U.S.-groomed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who proclaimed himself president in January, appealed to Washington Feb. 25 to take more aggressive measures to oust the government of Nicolás Maduro. But Vice President Mike Pence, who met with Guaidó and government…
MANCHESTER, England — A crisis over how to handle the result of the 2016 referendum, when millions of working people voted for the U.K. to leave the European Union, is wracking the two main capitalist parties — Conservative and Labour.…
More than 30,000 teachers, bus drivers, janitors, cooks and other school workers shut down all the schools across West Virginia Feb. 19 and 20 to protest an education “reform” bill. The measure, submitted by State Senate President Mitch Carmichael, included…
Washington continues to turn up economic and financial pressure in hopes of bringing down the government of President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. In a speech Feb. 18 in Miami, where the largest émigré Venezuelan population in the U.S. lives, President…
NEW YORK — “All drivers just need to turn off their apps for a few hours and refuse to take any rides. Uber and Lyft would have to listen to us,” an Uber driver and immigrant from Nigeria here told…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — “You must visit Al-Mutanabbi Street,” numerous Iraqis told volunteers staffing the Pathfinder Books booth at the Feb. 7-18 Baghdad International Book Fair. “And you must go on a Friday.” So we did. The pride in Baghdad’s historic…
“We will save all of creation!” Sen. Edward Markey claimed when he and House of Representatives member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez launched their “Green New Deal” Feb. 7. Their scheme is backed by a number of Democratic Party 2020 presidential candidates and…
Working people in Haiti have been mounting widespread protests since Feb. 7 demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moise and Prime Minister Jean Henry Ceant. A social crisis has wracked the country since hurricanes hit in 2008, 2012 and 2016,…
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced they’ve set Feb. 27-28 in Hanoi, Vietnam, for their second face-to-face summit meeting on denuclearization of Korea. Teams of U.S. and North Korean negotiators have been meeting to prepare…
Alyson Kennedy, Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Dallas, turned in over 700 signatures and was told Feb. 7 that she was on the ballot. Her supporters are taking advantage of this victory to reach more broadly, knocking on…
