VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The British Columbia General Employees’ Union, which represents 34,000 government employees across the province, launched strike action Sept. 2, after the union’s members voted 92.7% to go out. Their contract expired March 31. The central issue…
Days before callously killing 11 people on a speedboat in international waters off the coast of Venezuela Sept. 2, Washington carried out a rapid military buildup in the Caribbean that so far has amassed eight warships, several Navy P-8 surveillance…
PITTSBURGH — Over the last decade, black lung disease has been on the rise among U.S. coal miners, particularly in Appalachia. On Aug. 24, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette described years of inaction by the Mine Safety and Health Administration in testing…
CHICAGO — Socialist Workers Party members from Chicago, Cincinnati and Minneapolis set up a well-stocked booth of books by party leaders and other revolutionaries at the Printers Row annual book fair here Sept. 6-7. It was often swamped with people…
MANILA, Philippines — Tens of thousands of people crowded into the SMX Convention Center here Sept. 10-14 for this year’s Manila International Book Fair. Workers and students came from this capital city of over 15 million and from all across…
Moscow’s murderous war on the Ukrainian people has deliberately targeted working people in urban and rural areas, killing thousands. Members of Ukraine’s trade unions make up a significant part of the volunteer military forces on the front lines. At the…
Sept. 9 rally at Arak Aluminum Company in Iran’s Markazi province, on 42nd day of hunger strikes and other protests by 4,000 workers. They are demanding higher wages, job safety and end to harassment by bosses, who are trying to…
One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for September is the Spanish edition of Women in Cuba: The Making of a Revolution Within the Revolution. It is by three leaders of the Federation of Cuban Women, Vilma Espín, Asela de…
DERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Honks and waves from drivers passing by show the widespread solidarity with striking workers picketing at the Pace Industries manufacturing plant here. Over 200 workers at the plant, members of Laborers’ International Union of North America…
The statement below was sent by the SWP campaign in Minneapolis to the Minnesota Star Tribune and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas Sept. 1. On October 7, 2023, Hamas, backed by the counterrevolutionary regime in…
