Yazidis fight to return home seven years after defeat of Islamic State

Vol. 86/No. 35 - September 26, 2022
Rudaw/Bilind T. Abdullah Yazidi refugee camp in Iraq’s Kurdistan region. Hundreds of thousands of Yazidis are blocked from returning to their homeland, which they fled after Islamic State genocide in 2014.

LONDON — Eight years after the reactionary Islamic State’s genocidal attack on the Yazidi people in the Sinjar region of northern Iraq, hundreds of thousands of Yazidis remain determined to return to their towns and villages and rebuild their lives,…



1962 ‘missile’ crisis book tells story from Cuba’s side

Vol. 86/No. 35 - September 26, 2022

Pathfinder Press has released a 60th anniversary printing of October 1962: The ‘Missile’ Crisis as Seen from Cuba. The full story of that moment is told for the first time from the perspective of the Cuban people, whose determination to…


25, 50, and 75 years ago

Vol. 86/No. 35 - September 26, 2022

September 29, 1997 SAN FRANCISCO — “We raised the bar for all workers by winning this strike,” Steve Gilbert told the Militant. “The fact that we ended the two-tier system and won the wage gains sends a message to other…


Support builds for Case New Holland UAW strikers

Vol. 86/No. 35 - September 26, 2022

BURLINGTON, Iowa — “We are not going anywhere!” United Auto Workers Local 807 strike captain Craig Bowen told the Militant  at the picket line outside Case New Holland here on Labor Day. “And you can quote me on that.” “Yes,…


Indonesia workers protest government 30% fuel hike

Vol. 86/No. 35 - September 26, 2022
Indonesia workers protest government 30% fuel hike

Thousands of people have rallied in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital city, and across the country Sept. 6 and since, demanding the government reverse a 30% jump in fuel prices it imposed amid soaring inflation in this country of 270 million people.…


NZ firefighters march for wages, more hiring

Vol. 86/No. 35 - September 26, 2022

ONEHUNGA, New Zealand — Wearing their firefighting gear, some 25 workers in the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union led a protest march here Aug. 26, building support for their fight for a contract. The stoppage was part of a second…


Minn. nurses demand control over staff levels

Vol. 86/No. 35 - September 26, 2022

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Some 15,000 members of the Minnesota Nurses Association began a three-day strike Sept. 12 at 15 hospitals in the Twin Cities and Duluth areas. They have been working without a contract since June 1. Hundreds picketed…


Teachers in Washington state strike over class size, pay raises

Vol. 86/No. 35 - September 26, 2022

KENT, Wash. — Some 1,700 members of the Kent Education Association, the union that represents teachers in one of the largest school districts near Seattle, ended a 14-day strike Sept. 8. The new contract agreed to has not yet been…


Australia nurses rally for increased staffing levels, pay

Vol. 86/No. 35 - September 26, 2022
Nurses in New South Wales in Australia struck Sept. 1 for wage increase and lower nurse-to-patient ratios. “If we are ‘heroes’ of pandemic, why won’t they negotiate with us?” they asked.

SYDNEY — Nurses at public hospitals across New South Wales struck for 24 hours Sept. 1, fighting for a pay raise and increased staffing in their third strike this year. This time, the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association organized rallies…