A special concert in Paris Nov. 18 featuring renowned classical pianists Grigory Sokolov and Sergei Babayan was held in honor of Pavel Kushnir. A brilliant young piano soloist, he died in July in jail in Russia’s remote Far East after…
Persistently high prices and growing employer attacks are increasing the difficulties workers and our families face. It’s harder today to find steady work with livable wages and meet the costs of our housing, health care, child care and other essentials.…
SAN FRANCISCO — More than 500 workers walked off the job at the Marriott Marquis downtown here Nov. 24, bringing to six the number of hotels now on strike. Some 2,500 UNITE HERE Local 2 members are walking the picket…
CHICAGO — Two weeks after two Jewish students at DePaul University were attacked by masked thugs, 50 supporters rallied with the students at the spot of the attack Nov. 21 in front of the student center on the Lincoln Park…
Workers in rail, shipping, public transportation and construction, at hospitals, schools and elsewhere, joined a general strike across Greece Nov. 20 to protest soaring prices, unaffordable rents and low wages. The one-day action was called by a number of unions.…
Thousands of retired teachers, many coming from other cities, joined a march along a busy street in Tehran to Iran’s parliament, the Majlis, Nov. 20, above, demanding an increase in their pensions. It was one of the largest labor protests…
What Is Surrealism? Selected Writings by André Breton is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for December. Breton founded the surrealist movement, an influential current in literature and art, 100 years ago. In 1925, he defended Russian revolutionary leaders…
Members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 36G have been on strike at J.M. Smucker Company’s Milk-Bone dog treat factory in Buffalo, New York, since Oct. 28. They’re demanding a significant wage increase and affordable health care…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — “I felt, heard and saw this massive plume of yellow smoke and debris go hundreds of feet in the air right outside my window,” Hannah Nitzken told WHAS-TV News, describing the Nov. 12 explosion at the Givaudan…
SAN LEANDRO, Calif. — The life and political contributions of Jim Altenberg and the Socialist Workers Party were celebrated at a meeting here Nov. 16. Altenberg died Oct. 31 at age 70. Talks, displays and messages to the meeting highlighted…
