Cuba: Socialist health care beating heart disease

October 25, 2015

As in much of the world, heart disease is a leading cause of death in Cuba, but the country has…

Haiti election 2015: Fight for voting rights, sovereignty

October 25, 2015

Elections in Haiti for a new president and Parliament are set for Oct. 25 — after a violence-plagued first-round vote…

World Bank report highlights poverty in Africa

October 25, 2015

Despite reports for the last several years that there have been significant declines in poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, a recently…

French unions defend workers’ actions

October 25, 2015

The pictures flashed around the world Oct. 5. Faced with angry workers who tore off their bosses’ white collars, top…

As ATI lockout drags on, solidarity grows

October 23, 2015

For two months, Allegheny Technologies Inc. has kept members of the United Steelworkers (USW) out on the picket line. Workers…

B&H workers protest

October 23, 2015

Workers and supporters trying to win a union and a contract with the quarter-billion-dollar retailer B&H rallied at Ninth Avenue…

Detroiters confront corporate looters

October 23, 2015

What the system calls looting — maybe grabbing some groceries or a winter coat from a store during a rebellion…

On the picket line

October 23, 2015

Demand higher fine for farmworker’s death Randy Vasquez, 27, was killed Feb. 24 when the tractor he was driving overturned…

The Indonesian bloodbath, Part 2

October 23, 2015

In Part 1 of this article, we wrote about the U.S. role behind the scenes in bringing about the horrendous…

Victory for fired KFC worker

October 23, 2015

The manager at Kentucky Fried Chicken on Telegraph Avenue and 28th Street in Oakland, Calif., fired union organizer Shonda Roberts…