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Pennsylvania by a vote of 402 to 305. The University of Pittsburgh…
Deepening rivalries between Washington and other imperialist powers, as well as with Moscow and Beijing are a product of the deepening crisis of capitalism and point to the inevitability of more wars. With each new conflict, the fact that imperialism…
