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Left groups commemorate Bolshevik Revolution

About 250 people gathered in Manhattan on Nov. 7 to celebrate, commemorate and analyze the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik…

November 10, 2017

Protests against tax hikes rock Haiti

A series of militant demonstrations took place throughout Haiti in September and October. At first, the target of the protests…

November 10, 2017

‘Bolshevik Deputies in the Tsarist Duma’

The centenary of the Russian Revolution has brought a burst of interest in one of the most profound and significant…

November 8, 2017

Workers protest in Times Square to support Spectrum strike

Some 1,800 workers of Spectrum, a part of Charter Communications that provides telephone, TV and internet services to customers in…

November 1, 2017

400,000 workers hit the streets in France

“Badly paid, scorned, our jobs in jeopardy, layoffs, cuts in sick pay, tax hikes, increased required deductions for teachers’ pensions,…

October 21, 2017

Haitians hold popular uprising against new budget

While hurricanes Harvey and Maria didn’t strike Haiti, Hurricane Irma gave the country a glancing blow mainly in the northwest,…

October 8, 2017

Workers battle French government’s assault

In September, three major protests have taken place against President Emmanuel Macron, whose party, Forward the Republic (LREM), is trying…

September 29, 2017

Haiti: Thousands march against new budget

Thousands of Haitians marched through Port-au-Prince on Sept. 12 chanting “Down with Jovenel!” “Down with the bourgeoisie!” and “Liberty or…

September 24, 2017

Floods devastate South Asian countries

The wet monsoons, which hit South and Southeast Asia between April and September, normally bring some flooding. This year’s monsoon…

September 6, 2017

‘Unprecedented’ storm exposes gov’t failure as Harvey covers Houston with a lake

As of Monday evening, Aug. 28, 10 deaths have been reported since Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coast near Corpus…

August 28, 2017