On Dec. 13 outgoing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown commuted the death sentences of all 17 prisoners sentenced to be executed in the state. “I have long believed that justice is not advanced by taking a life, and the state should…
FRESNO, Calif. — This Militant correspondent joined farmer Will Scott and rail worker Laura Garza to discuss the stakes for working people in standing together with rail unions in their fight against attacks by the bosses and government. We visited…
SAN FRANCISCO — Conditions facing Chinese in the United States and around the world coping with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and the sharpening conflicts between Washington and Beijing was the theme of this year’s conference of the International…
SAN FRANCISCO — At a Nov. 12 program during the conference of the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas here (see accompanying article), three Chinese scientists, all naturalized U.S. citizens, gave powerful accounts of how they stood up…
SULAYMANIYAH, Kurdistan Region, Iraq — Since Nov. 17, thousands have flocked to the Sulaymaniyah International Book Fair, which is being held here for the fourth time. It features books on language, history, politics, science and religion, as well as novels,…
Rail workers are fighting today to push back their bosses and the government, both of which are responsible for working conditions that are dangerous, exhausting and tear at workers’ ability to have a family and union life. The fight they…
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, meant to expand Moscow’s territory and “sphere of influence,” has had the opposite effect across the old Russian empire. In Central Asia and the South Caucasus, the Kremlin’s political authority is shrinking.…
More than 30,000 striking port and rail workers shut down freight transportation across South Africa, demanding pay and benefit raises to keep up with inflating prices. Members of the United National Transport Union began their strike Oct. 6. They were…
NEW YORK — Milagros Rivera, president of the Cuba Solidarity Committee of Puerto Rico, will be in New York City Oct. 27 to 29 on a speaking tour to strengthen the fight against FBI harassment of opponents of the U.S.…
On April 26, 1986, an explosion blew apart the top of reactor No. 4 at the Soviet nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, in Ukraine, releasing huge amounts of radiation into the atmosphere. More than 2,000 square miles of Ukraine, Belarus…
