In the days following Washington’s heavily armed incursion into Venezuela and its increasing threats against Cuba’s socialist revolution, members of the Socialist Workers Party and the Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada and the U.K. are reaching out to discuss the…
PHILADELPHIA — In order to fight effectively against exploitation and deportations of immigrant workers, “we need peaceful protesting, not agitating or throwing things. The rallies show people care,” Anh Vongbandith told a Jan. 10 Militant Labor Forum here titled “Fight…
ROCHDALE, England — After five days of strike action at Tetrosyl’s warehouse and distribution operation here, north of Manchester, some 80 workers are determined to prevent bosses from imposing a substantial wage cut. Workers were told they must sign a…
OAKLAND, Calif. — After a spirited four-day strike that included rallies and vigils, teachers in the West Contra Costa Unified School District, members of United Teachers of Richmond, won improved wages and health insurance and more staffing. Teachers walked out…
NEW YORK — Nurses at 12 hospitals here are set to strike Jan. 12. Up to 20,000 members of the New York State Nurses Association are preparing to walk out after their contract expired Dec. 31. They’re fighting for better…
At least seven people were killed and 52 injured as of Jan. 7 in the Kurdish-majority neighborhoods of Ashrafiyeh and Sheikh Maqsood in Aleppo, the largest city in northern Syria, during attacks by Turkey-backed militias affiliated with the new Syrian…
The “Sutures Saves Lives” campaign has a goal of raising $75,000 to send 60,000 medical sutures to Cuba by mid-February. The effort is jointly organized by Global Health Partners and the Saving Lives Campaign. Over 31 years, GHP has sent…
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced the beginning of the “Project 25 for 25” Dec. 17, what will be the free distribution of 2.5 million books to young people aged 15 to 30 across Latin America. Simultaneously, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel…
WASHINGTON — Pathfinder Press was one of over 50 publishers, bookstores and vendors at the Middle Eastern Studies Association conference here Nov. 22-25. Some 1,900 academics, authors and others took part in over 300 workshops and panel discussions. Topics included…
Moscow’s assault on Ukraine is about to enter its fifth year, with Russian President Vladimir Putin unable to stamp out the determination of Ukrainian working people to resist. And opposition among working people at home to his war continues to…
