Despite significant troop losses and festering disquiet at home, Moscow continues to press its war aimed at conquering Ukraine and crushing its decadeslong battle for independence. While facing resistance in occupied areas (see article on Mariupol protest), Russian forces have…
BY NAOMI CRAINE, JOHN HAWKINS, AND LEROY WATSON BURLINGTON, Iowa —“We’re fighting for wages that will keep up with inflation, and better retirement benefits. And they don’t want to give that to us,” said Gary Binder, a worker at Case…
Two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions protecting the constitutional right to freedom of worship are good for working people. At the same time, these rulings are attacked by liberals as reactionary and as a further reason why Democrats must win…
PHILADELPHIA — The three-week effort to win ballot status for Chris Hoeppner, Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Congress from Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District, got off to a strong start here July 9-10. Through discussions door to door and at…
AKRON, Ohio — “As a family, we stand for nonviolence, but we encourage protest,” Bobby DiCello, the attorney speaking for the family of Jayland Walker, said at a press conference here July 11. Walker, 25, was gunned down in a…
President Joseph Biden frequently insists he is “the most pro-union president leading the most pro-union administration in American history.” Most top labor officials are missing no opportunity to urge unionists to vote more Democrats into office in November, so Biden…
Faced with months of determined and massive protests over their handling of the country’s crippling social and economic crisis, and widespread corruption, Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe announced July 9 that they would resign soon.…
This Cuban documentary produced in 2006 tells the story of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine and Cuba’s exemplary internationalist medical program that treated more than 25,000 victims.
