Sconza Chocolate workers rally against bosses’ cutback demands

Vol. 90/No. 25 - July 20, 2026

OAKDALE, Calif. — As part of their fight for a better contract, some 50 Sconza Chocolate factory workers rallied here June 27 backed by family members and other supporters. The rally was organized by their union, Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers…


Chisago County workers strike enters its third month

Vol. 90/No. 25 - July 20, 2026

CENTER CITY, Minn. — Some 170 workers in Chisago County Health and Human Services and its government center have been on strike since May in a fight over wages and health insurance.  “The county healthcare plan has a family deductible…


Haifa conference-goers visit British detention center for Jews

Vol. 90/No. 25 - July 20, 2026
Haifa conference-goers visit British detention center for Jews

ATLIT, Israel — Jonathan Silberman and Ólöf Andra Proppé, members of the Communist League in the U.K., Bob Aiken from the CL in Australia, and Lea Sherman and Rachele Fruit from the Socialist Workers Party in the U.S. toured the Atlit…


Baltimore nurses hold 24-hour strike over lack of safe staffing

Vol. 90/No. 25 - July 20, 2026

BALTIMORE — Nurses at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital held a 24-hour strike here starting 7 a.m. July 6 to protest the hospital bosses’ refusal to deal with patient safety and chronic understaffing that leads to nurses seeking other jobs.  There…


Communist League candidate wins support in Montreal

Vol. 90/No. 25 - July 20, 2026
Communist League candidate wins support in Montreal

MONTREAL — Joe Young, left, the Communist League candidate in the St. Laurent district for next October’s provincial election, campaigned door to door here June 24.  Supporters of Young’s campaign are gathering the 100 signatures needed to get him on…


Seattle hotel workers go on strike as World Cup matches kick off

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026

SEATTLE — Over 100 Embassy Suites Pioneer Square hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 8, went on strike here June 18. The next day a spirited rally marked Juneteenth — a holiday that began when Union soldiers entered Texas…


US imperialism and the catastrophe in Venezuela

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026

The overall number of deaths from two devastating earthquakes 100 miles west of Caracas, Venezuela, are not known, with close to 2,000 found dead and thousands more still missing. What is certain is the scale of the deaths and destruction…


California sugar workers strike over bosses’ takeback contract

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026

CROCKETT, Calif. — Ninety-one warehouse workers, members of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 6, went on strike June 15 at C&H Sugar here. They voted unanimously to turn down the bosses’ insulting takeback contract and to authorize a strike.…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 90/No. 24 - July 13, 2026

July 16, 2001 Eight young people are among the first students from the United States to receive scholarships to attend the Latin American School of Medical Sciences in Havana. The more than 3,400 international students at the school come from…