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Campaign to expand reach of ‘Militant,’ books, SWP fund (week two)

Washington does a flip-flop on Ukraine in grab for Russian diesel

President Donald Trump announced Oct. 9 an agreement he had reached with Russian President Vladimir Putin for Moscow to immediately supply 2.25 million barrels of diesel to U.S. and global markets. Washington’s surprise announcement aims to bring down energy prices,…

After botched execution, Christa Pike wakes up shackled to a bed

Christa Pike is back on death row in Tennessee after two torturous botched execution attempts Sept. 30 left her unconscious, but alive. Despite executioners stabbing at her body, attempting to inject two vials of the lethal drug pentobarbital in her…

Ohio school bus drivers strike for wages, healthcare and respect

SHARONVILLE, Ohio — Close to 100 Princeton City school bus drivers went on strike here Oct. 1. The workers, who transport over 5,000 students daily, are demanding higher wages after years of unlivable pay and no medical or prescription drug…

Hundreds of Chicago hotel workers strike as marathon nears

CHICAGO — Hundreds of hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 1, walked out of some of the most famous hotels here Oct. 9, going on strike just hours before the start of the Chicago Marathon, a busy time of…

Moscow had 50,000 casualties in September but lost ground

Moscow’s invasion forces in eastern Ukraine are losing ground and have suffered a new monthly high of more than 50,000 Russian troop casualties in September, with as many as 28,000 killed. Single-day casualties hit 2,090 on Sept. 28, after 1,960…

‘Workers have the capacity to change the course of history’

LONDON — “Our campaign was about discussing a road forward with fellow workers, building support for union fights and presenting the communist program,” said Jonathan Silberman, the Communist League’s candidate in the Holborn and St. Pancras parliamentary by-election, at a…

Iran rulers step up executions as opposition to death penalty grows

From October last year to this October “at least 2,230 people have been executed in Iran, including 54 women, 47 political prisoners and four children,” the No to Executions Tuesday campaign reported Oct. 13. Organized by prisoners, the campaign’s weekly…

Books on Cuba, Africa in demand at Toronto book fair

TORONTO — Eleven Pathfinder volunteers from Canada and the U.S. staffed a lively stand at Toronto’s annual open air Word On The Street fair Sept. 26-27, billed as Canada’s largest no-door-charge book and magazine festival. “Our top seller was Pathfinder’s…

IBEW’s 8-day strike at Duquesne Light in Pittsburgh makes gains

PITTSBURGH — Some 1,000 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 29 members returned to work at Duquesne Light Co. after an eight-day strike, the first walkout in over 50 years. Details of the contract have not come out publicly, but…