Led by Seattle school teacher Carlos Lazo, a group of Cuban Americans are walking more than 1,000 miles from Florida to Washington, D.C., to broaden opposition to the U.S. economic war against Cuba. As of July 13, they’re over halfway…
In recent weeks, large numbers of workers in the U.S. have gotten vaccinated and government lockdown orders have eased, leading to an increase in job offers and hiring, especially in low-paying jobs in the restaurant and hospitality industries. This has…
Protesters marched in several Iranian cities after widespread power outages caused havoc for workers and farmers. The demonstrations follow previous rounds of country-wide mobilizations in 2018 and since by working people fed up with the government’s military adventures abroad, ongoing…
MONTREAL — Tens of thousands marched nationwide July 1 to protest longstanding government-imposed racist discrimination and oppression of Canada’s 1.6 million Indigenous peoples. July 1, an official holiday, marks the consolidation of capitalist rule with the founding of the Canadian…
MCCALLA, Ala. — “This strike is so important,” retired United Mine Workers of America member Shirley Hyche said June 30 at the UMWA’s weekly solidarity rally here. She joined several hundred striking miners, family members, retired miners and other unionists…
Los Angeles — “Dennis Richter is for the workers,” said Latrice Mitchell. “I told my co-workers I’d rather vote for him than anybody else,” when asking them to sign the petition to put Richter, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for…
An RV-load of protesters against the U.S. economic war on Cuba are walking more than 1,000 miles over the next month to win support for ending Washington’s embargo. Carlos Lazo, a Cuban American high school teacher from Seattle and founder…
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — In the two weeks since the 13-story Champlain Towers South collapsed in nearby Surfside and pancaked to the ground, more has come out about shoddy construction and condo board and repair company inaction, accompanied by…
MINNEAPOLIS — After a long and bitter lockout by Marathon Petroleum bosses at the St. Paul Park refinery, members of Teamsters Local 120 voted to approve a revised contract offer from the company. The workers returned to work July 6…
NEW YORK — The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly June 23 to demand that Washington end its over 60-year-long economic, commercial and financial embargo on Cuba. At the session — the 29th in a row to vote for an…
