SEPT-ILES, Quebec — As of July 18, the New York Times reported that wildfires in Canada have destroyed 25 million acres so far this year — close to double the last few years. Hardest hit have been the First Nations,…
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — In face of attacks by Ottawa against their right to strike, 7,400 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada at the 30 terminals run by the BC Maritime Employers Association on Canada’s West Coast…
HAVANA — “Your presence here encourages us and reinforces that Cuba is not alone despite so many attempts to isolate us,” Aylín Álvarez García, first secretary of the National Committee of the Union of Young Communists of Cuba (UJC), told…
On July 23, police in Rasht, Iran, 200 miles northwest of Tehran, attacked a demonstration of some 200 retirees and disabled people. They doused some protesters with pepper spray. Other recent protests of retirees have taken place without government interference.…
ERIE, Pa. — Solidarity was the word of the day here July 29 as a car caravan brought strike supporters from Western Pennsylvania to join the strike picket line of United Electrical Workers Locals 506 and 618 at the entrance…
If you go by what the liberal big-business media are saying, the economy is on the verge of a boom, with prices dropping and fears of a wrenching recession fading away. Among a plethora of articles pushing this view include:…
NEW YORK — Thousands of striking actors joined the “Rock the City for a Fair Contract” rally at Times Square here July 25. Some 160,000 members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists went on strike…
What can working people do to defend ourselves from the bosses who continue to push the economic crisis of their system onto our backs? Strikes and other battles by thousands of union members are underway to win better wages and…
For over seven years, beginning during the 2016 elections, the Democrats have attempted to use the FBI as a key weapon in their ongoing assault against Republican political opponent Donald Trump. In doing so, they’ve targeted the working people attracted…
On July 26 we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the 1953 attack led by Fidel Castro on the Moncada army garrison in Santiago de Cuba, which marked the opening of the Cuban Revolution. The attack took place just a little…
