CHICAGO — More than 400 members of the National Nurses United union carried out a one-day strike Sept. 3 at the St. Mary of Nazareth hospital here and three other hospitals owned by Prime Healthcare in California and Nevada. Nurses…
NEWARK, Calif. — After a month on strike, picket lines at Cargill Salt are still up 24/7 in a hard-fought fight over wages and medical coverage. A key issue is the draconian monthly payments of $1,200 that workers have taken…
SEATTLE — Hundreds of teachers, members of the Seattle Education Association, rallied here Sept. 1, the day before school reopened, to press their fight for a new contract. Parents, students, unionists and others gathered on the front lawn of Seattle…
From his youth, Jerome Smith had dedicated his life to the fight to bring down Jim Crow segregation, where he grew up in New Orleans, as well as in the 1961 Freedom Rides across the South and the fight against…
LOWELL, Ind. — Some 200 oil workers locked out by BP, their family members and supporters made up a lively United Steelworkers Local 7-1 contingent in the Labor Day Parade here Sept. 7. They got an enthusiastic reception — as…
The Iranian regime’s stepped-up use of the death penalty and arrests of union and political activists has not silenced its opponents. In fact, more protests against the brutal dictatorship are taking place. Meanwhile, the U.S. imperialist rulers are stepping up…
ATLANTA — “I want to get that book!” people told us many times Sept. 5, as participants at the annual Cape Verdeans of Atlanta picnic stopped by the Socialist Workers Party literature table to browse the display of titles by…
September 17, 2001 There is a fighting, working-class alternative to the big-business parties in the upcoming elections — the Socialist Workers Party candidates. These candidates have been getting an excellent response, particularly from working people and youth. This is a…
In face of US assaults, Cuba acts to revive industry, farming Three months ago the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba held an Extraordinary Plenary Session, convened by first secretary of the party and president of the republic,…
Below are excerpts from a Nov. 25, 1994, speech by Cuban President Fidel Castro at the closing session of an international solidarity conference in Havana held during the darkest days of economic crisis that followed the collapse of the Soviet…
