Culture flourishes in Ukraine while artists, actors are jailed in Russia

Vol. 89/No. 1 - January 13, 2025
Kyiv theater director and actor Yevhen Nyshchuk addresses audience before performance to thank them for their commitment. Like many of his colleagues, he volunteered for the army to defend Ukraine from Moscow’s 2022 invasion and gets leave from the front to perform.

Working people in Ukraine have tenaciously defended their country’s sovereignty against almost three years of an all-out invasion by the Vladimir Putin regime in Moscow. As part of conducting this war, Putin has carried out a systematic and brutal assault…


Montreal hotel workers fight union-busting drive

Vol. 89/No. 1 - January 13, 2025
Locked-out hotel workers picket Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal Dec. 30 in their fight for new contract. Rail workers, other unionists have joined picket line in solidarity.

MONTREAL — The picket line maintained by 600 locked-out workers at Quebec’s largest hotel, Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, remains spirited in face of the decision by the bosses to close this hotel here over the Christmas to New Year’s holiday…


Israel’s blows to Tehran, allies boost fight
against Jew-hatred

Vol. 89/No. 1 - January 13, 2025

Israeli forces have dealt severe blows to Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza and to Tehran’s anti-aircraft defense system. These victories were possible because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to give in to pressure by President Joseph Biden’s administration…


Flight attendants demonstrate against two-tiered employment

Vol. 89/No. 1 - January 13, 2025

FORT WORTH, Texas — Members of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA gathered outside Terminal E at Dallas-Fort Worth airport Dec. 17 to advance their fight for a new contract. They work at PSA Airlines, which, as union flight attendant Jeanne…


Amazon drivers organize strike action in four states

Vol. 89/No. 1 - January 13, 2025

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — “Working here made me want to get involved in fighting for a union,” Aaron Nipper, an Amazon delivery driver, told the Militant here Dec. 19, as some 20 drivers and supporters from the Teamsters union picketed outside…


Quebec Amazon workers rally for first contract

Vol. 89/No. 1 - January 13, 2025

LAVAL, Quebec — Dozens of workers, members of the Confederation of National Trade Unions, rallied at Canada’s only unionized Amazon warehouse Dec. 23 to demand their first contract. Supporters from other unions joined them in solidarity here, just northwest of…


The fight for rights of women, women workers in Indonesia

Vol. 89/No. 1 - January 13, 2025
Organizations representing women workers met Nov. 11 at the offices of Kalyanamitra, a women’s rights organization. Speaking at left is Ika Agustina, the group’s executive director.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Supporters of women’s rights joined a mass labor rally here Oct. 24 protesting new anti-labor measures in a law adopted by the government. Some of its measures hit women especially hard, including extending the maximum overtime hours…