A month after Ukrainian forces drove into the Kursk region of Russia Aug. 6, opposition to the war is growing among Russian conscripts and their families. The Ukrainian offensive is aimed at dealing blows to Moscow’s invasion led by Russian…
As college campuses across the U.S. reopen for the new semester, pro-Hamas forces are returning to attacks against Jews there and their campaign against Israel. Several dozen protesters picketed outside Columbia University Sept. 3 on the first day of class.…
SAN FRANCISCO — More than 2,000 hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 2, went on a three-day strike here Sept. 1, part of a nationwide fight against moves by hotel chains Marriott, Hyatt and Hilton to increase workloads while…
September 20, 1999 CHICAGO — Eleven Puerto Rican political prisoners, most of whom have spent two decades in U.S. prisons because of their pro-independence actions, are due to be released soon. This victory is the result of an international campaign…
The cold-blooded murder of six Israeli hostages by Hamas in late August is further proof that defeating the Tehran-backed group and demolishing its command structure is essential for defending Israel’s right to exist as a refuge for Jews. And for…
COMMERCE, Calif. — “The rents went up, the groceries went up and they don’t see that. They say that with the money they give us we can survive, but we can’t,” said Arturo Morales on the strike picket line at…
The four-months-long fight continues to end the ban on Militant issue no. 17, imposed by prison authorities at Jackson Correctional Institution in Malone, Florida, at the end of April. The Florida Department of Corrections Literature Review Committee upheld the impoundment…
CHICAGO — Over 200 United Airlines flight attendants and their supporters picketed at O’Hare International Airport here Aug. 28, demanding a new contract. Similar actions took place the same day at some 20 other airports. Chants included “What do we…
President Joseph Biden announced proposals July 29 to gut the power of the U.S. Supreme Court and muzzle its justices in an attack on the constitutionally mandated role of the judiciary. Days later, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer deepened the…
SYDNEY — “What’s outrageous? Airport wages!” chanted 20 plane refuelers as they walked off the job in a four-hour strike at Ampol Aviation at the airport here Aug. 23. Night and afternoon shift workers also stopped work. The workers “have…
