Protests over dire economic and social conditions, lack of jobs and little confidence in a better future facing working people, especially youth, have erupted throughout the North African country of Morocco. The demonstrations, which began Sept. 27, quickly spread to…
MANCHESTER, England — “We are not Jews trembling on our knees,” Raphi Bloom, a leader of the Jewish community here, told more than 1,000 people gathered in the city’s center Oct. 5 to protest the killing of two Jews, Adrian…
NEW YORK — “The working class is not getting what we need. Wages aren’t enough. Health care is going down the drain,” retired fireman Mike Morale told Paul Mailhot, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor, Oct. 5. Mailhot was…
MANILA, Philippines — “Women are objectified and commodified. It is a culture that capitalists profit from,” said Virginia Suarez, a lawyer who specializes in women’s and workers’ rights. “When I read this book, I was enriched. Women have to break…
Working-class families are facing skyrocketing utility bills all across the country as energy monopolies like Con Edison, backed by accommodating government authorities responsible for “regulating” them, are reaping hefty profits. Electricity prices in August surged 31% higher than four years…
After working people in Cuba overthrew the U.S.-backed dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and took power, they transformed the country into a sports powerhouse. It leads every nation in the Americas, with the exception of the U.S., in gold…
WASHINGTON — Supporters of Kilmar Abrego García and of the rights of immigrants in the U.S. will rally in Greenbelt, Maryland, before a U.S. District Court hearing on his fight for asylum Oct. 6. Abrego García, his family and supporters…
MONTREAL — The Canadian government announced Sept. 26 it was further slashing door-to-door mail delivery and closing many of the country’s rural post offices to save money in an “existential” crisis. “In response to the Government’s attack on our postal…
Members of the Socialist Workers Party are off to a solid start in the party’s fall propaganda and fund campaign, which runs from Sept. 20 to Nov. 18. They’re discussing the SWP’s response to today’s strike battles, capitalist economic crisis…
MONTREAL — More than 1,000 people marched in a protest Sept. 27 in Longueuil, just south of Montreal, calling for “Justice for Nooran.” Nooran Rezayi, a 15-year-old boy whose family are Afghan immigrants, was shot and killed by a cop…
