In the largest work stoppage since the 1979 revolution that overthrew the U.S.-backed dictatorship of the shah and ensuing bourgeois-clerical-led counterrevolution, thousands of truck drivers in Iran held an 11-day strike starting May 22 and ending June 2 — four…
LIVERMORE, Calif. — U.S. immigration forces deported Miguel Lopez, a welder and mechanic at the Wente Vineyards winery here, to Mexico June 7, just hours before a judge issued a temporary restraining order barring his expulsion from the U.S. Lopez,…
Working people, especially those over or approaching 65, find themselves facing exorbitant prices for groceries, utilities, rent, health care and more. On June 18, the federal government announced Social Security payments and Medicare benefits will both be slashed quicker than…
Israel’s 12-days of targeted airstrikes in Iran — a defensive war to prevent a new holocaust — dealt big blows to the reactionary regime’s capacity to manufacture and launch nuclear weapons. For years the Iranian regime has planned for the…
Dozens of neighbors and co-workers joined Carol Mayorga’s companion and three children to welcome her home to Kennett, Missouri, after her release from detention by immigration authorities June 4. The crowd was part of hundreds in this farming community of…
UNITED NATIONS — The ongoing roundups of Dominican-born and other workers in Puerto Rico by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement police are an example of “the direct intervention by the U.S. government in the daily lives of our society,” a…
LOS ANGELES — Since June 6, federal immigration cops have descended on communities throughout southern California, arresting immigrant workers and sparking resistance. Crowds of dozens to hundreds gather where raids and arrests take place, and tens of thousands of working…
BIRMINGHAM, England — The nearly 400 refuse workers employed by the Birmingham City Council, members of Unite the Union, voted overwhelmingly to maintain their strike action, the union reported June 5. Workers voted by 97% in favor on a 75%…
After seizing Crimea and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk provinces in Ukraine 11 years ago, and over three years since his full-scale invasion, Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to inflict as much pain as possible targeting Ukraine’s cities all…
Click below for printer-friendly pdf of this statement. Statement issued June 25 by the National Committee of the Socialist Workers Party. Working people the world over have an enormous stake in an Israeli government victory in its life-or-death battle to…
