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Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, SWP fund Sept. 23 – November 21 (final chart)

Joliet nurses strike for higher pay, increased staffing

JOLIET, Ill. — Over 500 Illinois Nurses Association union members began a two-day strike here Nov. 21, demanding increased staffing and higher wages. A walkout in August failed to win a new contract. “We want to provide safe, quality care…

Women in Ukraine win right to work in the country’s coal mines

More than 100 women are today working underground at the Pavlohradska coal mine in southeastern Ukraine. This is the first time that women have been hired to work underground since the counterrevolutionary regime of Joseph Stalin barred women from doing…

Bosses at ‘assisted living’ use add on fees to boost profits

Increasing numbers of older workers who have turned to assisted-living facilities for housing and care are unable to cover the huge costs and increasing “add on” fees the profit-hungry bosses impose on them. This reflects the social and moral crisis…

Kurdish teachers strike, march on Baghdad for unpaid wages

Over 58,000 Kurdish teachers in Sulaimaniyah province have been on strike for back wages for more than two months in the longest teachers strike in the history of Kurdistan, putting nearly a million students out of school. More than 1,000…

Russians in NY protest Moscow’s genocidal war on Ukraine

NEW YORK — Holding signs like “Genocide by famine: The Ukrainian Holodomor, 1932-1933” and “We stand with Ukraine,” a group of largely Russian emigres gathered in Times Square here Nov. 26 to protest the famine Joseph Stalin’s counterrevolutionary regime imposed…

‘Jewish Question’ draws interest at Montreal book fair

Pathfinder Press was among 650 publishing houses setting up booths at the Salon du Livre in Montreal, which was attended by some 88,000 visitors Nov. 22-26. “With all the action this week, it was a very rich experience,” said Josette…

Sugarcane cutters in Dominican Republic fight for raise, pensions

LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — “The gains we have made have been because of our mobilizations in the streets,” Jesús Núñez, national coordinator of the Sugarcane Workers Union (UTC), told the Militant. He described their yearslong fight to win pensions,…

Thousands march in London against Jew-hatred

LONDON — Tens of thousands joined a march and rally here Nov. 26, the first nationwide protest in the United Kingdom against Jew-hatred since the Oct. 7 pogrom in Israel carried out by Tehran-backed Hamas. The action was called by…

Working people in Ukraine fight genocidal war waged by Putin

Moscow has been waging a genocidal war against Ukraine and its people for over 21 months. Russian President Vladimir Putin denies Ukraine has a right to exist, claiming it’s part of Russia. The Kremlin has kidnapped tens of thousands of…