Hundreds of prisoners in Iran’s notorious Qezel Hesar Prison in Karaj outside Tehran ended their seven-day hunger strike demanding abolition of the death penalty Oct. 19, after the government made concessions in face of the growing solidarity the prisoners won.…
The French edition of Labor, Nature, and the Evolution of Humanity: The Long View of History by Frederick Engels, Karl Marx, George Novack and Mary-Alice Waters is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for October. Its collection of writings…
Taking advantage of the ceasefire with Israel brokered by the U.S. government that began Oct. 10, Hamas death squads have reappeared and began executing their political opponents in the roughly 50% of Gaza not under the control of the Israeli…
Washington’s bombing of boats it claims are running drugs off the coast of Venezuela, and its threats to overthrow the Nicolás Maduro government, are an attack on the country’s national sovereignty. They take place as conflicts between Washington and Beijing…
October 30, 2000 BENTON, Illinois — Nearly 500 people, mostly retired members of the United Mine Workers of America and their wives, attended a meeting here Oct. 13 to demand the government keep its promise to coal miners to provide…
MONTREAL — “We will not be intimidated and ruled by threats that attempt to force us back to work,” Alberta Teachers Association President Jason Schilling told an Oct. 17 news conference, referring to pressure by the government to compel them…
Working people face deepening blows from the worldwide capitalist crisis, with persistent high prices for basic necessities, from groceries to electricity, rents, child care, health care and more. Many are looking for ways to avoid going under as they struggle…
The Militant is fighting to reverse the banning of issues of the paper by the Lansing state prison in Kansas and of issue no. 28 by the Missouri Department of Corrections. What’s involved is a clear violation of prisoners’ constitutional…
They were “glued to the television” Oct. 13 when Hamas released the hostages, Zaziwe Dlamini-Manaway and Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela told the South African Jewish Report. Both are granddaughters of Nelson Mandela, the central leader of the fight that brought down apartheid…
