This is a shortened version of the talk given by Jonathan Silberman at the “Contemporary Antisemitism” conference in Haifa, Israel, July 7-9. Silberman is director of Pathfinder Books in London and a leader of the Communist League in the U.K.…
Thousands of youth gathered in a protest zone in central New Delhi let out a cheer July 25 upon hearing that Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had resigned in face of a growing movement known as the Cockroach Janta Party. The…
NEW YORK — Some 50 members of the American Postal Workers Union and their supporters rallied at the James A. Farley Post Office here July 28. Joseph Martir, president of the New York Metro Area APWU, told the crowd that…
MONTREAL — As of July 18 there were some 955 wildfires across Canada, the majority of them burning out of control, the Wildland Fire Information System reported. This includes 190 in northern Ontario. Dangerous smoke clouds have blanketed Canadian cities…
MANCHESTER, England — Workers at the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel held a series of one-day strikes beginning June 30. Some 20 bar and restaurant workers here, members of the Unite union, are fighting for union recognition. They’re also fighting to end…
CENTER CITY, Minn. — Some 60 nurses in their red Minnesota Nurses Association shirts came out in 90 degree heat to march and rally on a highway outside the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation July 15. John Ewaldt, the union negotiator,…
PITTSBURGH — After fruitless attempts to negotiate with bosses at the Heidelberg Materials plant here and harassment of union supporters, the 11 concrete ready-mix drivers, members of Teamsters Local 249, went on strike July 7. The ink was barely dry…
Growing assaults on immigrants by government immigration cops sharply pose the need for the unions to lead a fight for amnesty for all workers in the U.S. without papers. This is the road to end their pariah status, unify the…
Amid daily U.S. airstrikes against hundreds of targets in Iran, answered by drone and missile attacks by Tehran against U.S. bases in the region, Washington and the Iranian regime are once again talking about a possible ceasefire, one to last…
FORT MORGAN, Colo. — Despite temperatures near 100 degrees, Teamsters Local 455 members continue to picket for a decent wage increase and in protest of Cargill’s lockout at its beef slaughterhouse here. The lockout of 1,700 workers began May 20…
