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Activists push Palestine to the front line of the Oscars
A massive protest took to the streets outside of the Academy Award ceremony, while a filmmaker took the stage to denounce Israeli occupation.
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When Einstein called “fascists” those who rule Israel for the last 44 years…
What would you say if the notorious racist and anti-semite prime minister of Hungary Victor Orban accused Einstein of … anti-semitism? And Hanna Arendt as well? Together with the most iconic author of Holocaust literature Primo Levi?
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The tragic death of a traitor (Part One: Origins)
Alexei Navalny, a Russian political opposition figure whose popularity in the West far exceeded his support in Russia, died while incarcerated in a Russian prison. He was serving a combined 30-and-a-half-year sentence for fraud and political extremism, charges that Navalny and his supporters claim were little more than trumped up accusations designed to silence a […]
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More than a million and a half people hit the streets against Milei’s ‘adjustment’
The general strike against the austerity measures and the Omnibus Law was strongly felt throughout the country yesterday.
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Insorgiamo: The story of how workers of an Italian factory are creating history
Laid-off workers of the former GKN plant in Campi Bisenzio, who have been leading a 900-day long struggle, have proposed to take over the plant by forming a cooperative to facilitate futuristic production.
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Why I risked prison to shut Elbit down
The co-founder of Palestine Action writes about her and fellow activists’ acquittal by a UK court for attempting to close down the Israeli arms firm’s operations in Britain.
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We need to act fast to stop the situation in Gaza from triggering a wider war in the Middle East
The danger signals of a wider war breaking out in the Middle East are now flashing red.
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600,000 workers strike in Quebec: We can defeat the hated CAQ government!
On Nov. 23, close to 600,000 public sector workers in Quebec were on strike. Considering that Quebec has around 4,439,000 people active in the labour market, this represents 13.5 per cent of all workers in the province!
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Doctors in Italy strike against proposed pension cuts
Some 85 percent of staff of the National Health Service and private medical facilities stayed away from work.
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Israel-Palestine war: Jewish students say they won’t be silenced by Brown University
In their first interview since they were arrested for holding a sit-in, some of the students vow to continue their activism until the US university divests from Israel.
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People across the globe disrupt “business as usual” for Palestine
International actions organized in solidarity with Palestine demanded an end to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and an end to all aid to Israel.
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A General Strike in 2028 is a uniquely plausible dream
The UAW’s call for unions to align their contract expirations is legitimately achievable. But the work starts now.
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Mass walkouts by garment workers in Bangladesh
The cost-of-living crisis on top of the extreme exploitative conditions of the garment industry has erupted into a major outbreak of workers’ unrest, reports John Clarke.
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UAW wins tentative contract deal with final Big Three holdout General Motors
The tentative agreement reportedly includes a general wage increase of 25% over four years and cost-of-living adjustments.
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Auto Workers escalate: Surprise strike at massive Kentucky Ford truck plant
Every Friday for the past four weeks, Big 3 CEOs have waited fearfully for Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain to announce which plants will strike next.
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Scolding striking auto workers in advance for wrecking economy
The first person quoted in the New York Times’ rundown (9/19/23) on the United Auto Workers strike was a lawyer representing management from Littler Mendelson, the go-to firm for big corporations’ union avoidance.
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“Every allegation of anti-Semitism was found to be false”
A climate of fear is stifling free speech, academic research and student activism about Palestine at British universities.
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Chile today: massive march and repression
It is 50 years since the coup d’état and there is an important generational change on the streets, many thousands of young people who feel the need to express their discomfort with society, to express their pain at the breakdown of democracy and all that followed.
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Newly organized nurses in Texas and Kansas strike for a first contract
Through wet weather in Wichita, Kansas, and scorching heat in Austin, Texas, hundreds of nurses walked picket lines June 27 in a one-day strike for safe staffing and patient safety. Nearly 2,000 nurses represented by National Nurses United (NNU) walked out.
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Thousands of actors join picket lines in Los Angeles and New York
The strike by tens of thousands of U.S. film and television actors officially began Friday.