MONTREAL — Ignoring a union-sponsored demonstration here Nov. 29 that drew 50,000 people — unionists, students, community group members, doctors and others protesting a series of laws either adopted or proposed by the Coalition for the Future of Quebec (CAQ)…
SAN FRANCISCO — The spirits of the nearly 6,000 teachers here are high as they return to their classrooms following a four-day strike. The agreement they won includes wage increases as well as fully funded family medical coverage. Starting in…
BEND, Ore. — Some 1,000 high school students walked out of school here to protest ICE brutality and attacks on the rights of immigrants Feb. 13. The protest was organized by Bend Student Voices. Students from all four of the…
“Hiring rebounded in January,” proclaimed a headline in the Feb. 12 Wall Street Journal, hailing the Labor Department’s announcement that 130,000 jobs were created that month. This “blew past expectations,” the Financial Times enthused, “signaling that the labour market is…
The fight of Kurds for self-determination was dealt serious blows when Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa sent forces in January to seize the autonomous zone controlled for years by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in northeastern Syria. Washington backed al-Sharaa’s move…
“U.S. government policy of hostility toward Cuba has been in place since the very triumph of the Cuban Revolution back in January 1959,” Yuri Gala López, deputy permanent representative of Cuba to the United Nations, told a Feb. 15 webinar…
HAVANA — Militant reporters joined 75 people for a poetry reading at a popular cultural center here Feb. 13. The next day we were invited to a Valentine’s Day peña (cultural performance) hosted by members of the University for Older…
ATLANTA — Twenty-two people joined a busy downtown street protest here Feb. 17 with signs demanding “U.S. hands off Cuba” and “No economic blockade.” The Socialist Workers Party and the Democratic Socialists of America Cuba Solidarity Working Group co-sponsored the…
Understanding History: Marxist Essays by George Novack is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for February. The excerpt is from the article “From Lenin to Castro: The role of the individual in history making.” In it Novack deals with…
As part of celebrations in Cuba and worldwide marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Fidel Castro, the Militant is printing excerpts over the coming year from the speeches and writings of the central leader of Cuba’s socialist revolution.…
