How US working people have fought back

Vol. 82/No. 23 - June 11, 2018

“From Clinton to Trump: How US working people are responding to the antilabor offensive of the bosses, their parties and their government” was the title of the second part of the program on the class struggle in the US at…


Protests against government attacks spread in Nicaragua

Vol. 82/No. 22 - June 4, 2018
Rally at Rotonda Metrocenter in Managua, Nicaragua, May 20, against attacks on pensioners, students and others by government of President Daniel Ortega that have left dozens dead.

MASAYA, Nicaragua — Thousands rallied here and in cities across the country May 19 to demand the resignation of President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo. In Managua, workers and middle-class layers gathered in peaceful protests on street corners…


Long history of rulers’ attacks on Fifth Amendment rights

Vol. 82/No. 21 - May 28, 2018

The attack on Fifth Amendment rights is aimed at hard-won constitutional protections workers and the union movement need. The labor upsurge that swept the United States after the Second World War was an enormous problem for the U.S. rulers. Their…


US class struggle a feature at Havana conference

Panel from US describes capitalist rulers’ offensive, growing resistance by working people
Vol. 82/No. 20 - May 21, 2018

HAVANA — “Did the 2016 electoral victory of Donald Trump register a rise in racism, xenophobia, misogyny and every other form of reaction among working people in the United States? Is that why tens of millions of workers voted for…


Denver rallies demand school funding, pay raises

Vol. 82/No. 19 - May 14, 2018
Denver rallies demand school funding, pay raises

DENVER — Teachers, school workers and their supporters rallied outside the state Capitol here April 27. Some 10,000 turned out to demand more funding for public schools, higher wages and to oppose efforts by legislators to cut their pensions. The…


Colo. teachers rally at Capitol April 16, plan more actions

Vol. 82/No. 17 - April 30, 2018

DENVER — More than 150 teachers from the Englewood school district headed for their first statewide “Day of Action” outside the Capitol here April 16, demand-ing higher wages, increased school funding and no cuts to retirees’ pensions. The Eng-lewood teachers…


Marx, Engels, fighting workers converge, form communist party

Vol. 82/No. 16 - April 23, 2018

The Young Karl Marx, 2017 film, directed by Raoul Peck. The development of the first revolutionary international workers association, the Communist League, and The Communist Manifesto, the program it adopted in 1847, are a rich treasure for study by workers…


Judge stays parole for Herman Bell as NY cops campaign to halt release

Vol. 82/No. 16 - April 23, 2018

Twelve days before the scheduled release of former Black Panther Herman Bell from prison April 17, a state court judge has put Bell’s parole on hold. The decision comes in response to a lawsuit filed by the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association…



Rail bosses use drones to spy on, victimize workers

Vol. 82/No. 14 - April 9, 2018

Feigning concern for safety, Union Pacific bosses began using drones to spy on workers at 14 of its rail yards in December. A new crew of drone operators has been hired to look for “behaviors that deviate from the railroad’s…