Nigeria’s nurses strike, demand higher pay, improved conditions

Vol. 89/No. 29 - August 18, 2025

Nurses in all of Nigeria’s public hospitals launched a seven-day strike July 30, demanding higher pay, safer working conditions and the hiring of more nurses. The 25,000-member National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives called the action after the government…


To defend Israel as a refuge for Jews, Hamas must be defeated

Vol. 89/No. 29 - August 18, 2025

Two videos released by Hamas and its ally Islamic Jihad are the latest gruesome proof of why Israel must defeat and destroy the Tehran-backed group. In the videos the Jew-hating thugs proudly show the barbaric affects of their nearly two…


Cincinnati protest says release Imam Soliman from detention

Vol. 89/No. 29 - August 18, 2025

CINCINNATI — Imam Ayman Soliman was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement here July 9, a month after his official asylum status, approved in 2018, was revoked. He is being held in the Butler County Jail, along with hundreds of…


Program boosts campaign to send pacemakers to Cubans

Vol. 89/No. 29 - August 18, 2025

OAKLAND, Calif. — More than 100 people from across North America took part in an online webinar July 31 answering Washington’s lies about Cuba’s international health missions and to raise funds for the “From Our Hearts to Cuban Hearts” campaign…


NY forum celebrates July 26, Cuba’s socialist revolution

Vol. 89/No. 29 - August 18, 2025

  NEW YORK — “The assault on the Moncada Barracks by revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro electrified the Cuban people,” Martín Koppel told an Aug. 2 Militant Labor Forum marking the anniversary of the July 26, 1953, attack. The bold…


Canadian postal workers reject gov’t concession contract again

Vol. 89/No. 29 - August 18, 2025
Canada Post workers picket outside sorting plant in Montreal, Nov. 15, 2024. Government ordered them back to work after four weeks, as it had done to striking rail and port workers.

MONTREAL — In a strong pushback against Canada Post bosses and Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government, close to 70% of Canada’s 55,000 postal workers rejected the bosses’ “final” contract proposal. The results were announced Aug. 1, after members of…



Teamsters strike Airgas for higher pay, affordable health care

Vol. 89/No. 28 - August 11, 2025

VALLEY VIEW, Ohio — Fifteen drivers and warehouse workers, members of Teamsters Local 507, went on strike at this Airgas location southeast of Cleveland June 26 in response to the company’s refusal to negotiate an acceptable contract. Airgas workers in…



Nurses in Minnesota, Wisconsin end 13-day strike over safety

Vol. 89/No. 28 - August 11, 2025

DULUTH, Minn. — The Minnesota Nurses Association announced July 22 that it had ended its 13-day strike at Essentia Health here and in Wisconsin. Health care workers had gone out on strike July 8 at Essentia clinics and other facilities…