Letters

Vol. 86/No. 5 - February 7, 2022

NATO, US troops out now! Norway shares a northern border with Russia and has a long coastline that is vital to Russia’s naval access to the Atlantic. Russia sends heavy bombers along the coast on a regular basis to assert…


After 10-day strike, Colorado grocery workers make gains

Vol. 86/No. 5 - February 7, 2022
UFCW members strike King Soopers, Federal Heights, Colorado, Jan. 17. Workers won pay raise, better conditions.

DENVER — After a solid and lively 10-day strike against King Soopers grocery-store bosses by 8,400 United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 members from Boulder to Parker, Colorado,  and the greater metro area here, a majority voted in big…



Black farmers in Illinois fight for improved conditions

Vol. 86/No. 5 - February 7, 2022

HOPKINS PARK, Ill. — “Black farmers in rural Pembroke Township protest Nicor plan to build gas pipeline through their community,” read a headline in the Dec. 7 Chicago Tribune. It reported on a rally in downtown Chicago opposing the installation…


US, Russian rulers step up confrontation over Ukraine

Vol. 86/No. 5 - February 7, 2022

Talks between the U.S. and Russian governments over Moscow’s continuing troop buildup near its border with Ukraine ended without agreement Jan. 21. Washington opposes Moscow’s threats to Ukraine, claiming to stand against an assault on Ukrainian sovereignty. In fact, the…


German rulers pulled between Washington and Moscow

Vol. 86/No. 5 - February 7, 2022
German rulers pulled between Washington and Moscow

As Washington presses to defend its interests in eastern Europe, claiming to act in defense of Ukrainian sovereignty, deeper divisions have become clear among the rival capitalist rulers in NATO. The head of Germany’s navy, Kay-Achim Schonbach, was forced to…


Fight to end Jim Crow changed US forever

Vol. 86/No. 4 - January 31, 2022

President Joseph Biden’s claim that the Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act are key to stop a new rise of Jim Crow segregation is a fraud. These bills are purely aimed at changing voting procedures…


Deadly fires in Philadelphia, NY caused by landlord greed

Vol. 86/No. 4 - January 31, 2022
Funeral Jan. 16 at Islamic Cultural Center for victims of Bronx, New York, apartment building fire. Landlords put maximizing profits ahead of life and conditions of residents.

NEW YORK — Seventeen people perished, including eight children, all from smoke inhalation during a Jan. 9 fire in the 19-story Twin Parks Northeast building in the Bronx. The big-business media immediately laid the blame on a seemingly thoughtless tenant…


Back striking coal miners, Colorado grocery workers!

Warrior Met miners step up Alabama strike, win support
Vol. 86/No. 4 - January 31, 2022
Warrior Met coal miners, on strike since last April 1, hear report from United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts, standing at right, at weekly rally in Brookwood, Alabama, Jan. 12.

BROOKWOOD, Ala. — “We’ve worked out with the court that the union can start picketing again,” United Mine Workers of America District 20 Representative James Blankenship told the crowd of striking Warrior Met Coal miners at their weekly solidarity rally…


8,400 King Soopers strikers fight over wages, two-tiers

Vol. 86/No. 4 - January 31, 2022

ARVADA, Colo. — The strike by some 8,400 United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 members against the giant Kroger’s grocery chain King Soopers remains strong, with picket lines set up here and throughout the greater Denver area, from Boulder…