Antisemitic mobs riot in Dagestan, attack Jews

Antisemitic mob surrounds airplanes on tarmac at Makhachkala airport in Russian republic of Dagestan Oct. 29 in hunt for Jews. Hundreds more thugs invaded airport terminal or pelted buses of passengers with rocks, seeking out those with Israeli passports.

Encouraged by Moscow’s support for Hamas, a Jew-hating mob terrorized Israeli passengers disembarking from a plane in the Russian republic of Dagestan Oct. 29, just a few weeks after Hamas’ murderous assault on Jews in Israel. Some 1,200 young men…


Wave of drug store closures deepens crisis workers face

As thousands of the Big Three chain drug stores close across the country, millions of working people face increased difficulties in filling prescriptions and getting other medical supplies. More than 40% of all U.S. counties have now become what is…


Tentative auto contract goes to UAW members to be voted on

HUDSON, Wis. — United Auto Workers Local 722 held a rally in front of the General Motors Parts Distribution plant here Oct. 30. Steve Frisque, the local’s president, told participants that picket lines would come down that evening after the…




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While Tehran backs Hamas, Iranian workers fight for pay

While Tehran backs Hamas, Iranian workers fight for pay

Retirees and oil workers across Iran are continuing weekly protests to defend living standards while workers elsewhere are striking in the face of an annual inflation rate of 46%. At the same time, working people in Iran have largely boycotted…







Cuba and Chernobyl

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.