NEW YORK — Some 120 people gathered here April 29 to demand an end to the bellicose annual U.S.-South Korea war games, an end to all sanctions imposed on North Korea by the U.S. government, and an end to U.S.-imposed…
Since the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern derailment and controlled burn-off of five tankers that spewed 700,000 pounds of toxic vinyl chloride onto the soil, water and air in East Palestine, Ohio, in February, attention there and around the country has…
On April 26, 1986 — 37 years ago — the people of Ukraine bore the brunt of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, the explosion, fire and meltdown at the Chernobyl power plant. It was a catastrophe denied by Soviet authorities…
Contract oil workers went on strike in Iran April 15, demanding a 79% wage increase. And instead of working a debilitating 24 days on with six days off schedule, they are demanding a more humane 20 days of work followed…
MINNEAPOLIS — Some 60 Iranians, Russians and Belarusians and supporters came together downtown here on April 22 to demand the release of political prisoners in their home countries. Many spoke — in Russian, Farsi and English — and there were…
The reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the Iranian and Saudi regimes — finalized in Beijing — is a reflection of the weakening of Washington’s role in the Middle East, although it remains the dominant imperialist power intervening there. The ruling…
PAJARO, Calif. — On March 30, dozens of angry victims of flooding here, many of them farmworkers, marched down muddy and debris-covered streets in a protest demanding government aid and equal treatment for undocumented workers. Ramiro Medrano, who helped organize…
WAIANAE, Hawaii — Nearly 500 nurses’ aides, groundskeepers, housekeepers, cooks and other hospital workers have been on strike at Kaiser’s three facilities on the island of Maui since Feb. 22, fighting for higher wages, no forced overtime and safe staff-patient…
LONDON — More than 60 people gathered here March 26 to celebrate the life and political contributions of Communist League leader Celia Pugh. A 52-year veteran of the communist movement, she died March 4 after a long illness at 70.…
Demanding wage raises to offset soaring prices, transport workers in Germany March 27 held their largest strike since the 1990s. Some 155,000 members of Verdi (United Services Trade Union) and EVG (Rail and Transport Workers Union) shut down most train,…
