OAKLAND, Calif. — Milton Chee, 85, a member of the Socialist Workers Party for three decades, died in South San Francisco June 16 after a long fight with serious illnesses. A gathering to celebrate his contributions as a party member…
PHILADELPHIA — More than 14,000 librarians, exhibitors and others attended the American Library Association’s annual conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center here June 26-30. This included over 700 authors and 165 participants from abroad. Some 190 educational programs were organized…
Tensions have sharpened between the capitalist rulers of Russia and Azerbaijan since the end of June after Russian cops, who were investigating a murder case from 2001, detained over 50 Azerbaijani nationals in Yekaterinburg in central Russia. Two died in…
The Spanish edition of Socialism on Trial: Testimony at Minneapolis Sedition Trial, one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for July, is by James P. Cannon, national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party at the time of the trial. He…
The families, co-workers and neighbors of Kilmar Abrego García and other workers who face deportation, along with their unions, are setting an important example. They’re coming together to fight for them to win legal status, to stay in the U.S.,…
July 17, 2000 SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minnesota — With two and half weeks left before workers at Dakota Premium Foods will vote to decide whether or not they will be members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 789, tensions…
OAKLAND, Calif. — Hospital workers ended a strike at University of California Benioff Children’s Hospital here June 30 after a judge denied a motion by their union, the National Union of Healthcare Workers, for an injunction to halt the University…
MONTREAL — Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney introduced Bill C-2, the “Strong Borders Act,” to Canada’s Parliament June 3, a sweeping attack on the rights of immigrants and on the entire working class. The Canadian Labour Congress, Canadian Union of…
TACOMA, Wash. — Chanting “Free Max!” and “Protection, not deportation!” some 200 protesters joined a June 6 rally outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Northwest Detention Center here, called by the International Association of Machinists. They demanded the release of IAM…
Thousands of people took to the streets across Kenya June 25 in anti-government protests, including in the capital city Nairobi. At least 16 demonstrators were killed by police and hundreds wounded. Security forces fired live rounds, rubber bullets, tear gas…
