Sudan protests continue, fight to overturn military coup

Vol. 85/No. 43 - November 22, 2021

Sudanese security forces fired rubber bullets and arrested scores of protesters in attacks against rallies in several cities Nov. 7, part of an ongoing wave of actions against the Oct. 25 military coup led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Thousands…


Over 22,000 Canadian public workers strike for higher pay

Vol. 85/No. 43 - November 22, 2021

FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — Over 22,000 members of 10 locals of the Canadian Union of Public Employees have been on strike across the province since Oct. 29. They are demanding higher wages to reduce the gap with public sector workers…


Kellogg’s workers strike for ‘Equal pay for equal work!’

Vol. 85/No. 43 - November 22, 2021
Since Oct. 5, 1,400 bakery workers have been on strike at Kellogg’s cereal plants. Chicago BCTGM Local 1 members and other supporters join picket in Battle Creek, Mich., Nov. 4.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union negotiating committee voted down a Nov. 4 “last, best and final” set of contract demands from Kellogg’s bosses. Since Oct. 5, 1,400 union members have been…


Guantánamo trial exposes brutality of CIA torture

Vol. 85/No. 43 - November 22, 2021

In testimony before a sentencing jury of eight senior military officers Oct. 28, Majid Khan read a statement in court detailing his personal experiences being tortured by the CIA. Khan has been imprisoned for 15 years by the U.S. government…


We need our own party, a labor party

Vol. 85/No. 43 - November 22, 2021

Statement by John Studer, Socialist Workers Party national campaign director, Nov. 10. The only party that told the truth in the 2021 elections about how working people can fight back against mounting attacks we face today was the Socialist Workers…


Women in Benin win right to choose abortion

Vol. 85/No. 43 - November 22, 2021

After lengthy debate, Benin’s parliament voted Oct. 20 to decriminalize abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy. If ratified by the constitutional court, Benin will become the first country in West Africa to legalize a woman’s right to choose to…



Botched execution fuels call to end death penalty

Vol. 85/No. 42 - November 15, 2021

After a six-year “pause” in executions, the result of a series of botched death-house procedures, including 43 minutes of writhing agony for Clayton Lockett in 2014, Oklahoma authorities renewed executions Oct. 28. And once again it was an inhumane disaster,…


As prices of necessities rise, workers need unions to fight back

Vol. 85/No. 42 - November 15, 2021
Food prices have soared. Government doesn’t count ‘volatile’ figures in official inflation rate.

Rising prices on food, energy, rent and other necessities are upending the lives of millions of working people. Claims by government economists that this is just temporary are wearing thin. The government aids the bosses by making inflation appear lower…