ABINGDON, Va. — Some 80 people attended the annual National Black Lung Association conference here Oct. 3, the first time it’s been held in Virginia. “We demand the Department of Labor enforce the new silica rule,” Vonda Robinson, vice president…
October 16, 2000 The labor movement needs to defend the rights of immigrant workers, from protesting the violent assault on two workers in Long Island, New York, to opposing the factory raids and deportations carried out daily by the U.S.…
On Sept. 29, President Donald Trump announced his 20-point plan to end the fighting in Gaza. It would take Israel’s defensive war to decisively defeat Hamas out of Israel’s hands. It’s a further step in Washington’s efforts to impose a…
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 — 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
