CHICAGO — The 67th annual meeting of the African Studies Association here brought together over 1,600 academics, authors and others Dec. 12-14. Many participants came from Africa. Over 350 panel discussions covered politics, economic underdevelopment and other topics. An exhibition…
January 17, 2000 Leading up to the new millennium, Washington issued a number of “worldwide terrorism warnings” as it beefed up the cops at its border. In the name of combating “Islamic terrorism,” the U.S. rulers show utter contempt for…
LOS ANGELES — After many meetings in recent months, the Los Angeles City Council voted Dec. 11 to increase the minimum wage for more than 23,000 workers in the sizable tourism industry here to $30 an hour by July 2028.…
In Militant issue no. 1, the article, “Culture flourishes in Ukraine while artists, actors are jailed in Russia,” should have said that “Three Comrades,” a play by Yevhen Nyshchuk, was adapted from Erich Maria Remarque’s post-World War I novel of…
Israeli forces have dealt severe blows to Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza and to Tehran’s anti-aircraft defense system. These victories were possible because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to give in to pressure by President Joseph Biden’s administration…
FORT WORTH, Texas — Members of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA gathered outside Terminal E at Dallas-Fort Worth airport Dec. 17 to advance their fight for a new contract. They work at PSA Airlines, which, as union flight attendant Jeanne…
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — “Working here made me want to get involved in fighting for a union,” Aaron Nipper, an Amazon delivery driver, told the Militant here Dec. 19, as some 20 drivers and supporters from the Teamsters union picketed outside…
LAVAL, Quebec — Dozens of workers, members of the Confederation of National Trade Unions, rallied at Canada’s only unionized Amazon warehouse Dec. 23 to demand their first contract. Supporters from other unions joined them in solidarity here, just northwest of…
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Supporters of women’s rights joined a mass labor rally here Oct. 24 protesting new anti-labor measures in a law adopted by the government. Some of its measures hit women especially hard, including extending the maximum overtime hours…
LONDON — Hundreds of police, many heavily armed, raided the Kurdish Community Centre in Haringey, north London, and seven houses across the city Nov. 27, an attack on the rights of all working people. Kurds and their supporters protested outside…
