In an unbridled attack on freedom of speech, hundreds of editors, writers, publishers, librarians and a wide variety of other individuals have signed an online petition demanding that Penguin Random House halt plans to publish a book by U.S. Supreme…
Workers are being hard hit by soaring prices for food, gas, rents, medical expenses and more. The Militant newspaper — which fighting workers and trade unionists depend on for clarity on politics and as a guide to action — is…
Below are major excerpts from the reply by Yuri Gala, Cuba’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, to the speech by U.S. representative John Kelley after the Nov. 3 U.N. vote condemning Washington’s economic war on Cuba. Mr. Chairman: In…
SYDNEY — Thousands across Australia joined vigils protesting the racist murder of 15-year-old Aboriginal boy Cassius Turvey, inset, in Perth in West Australia. Some 3,000 people rallied here Nov. 2, one of more than 40 actions in cities and regional…
The victory won by 55,000 school workers in Ontario, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, is an important victory for all working people and our unions. Defying the provincial government’s imposition of a new anti-strike law, they went…
TORONTO — In a major victory for working people and our unions, 55,000 education support workers, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, ended their two-day walkout in Ontario, after forcing the Conservative provincial government to back down from…
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, meant to expand Moscow’s territory and “sphere of influence,” has had the opposite effect across the old Russian empire. In Central Asia and the South Caucasus, the Kremlin’s political authority is shrinking.…
Thousands marched in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, Oct. 17, the latest in months of protests demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry amid Haiti’s deep political, economic and social crisis. With Washington’s backing, Henry became prime minister in July…
After being fired on Oct. 5, a pregnant UPS worker committed suicide in the company’s huge Worldport facility in Louisville, Kentucky, the world’s largest automated package sorting facility. Twenty thousand workers, many of whom are members of Teamsters Local 89,…
NEW YORK — Opponents of Washington’s six-decade-long economic war against Cuba demonstrated here and across the country Oct. 29. Some 200 people from New York, New Jersey and cities as far away as Boston and Miami marched from Times Square…
