W.E.B. Du Bois Speaks: Speeches and Addresses 1890-1919, edited by Philip S. Foner is one of Pathfiinder’s Books of the Month. The selection, “We claim our rights,” is one of the historic statements on the rights of Blacks in the…
Steps by the imperialist rulers in Washington toward new wars have always been accompanied by attacks on the unions and on essential constitutional rights of free speech, political activity free from government interference and other protections in the Bill of…
August 13, 2001 “Twenty years ago I didn’t think this could happen. This is truly a historic day,” said Carlos Zenón, a leader of fishermen and resident of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Zenón was celebrating a victory in the struggle to…
Lee Oleson Lee Oleson, a member and supporter of the Socialist Workers Party for five decades, died July 12 in East Orange, New Jersey, after battling long-term health challenges. He was 81 years old. Lee was one of hundreds of…
ELYRIA, Ohio — United Auto Workers Local 2192 members have been on strike against Lorain County Job and Family Services for over five months, with no resolution in sight. The over 100 UAW case workers walked off the job Feb.…
ATLANTA — The 90 workers who operate and maintain the Plane Train at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport have ratified their first union contract, the Transportation Communications Union/International Association of Machinists announced July 17. They had voted to join that union…
BROCKVILLE, Ontario — Morale remains high on the picket line of provincial government workers in front of the Brockville and Area Community Living Association here, where members of Ontario Public Service Employees Union Local 441 have been on strike since…
LOS ANGELES — A town hall meeting organized by city officials here July 9 turned into an angry protest against their indifference to the horrific conditions that continue to confront workers who live near the Lineage plant in Boyle Heights…
HOUSTON — “We are calling for a full, transparent, independent investigation into all of this,” Ronaldo Salgado, the son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, told a rally of hundreds of people here July 19. They were protesting the killing of his…
CROCKETT, Calif. — Vendors, churches and food trucks lined the street leading down to the C&H refinery for the annual Sugartown Festival here July 19, but the company didn’t show up — no booth, no skid of free sugar. Instead,…
