After the concerted campaign by several imperialist powers and other countries to get Israel banned from the annual Eurovision Song Contest, part of their broader effort to make the Jewish state into a pariah, national broadcasters from Ireland, Spain, the…
ATLANTA — The 68th annual African Studies Association conference, held here Nov. 20-22, drew 1,550 professors, authors, researchers, librarians and others from across the U.S. and nearly every country in Africa. Some came from universities in Australia, Canada, the Caribbean…
MONTREAL — A well-attended Militant Labor Forum here Nov. 30 focused on Cuba’s historic role in the yearslong struggle that brought down the hated apartheid regime in South Africa. The panelists were Mayuka Abdullai, a cleaner at Montreal airport, originally…
Washington continues its escalating threats against the government of Nicolás Maduro, saying U.S. forces may begin targeted airstrikes inside Venezuela, similar to the ones the U.S. Department of War has been carrying out against boats it alleges are carrying drugs…
Since 2022 determined Ukrainian working people have resisted Moscow’s invasion and drive to seize all of their country. Today the conflict has become a bloody war of attrition. With complete disregard for the lives and limbs of Russian soldiers, President…
The Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) has called a nationwide general strike Jan. 21 against the government of Tunisian President Kais Saied to protest his crackdown and arrests of political opponents, restrictions on basic rights, and to demand wage raises…
Since taking office, President Donald Trump’s administration has launched a far-reaching effort to deport hundreds of thousands of workers without papers, posing a serious challenge to the labor movement. Trump slanders immigrant workers, saying millions are criminals or worse, and…
December 18, 2000 The assault on working people by the U.S. government over the past two decades has hit working-class women particularly hard. From the federal legislation that ended Aid to Families with Dependent Children in 1996, working women and…
RICHMOND, Calif. — Some 3,000 teachers and other school workers went on strike against the West Contra Costa Unified School District Dec. 4, demanding better wages and adequate staffing. This is their first strike since the district was founded in…
LONDON — More than 150 workers, members of the Public and Commercial Services Union, went on strike at the Tate galleries in Liverpool, London and St. Ives Nov. 26-Dec. 2, demanding higher pay. Strikers at the Tate Modern here carried…
