Kathy Durkin

Illinois: Black and Latinx women health workers lead strike to victory

They won!  The historic 10-day strike by workers at medical facilities in three Illinois cities resulted in an all-out victory,…

September 28, 2020

Illinois: Striking health workers say: ‘We want R-E-S-P-E-C-T and a contract!’

Solidarity was on display when striking nurses and service workers rallied together outside the Thompson Center in Chicago on Sept.…

September 22, 2020

Letetra Widham, sister of Jacob Blake, says “I want change!”

Letetra Widham declared, “I don't want your pity. I want change!” The sister of Jacob Blake gave an impassioned talk…

August 31, 2020

Global campaign frees Mahmoud Nawajaa

Mahmoud Nawajaa is free! An international campaign pressured Israel to release the general coordinator of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and…

August 21, 2020

Fed-up women health workers lead strike of 3.5 million across India

Workers around the world are demonstrating against their governments’ policies in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. From South America to…

August 13, 2020

Historic win for labor: California child care workers unionize

In a stunning victory for the U.S. labor movement, childcare workers in California voted nearly unanimously to unionize. The successful…

August 10, 2020

Honoring Che: Revolutionary hero, internationalist

“If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.” Those are the words of…

June 24, 2020

Iran-Venezuela solidarity breaks U.S. blockade

In an act of solidarity, Iran is sending a fleet of five tankers carrying 1.53 million barrels of needed gasoline…

May 26, 2020

Palestinian movement scores big legal win for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign in Britain

The Palestine Solidarity Committee won a legal victory for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign in Britain when the country's…

May 6, 2020

The jobless crisis and im/migrants

It’s not just COVID-19 that’s racing like wildfire across the U.S. It’s unemployment. The number of newly jobless workers has…

April 29, 2020