Campaigning in working-class neighborhoods in cities and rural areas, members and supporters of the Socialist Workers Party and Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom are finding a lot of interest in the new book, The Low Point…
Following months of protests, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced Feb. 5 that he is pardoning “tens of thousands” of prisoners. This includes many who were arrested for joining “Women, life, freedom” demonstrations after the Sept. 16 death of…
“America’s bosses are starting to feel bossy again,” an article in the Feb. 2 Wall Street Journal noted. The authors point to the recent slowdown in the economy and a wave of layoffs that began in tech companies and has…
Russian President Vladimir Putin is amassing forces in preparation for a deadly spring offensive in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian military, backed by volunteers, is preparing to repulse Moscow’s attacks and launch a counter-offensive. Putin claims his…
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — More than 1,000 people took part in an interfaith rally at Temple Ner Tamid Feb. 2 in response to the attempted firebombing of the synagogue in the early morning of Jan. 29. No one was hurt. Just…
ATLANTA — Since the Jan. 7 beating of Tyre Nichols by Memphis cops that led to his death three days later, workers have been discussing the root cause of police violence and the road to prevent further cop brutality and…
MINNEAPOLIS — Two events took place Feb. 3 that highlight the importance and potential of rail workers’ continuing fight for safety and a decent living, including schedules that allow for a life off the job for family, union building and…
Almost a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, he is intensifying efforts to bomb its people into submission. His regime, whose origins lie in the KGB political police apparatus of the former Soviet Union, aims…
ATLANTA — Five members of a Memphis police specialized “crime suppression” unit were fired and charged with second-degree murder and other felonies Jan. 26 after city authorities reviewed videos showing them brutally beating Tyre Nichols 19 days earlier. The 29-year-old…
Despite stepped-up harassment by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Basij thugs, thousands of protesters took to the streets in Iran’s Baluchistan region Jan. 27 to call for an end to government repression. The nationwide protests for “Women, life, freedom”…
