The overthrow of the 50-year bloody dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad and his father is a consequence of the world-shaking impact of the resistance to Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, anti-Jewish pogrom in Israel and Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Like those two…
For over 1,000 days of war, working people in Ukraine have tenaciously resisted the invasion by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime. Both sides are using drones as weapons, but Kyiv overwhelmingly targets Russian military sites, while Moscow focuses its fire…
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Workers at Milk-Bone are winning broad support as their six-week strike continues. The 165 members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 36G walked out Oct. 28 in a fight for solid wage increases and…
MONTREAL — Over 55,000 members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers went on a nationwide strike Nov. 15, standing up against employer plans to introduce part-time weekend positions at lower pay and second-rate benefits. Mediated negotiations between Canada…
Amid soul-searching by liberal commentators and Democratic Party politicians, Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin claims she knows why Kamala Harris didn’t beat Donald Trump. The problem, Rubin wrote Nov. 29, was the “prevalence of low-information” voters, who “know shockingly little…
It’s been over two months since Hurricane Helene devastated Asheville, North Carolina, and other nearby towns and rural areas. While the flood waters have receded, the social and economic catastrophe wrought by the storm continues to weigh on the lives…
BANDUNG, Indonesia — The impact on overseas Chinese communities of Beijing’s increased economic and military weight in Southeast Asia underpinned discussions at the 14th regional conference of the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas held here Nov. 7-8. …
On Jan. 1, 1959, Fidel Castro led Cuba’s working people to victory, ousting the U.S.-backed military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. To mark that anniversary, we are featuring Cuba and the Coming American Revolution by Jack Barnes, national secretary of the…
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.
