The story of a Ukrainian author, Volodymyr Vakulenko, executed by invading Russian forces in March 2022 — and the discovery and publication of his hidden journal by his father and a fellow writer — sheds light on the depth of…
Some 45,000 dockworkers, members of the International Longshoremen’s Association who work at ports from Maine to Texas, are preparing to hit the streets Oct. 1 if a new contract isn’t in place. It’s one of three sizable labor battles shaping…
MONTREAL — Some 680 mechanics and maintenance workers at WestJet, Canada’s second-largest airline, went on strike June 28, despite a federal government order seeking to force them into compulsory binding arbitration. The workers are fighting for their first union contract…
Elections to the European Parliament June 6-9 saw heavy losses for governing capitalist parties that tens of millions of working people hold responsible for the worsening conditions they confront. The results reflect these crisis conditions, but they’re presented in the…
Increasing numbers of Gazans have begun to speak out against Hamas, holding the group responsible for hurling them into eight months of war with Israel and bringing death and destruction into their lives. “I do not want to sacrifice my…
MIAMI — The Joseph Biden administration seized on the May 23 killing of three Christian missionaries working in Haiti — two Americans and a Haitian — to call for an “expedited deployment” of a multinational military force to fight powerful…
Facing a new cross-border surge by Moscow’s army in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine, the country’s tenacious defenders have pushed the invading forces back. Ukrainian forces have recaptured lost ground in border towns through intense street fighting against Russian…
In an important example of international working-class solidarity, SMART-TD, the largest rail workers union in the U.S., is asking union locals and members to help collect much-needed personal protective equipment for rail workers in war-torn Ukraine. In a letter posted…
Moscow’s troops are suffering heavy losses during an offensive launched May 10 in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region. Russian President Vladimir Putin is seeking to extend the front lines of the largest ground war in Europe since World War II and…
Under the pressure of Washington and other capitalist powers, a transitional presidential council was established in Haiti April 25 prior to the arrival of a Kenyan-led foreign military force. It’s tasked with quelling the current levels of gang violence and…
