As economy slows, Chinese youth face lack of jobs, fear of the future

Vol. 87/No. 31 - August 21, 2023
A jobs fair in China, where one-fifth of young people cannot find jobs today. Alienation spreads as China’s exports slump, construction falls, amid sharpening worldwide conflicts, competition.

“You must not aim too high or be picky about work,” Huang Zongming, president of Chongqing Metropolitan College of Science and Technology in southwestern China, told more than 9,000 graduates in June.  A record number of Chinese college graduates this…


Ukraine resists Putin’s invasion, anti-war views spread in Russia

Vol. 87/No. 31 - August 21, 2023
Aug. 3, Russian court extended jail time for Dmitry Skurikhin after his Feb. 24 protest, “Ukraine, please forgive us.” He painted “Peace to Ukraine, freedom for Russia!” on his store near St. Petersburg, names of Ukrainian cities hit by Moscow’s invasion. Many villagers support him.

For 18 months, the Ukrainian armed forces, with decisive support from working people, have fought courageously to repel Moscow’s invasion. A Ukrainian counteroffensive begun two months ago is aimed at defeating Russian President Vladimir Putin’s drive to crush Ukraine’s independence…


Amazon workers picket warehouses in UK over long hours, low wages

Vol. 87/No. 31 - August 21, 2023

COVENTRY, England — Hundreds of workers picketed outside Amazon’s large BHX4 warehouse here Aug. 4. Dozens more picketed at a smaller facility in nearby Rugeley. Altogether over 1,000 workers took two days of strike action, marking the first anniversary of…


New conspiracy charges against Trump deepen attack on rights

Vol. 87/No. 30 - August 14, 2023

Assaults on constitutional freedoms, led overwhelmingly by Democrats, dominate the 2024 presidential election campaign. President Joseph Biden’s Justice Department is piling up charges against former President Donald Trump, trying to turn political differences into “crimes” and trying to put him…


NY meeting marks anniversary of opening of Cuban Revolution

Vol. 87/No. 30 - August 14, 2023
Celebration of 70th anniversary of July 26, 1953, Moncada attack opening Cuban Revolution was held in New York July 29. Inset, featured speaker, Cuba’s ambassador to U.N., Gerardo Peñalver Portal.

NEW YORK — Cuba’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Gerardo Peñalver Portal, was the featured speaker at a celebration here of the 70th anniversary of the attacks led by Fidel Castro on the U.S.-backed dictatorship’s Moncada army garrison in…


Putin expands draft as Ukraine forces advance

Vol. 87/No. 30 - August 14, 2023
Protest at Times Square in New York City July 30 organized by Russian-born opponents of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

For almost a year and a half, Ukrainian working people have pushed back Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion aimed at subjugating their country. Putin is now expanding the age of conscription to replenish his battered forces, while taking further steps…


Strikes by actors, writers are a ‘fight for all the workers’

Vol. 87/No. 30 - August 14, 2023

LOS ANGELES — Two weeks after members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists went on strike, joining the workers from the Writers Guild of America who walked out May 2, several unions and other workers…


Memphis strike wins broad union, community support

Get out the word, help strengthen the struggle!
Vol. 87/No. 30 - August 14, 2023
Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 390G members on strike along with supporters picket, rally at International Flavors and Fragrances plant gate July 26.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — “Union strong! All day long!” chanted some 75 striking members and supporters of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 390G as they rallied in front of the International Flavors and Fragrances plant here July 26.…


Peru protests demand ouster of government

Vol. 87/No. 30 - August 14, 2023

Tens of thousands marched in Peru July 19, four months after a large wave of protests threw the country into turmoil following the removal and arrest of the country’s president, Pedro Castillo. The protesters demanded the resignation of Dina Boluarte…


Strikes by actors, writers win widespread support

Rallies, pickets take place from coast to coast
Vol. 87/No. 29 - August 7, 2023
SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild unionists rally in Philadelphia July 20. Showing the power of united action, actors struck July 13, joining writers who had been on strike since May 2.

NEW YORK — Thousands of striking actors joined the “Rock the City for a Fair Contract” rally at Times Square here July 25. Some 160,000 members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists went on strike…