Both Hamas, the reactionary Islamist party that rules the Gaza Strip, and the government of Israel claim they “won” the latest round of fighting that ended with a May 21 cease-fire. This is the fourth time since 2008 Hamas rocket…
The following is based on excerpts from a December 2017 statement by Jack Barnes, Socialist Workers Party national secretary. Pressing for the Israeli and Arab governments and leaderships of Palestinian organizations to begin immediate talks to recognize both Israel and…
June 10, 1996 PARIS — “Massively reduce work time to create jobs,” read the lead banner of the May 23 union demonstration here. The demonstration drew more than 10,000 people. Workers in a number of shops took part in work…
LOUISVILLE, Ohio — Some 150 striking steelworkers, fellow United Steelworkers union members, retirees and other supporters rallied May 15, as 1,300 steelworkers here and in four other states continue their strike against Allegheny Technologies Inc. ATI announced last December they…
For over five months about 200,000 farmers at a time have lived in three main protest encampments on roads into New Delhi, India’s capital, despite government efforts to use the rise in deaths from coronavirus to get them to leave.…
PORT-CARTIER, Quebec — After rejecting ArcelorMittal’s “final” offer, 2,500 iron ore miners and processing, rail, and office workers here and in Fermont went on strike May 10. “The stakes in our strike include wages, medical premiums, the retirement fund and working…
Charles Huber, the new chair of the Florida Department of Corrections Literature Review Committee, told Militant attorney David Goldstein May 14 that it is scheduled to review the decision of Century Correctional Institution prison authorities banning all five March issues…
Statement by Malcolm Jarrett, Socialist Workers Party candidate for Pittsburgh mayor, May 19. “Our strength does come from our sticking together,” Dave McCall, international vice president of the United Steelworkers, told a May 15 rally of striking steelworkers and their…
SEPT-ILES, Quebec — Teachers, joined by staff members and students, picketed in front of the CEGEP school here on Quebec’s North Shore May 13. “An urgent need to act; public services to rebuild,” read the picket sign of one striker.…
