- — Striking hotel workers fight BlackRock
- Boston For almost two months, UNITE HERE! Local 26 hotel workers have been striking to demand the living wages and expanded benefits that management has denied them for years. The strike wave began on Sept. l when over 1,000 Boston and Greenwich, Connecticut, hotel workers walked off the job. Rolling . . . Continue reading Striking hotel workers fight BlackRock at Workers.org
- — Forum defends anti-imperialist Marxism and People’s China
- On Oct. 24, 2024, in New York City, Friends of Socialist China celebrated the release of two revolutionary books: “People’s China at 75: The Flag Stays Red,” edited by Carlos Martinez and Keith Bennett, and “Western Marxism,” a collection of essays by the Italian Marxist-Leninist Domenico Losurdo, translated into English . . . Continue reading Forum defends anti-imperialist Marxism and People’s China at Workers.org
- — Despite fierce opposition, Philadelphia City Council introduces billionaires’ arena bill
- Philadelphia Which side are you on? That’s the question being asked of 17 Philadelphia City Council members over the next few weeks. Philadelphia march, Oct. 24, 2024. WW PHOTO: Joe Piette On one side are several billionaires proposing a $1.55 billion 76ers basketball arena next to the Chinatown community in . . . Continue reading Despite fierce opposition, Philadelphia City Council introduces billionaires’ arena bill at Workers.org
- — Cuba out of electricity? Why it happened.
- Katrien De Muynck October 21, 2024 Published in French at Investigaction.net. Translation: John Catalinotto. There is virtually no electrical power in Cuba. Cuba specialist Katrien De Muynck explains how it came to this. At his press conference on Friday, Oct. 18, Cuban Vice President Manuel Marrero asked the Cuban people . . . Continue reading Cuba out of electricity? Why it happened. at Workers.org
- — ‘Red for Bread’ mobilizes support for Starbucks union
- Since July, Starbucks Workers United has been promoting monthly “Red for Bread” days of action. In October, what had been a long weekend of solidarity the three previous months was expanded to a full week of leafleting and picketing outside Starbucks stores. Over 550 separate actions took place from Oct. . . . Continue reading ‘Red for Bread’ mobilizes support for Starbucks union at Workers.org
- — G.N. Saibaba, 1967-2024
- By Princess Harmony Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba (G.N. Saibaba) passed away on Oct. 12 in Hyderabad, India. Saibaba was a communist revolutionary and founding member of the Revolutionary Democratic Front (RDF), established in 2005, and belonged to the International League of Peoples’ Struggle, which was founded by the late Jose Maria . . . Continue reading G.N. Saibaba, 1967-2024 at Workers.org
- — Protests greet Kamala Harris rally in Houston
- Houston A pro-reproductive rights rally anywhere in Texas is a great idea, especially in Houston, the state’s largest city. When the rally took place, including huge hometown favorite singer Beyoncé Knowles, it literally attracted millions of people! But when it’s a campaign rally being held by Democratic presidential candidate Vice . . . Continue reading Protests greet Kamala Harris rally in Houston at Workers.org
- — Martinique and Guadeloupe: French colonies in the Caribbean demand lower prices
- Two French colonies in the Caribbean, that operate under the legal fiction that they are French departments with seats in its parliament, have been the scene of massive protests against high prices for food and other necessities. Protests in Martinique and Guadeloupe have grown in intensity since early September. union . . . Continue reading Martinique and Guadeloupe: French colonies in the Caribbean demand lower prices at Workers.org
- — PDF of October 31 issue
- Download the color version. Download the black white version. NYC: End the U.S. blockade of Cuba The Global South, the BRICS+ Summit and Palestine Editorial: Indigenous peoples tell Biden: ‘Sorry is not enough’ Mundo Obrero: Elecciones 2024: Una situación perdedora para la clase trabajadora Download the color version. Download . . . Continue reading PDF of October 31 issue at Workers.org
- — Iran ‘obliged to defend itself’ against Israel
- The following statement from the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs was published by The Cradle on Oct. 26, 2024. The aggressive action of the Zionist regime against several military centers in Iran is a clear violation of international law and the United Nations Charter, especially the principle of prohibiting the . . . Continue reading Iran ‘obliged to defend itself’ against Israel at Workers.org
- — The Global South, the BRICS+ Summit and Palestine
- The potential power of a united Global South was on full display at the United Nations in March 2022. Representatives of many countries that had experienced imperialist aggression at the hands of the U.S., France, Britain and other NATO members collectively denounced U.S. sanctions as acts of war, calling NATO . . . Continue reading The Global South, the BRICS+ Summit and Palestine at Workers.org
- — Hamas affirms solidarity with Iran
- The following statement appeared on Resistance News Network on Oct. 26, 2024. We, in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), condemn in the strongest terms the Zionist aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which targeted military sites in several governorates. We consider it a blatant violation of Iranian sovereignty and . . . Continue reading Hamas affirms solidarity with Iran at Workers.org
- — Elecciones 2024: Una situación perdedora para la clase trabajadora
- En el exterior de la Convención Nacional Demócrata, manifestantes denuncian a ambos partidos, 19 de agosto de 2024. A medida que se acercan el 5 de noviembre y las elecciones presidenciales estadounidenses de 2024, una cosa está clara como el agua. Independientemente de qué candidatos del partido capitalista e imperialista . . . Continue reading Elecciones 2024: Una situación perdedora para la clase trabajadora at Workers.org
- — Machinists answer to Boeing’s end the strike offer – NO!
