VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The British Columbia General Employees’ Union, which represents 34,000 government employees across the province, launched strike action Sept. 2, after the union’s members voted 92.7% to go out. Their contract expired March 31. The central issue…
Days before callously killing 11 people on a speedboat in international waters off the coast of Venezuela Sept. 2, Washington carried out a rapid military buildup in the Caribbean that so far has amassed eight warships, several Navy P-8 surveillance…
PITTSBURGH — Over the last decade, black lung disease has been on the rise among U.S. coal miners, particularly in Appalachia. On Aug. 24, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette described years of inaction by the Mine Safety and Health Administration in testing…
CHICAGO — Socialist Workers Party members from Chicago, Cincinnati and Minneapolis set up a well-stocked booth of books by party leaders and other revolutionaries at the Printers Row annual book fair here Sept. 6-7. It was often swamped with people…
MANILA, Philippines — Tens of thousands of people crowded into the SMX Convention Center here Sept. 10-14 for this year’s Manila International Book Fair. Workers and students came from this capital city of over 15 million and from all across…
Moscow’s murderous war on the Ukrainian people has deliberately targeted working people in urban and rural areas, killing thousands. Members of Ukraine’s trade unions make up a significant part of the volunteer military forces on the front lines. At the…
The bourgeois liberal press, like the New York Times, claims there is a widespread famine in Gaza caused by Israel as part of its “genocide” against the Palestinian people, and that Israel is prolonging the war to keep Prime Minister…
Some 4,000 workers at the Arak Aluminum Company in Iran’s Markazi province have ended 43 days of hunger strikes, sit-ins and other protests demanding better wages and work conditions. The hard-fought battle was closely watched by workers across Iran. The…
From the Escambray to the Congo: In the Whirlwind of the Cuban Revolution by Víctor Dreke is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for September. Since the 1950s Dreke has been a leading participant in Cuba’s revolutionary movement —…
EVENDALE, Ohio — “We are more unified now than ever. We’re getting union and community support. Last week Sean O’Brien, international president of the Teamsters union, joined our picket line,” Don Luknis, second shift safety committee person of United Auto…
