This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Rides, one of the high points of the Black-led proletarian civil rights struggle that overturned Jim Crow and decisively changed social relations in the U.S. Despite U.S. Supreme Court rulings in…
WASHINGTON — Over 1,000 people joined the July 11 “No Fear: A Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People” here. The protest was called following a spate of anti-Jewish assaults in May. There were more than 1,200 incidents of antisemitic…
LOS ANGELES — A widely viewed video of a woman complaining about a man being in the women’s section of a spa in Los Angeles has deepened a debate here. The question is whether women have rights to privacy in…
Led by Seattle school teacher Carlos Lazo, a group of Cuban Americans are walking more than 1,000 miles from Florida to Washington, D.C., to broaden opposition to the U.S. economic war against Cuba. As of July 13, they’re over halfway…
LONDON — Rose Knight, a 50-year veteran of the communist movement, died June 26 after a yearslong illness. She was 76. Knight was a founding member of the Communist League in 1988 and served on the party’s Central Committee in…
In recent weeks, large numbers of workers in the U.S. have gotten vaccinated and government lockdown orders have eased, leading to an increase in job offers and hiring, especially in low-paying jobs in the restaurant and hospitality industries. This has…
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Some 110 forklift drivers, members of Teamsters Local 231, went on strike July 1 at the Bellingham Cold Storage and processing facility here near the Canadian border. The company forced the walkout by making an insulting “offer”…
Protesters marched in several Iranian cities after widespread power outages caused havoc for workers and farmers. The demonstrations follow previous rounds of country-wide mobilizations in 2018 and since by working people fed up with the government’s military adventures abroad, ongoing…
MONTREAL — Some 550 poultry workers at the Exceldor packinghouse, who went on strike May 23, made gains in a new contract and defended their right to strike. The plant is in Saint-Anselme, south of Quebec City. By a vote…
An important victory for political rights was won July 1 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to overturn a California regulation requiring tens of thousands of charities there to hand over lists of donors to state officials. The decision…