- Boeing strikers, Renton, Washington, Oct. 11, 2024. Seattle Striking members of the International Association of Machinists at Boeing won’t take any cheap deals. They once again defeated the company’s latest contract offer by a resounding 64%. The Oct. 23 vote was cheered by workers at the Seattle union hall, who . . . Continue reading Machinists answer to Boeing’s end the strike offer – NO! at Workers.org
- — Election Day – and after
- In editorials and commentaries during the presidential election year marked by an attempted assassination of the Republican Party candidate, former President Donald Trump, and a last-ditch switch in the Democratic Party presidential candidate from President Joe Biden to Vice President Kamala Harris, Workers World has made its position clear: Neither . . . Continue reading Election Day – and after at Workers.org
- — Indigenous peoples tell Biden: ‘Sorry is not enough’
- President Joe Biden did something that no U.S. president has done. He offered a formal apology for the horrific, racist abuse suffered by Native American and Alaska Native children in so-called American Indian boarding schools. Biden apologized on Oct. 25 outside of Phoenix, Arizona, at the Gila River Indian Community, . . . Continue reading Indigenous peoples tell Biden: ‘Sorry is not enough’ at Workers.org
- — New York City: Cuba solidarity to end the U.S. blockade
- Activists held a spirited rally at Grand Central Station in New York City on Oct. 27 to demand an end to the illegal U.S. blockade of Cuba imposed in 1960. Another demand was the removal of Cuba from the States Sponsors of Terrorism List. New York City, Oct. 27, 2024 . . . Continue reading New York City: Cuba solidarity to end the U.S. blockade at Workers.org
- — Portland protests U.S. attacks on Cuba
- By Evan Reif Portland, Oregon On October 26 the Portland End the Blockade of Cuba Coalition, made up of local activists and organizations, protested the criminal, illegal blockade of Cuba imposed by the United States. After a series of speeches by representatives of Workers World Party, Freedom Road Socialist Organization . . . Continue reading Portland protests U.S. attacks on Cuba at Workers.org
- — Yahya Al-Sinwar: Su vida inspirará a muchos más para liberar Palestina
- El Partido Mundo Obrero saluda al heroico dirigente revolucionario Yahya Al-Sinwar, presidente del Buró Político del Movimiento de Resistencia Islámica de Hamás y comandante de la Batalla de Inundación de Al-Aqsa, que murió heroicamente en combate junto con otros combatientes de Hamás el 17 de octubre en Gaza. Mientras los . . . Continue reading Yahya Al-Sinwar: Su vida inspirará a muchos más para liberar Palestina at Workers.org
- — Israeli soldiers protest war service – U.S. veterans support them
- After a year of genocidal war on the people of Gaza, some 130 Israeli soldiers who had been called up from the reserves signed an open letter saying they will no longer serve in the Israeli army unless the government works towards a captive and ceasefire deal. Caption: Eliran Mazrahi, . . . Continue reading Israeli soldiers protest war service – U.S. veterans support them at Workers.org
- — How fighting to free Palestinian political prisoners liberates humanity
- Charlotte Kates The following is an Oct. 20 interview Workers World did with Charlotte Kates, one of the founders of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. Workers World: Can you comment on any further developments since the Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) designation, while the Canadian government then brought no criminal . . . Continue reading How fighting to free Palestinian political prisoners liberates humanity at Workers.org
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