MINNEAPOLIS — Two events took place Feb. 3 that highlight the importance and potential of rail workers’ continuing fight for safety and a decent living, including schedules that allow for a life off the job for family, union building and…
Following months of protests, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced Feb. 5 that he is pardoning “tens of thousands” of prisoners. This includes many who were arrested for joining “Women, life, freedom” demonstrations after the Sept. 16 death of…
“America’s bosses are starting to feel bossy again,” an article in the Feb. 2 Wall Street Journal noted. The authors point to the recent slowdown in the economy and a wave of layoffs that began in tech companies and has…
LONDON — Up to 500,000 workers from different unions went on strike Feb. 1. Some 300,000 teachers, 70,000 university lecturers, thousands of train and bus drivers and 100,000 civil servants walked out. “It’s the biggest strike for 10 years, but…
OAKLAND, Calif. — Nurses held a spirited rally at the University of California San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital here on Jan. 26, part of a national day of action called by the National Nurses United. They are demanding the hospital…
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — For the first time, the Militant was able to interview Masha Alyokhina, a member of Pussy Riot, a performance art collective, whose members have been imprisoned for their opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime and its…
One of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for February is By Any Means Necessary by Malcolm X. An outstanding leader of the struggle for Black rights in the U.S. who also emerged as a leader of the international working class,…
SYDNEY — Tens of thousands demonstrated across Australia in support of Aboriginal rights and against racism Jan. 26. The rallies are held each year as a counter-observance to “Australia Day” — a national holiday of events organized by the country’s…
The following statement was released Feb. 6 by Lisa Potash, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate from Georgia in 2022. Working people across the country were outraged when they saw the video of cops in Memphis savagely stun with…
A devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria Feb. 6, triggering a social catastrophe. More than 11,000 people have been killed. Rescue efforts, with international help, are continuing. Southern Turkey is home to many of the country’s…
